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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19
ENCOUNTER FLOW
10000 BARRELS
BUT IT'S WATER

After encountering a flow Of 90
600 barrels of water per day, the
Treasure state reinforcement
No. we'll on Bull Creek structure,
in northern Montana, is shut down
owing to a snow storm which has
isolated the we'll
The management is debating
whether to shut off the water and
continue into the lime or to move
over to new location. The Madison
lime contact was at 1910 and was
dry The flow of water was in
.qbreak" lat 1862. Drilling con-
tinued to a total depth OF 1445
feet
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19
PORTLAND men
FORM new BORDER
OIL CORP GRAFTON

Articles of incorporation were
this week filed with the secretary
OF state at Helena by Border Oils,
Inc, of Columbia Falls, to engage
in a general oil production business.
Capital stock is $4,000 divided
into five million shares at one cent
each Organizers subscribed
amounts to $12,5OO. Directors are
A. ]. Knustson, ]. E. Schenke and
A. C. Knutson, all of Portland,
Ore, F. E. Newman of Los Angeles,
Calf: and w. J. Castley OF Craig
mont, Idaho.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19

You'll have to leave now"
But just arrived"
80 has by husband"
Ladies-in- Waiting: whats the
difference between a man and a
monkey?"
Queen: Five minutes with me. &"
Beautiful, I'm dynamite!"
yeah? Then don't get near me. 1"
And why not?"
You'd be playing with fire"
Phil: Was her father surprised
when you said you wanted to mar
ry her?
Dill: Was he surprised? Why, the
gun almost fell out Of his hand!
1t was at a fashionable wedding,
and the bridegroom had no visible
means of support, except his father
was rich. When he reached that
portion of the service: with all my
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19
Science Comes To Aid
Of Royalty Investors

vMN HERE is nothing mysterious about
success, in aHy line of enterprise.
Success is the product of the
application of KNOWN rules and in
many cases is the mere capitalization of
facts known to everyone. In other words
none ever achieves success who DOES
NOTHING. Success is the result of
ACTION along well established lines OF
endeavOr.
Our royalty buying in Cut Bank was
tremendously successful: not because we
could see into the ground and not be-
cause of superior Judgment but because
we followed up facts which were readily
apparent to everyone
We soon learned, along with everyone
else, that the Cut Bank sand was an anc-
lent seacOast beach sand which was APP
parently erOded off the Top of the Sweet
grass Arch, which in ancient times was
an island in the great inland seas of the
Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Every
one knows that a seacOast is continuous.
It followed that when The Texas COM
pany drilled its discovery well on South
Cut Bank and found CUT BANK SAND,
it proved that Others MUST be Gut
Bank sand all the way south from the
nearest well in the main field southwark
to the South Cut Bank discovery well,
some seven miles away.
Everyone knew these facts. Those
who knew and did nothing were not at
all helped by these facts. For our part,
we moved in and bought royalties COW
ering more than 5000 acres of potential
oil land, keeping along the 0OO-foOt con-
tour which everyone knew to be the
principal oil contour
It was the simple matter of putting
two and two together to arrive at some
of the best investments we have ever
made.
Over in Kevin-Sunburst field we watch
ed with interest the introduction Of aci-
dizatiOn. We know, along with everyone
else, that IL had produced miracles In
Michigan and the Midcontinent. We wait
ed to see initial results in Kevin-Sun-
burst. We saw stripper wells that had
never produced more than 10 barrels
per day, suddenly become FLOWING
WELLS. We saw areas that had been
considered CONDEMNED" become the most
prolific I'm the field. Here again we had
the problem Of "two-and-two." We step
ped I'm and bought royalties ON such farms
as the Engemoen, in the heart OF the oil
field, knowing that whenever wells are
drilled and acid applied, good produc-
ton Will result. We have seen four wells
completed ON that particular farm. with
an average initial above 80 barrels, due
to acidfzati0n. That Is one of a score of
examples where large profits viii re
ward our capitalization Of the things eve
eryOne should know about acidizataOD
faGf an
Now we have seen the result of the
use of geOphysics in prospecting In the
Nfidc0ntinent, California, Texas and even
IN the Rocky Mountain region. General
Petroleum entered Wyoming and brought
in the Cole creek field as q result of
confidence in geophysics.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19

worldly goods thee endow'. the
father said in q stage whisper that
could be heard all over the church:
There goes his bicycle"
He: "And is your bOyfriend Q
hit-and-run driver?"
She: Il should say no! When
he makes hit, he parks.
wouldn't you say that I'm one
hundred per cent beautiful, big
boy?"
"Nope!"
Say, why not?"
We'll, can't see one hundred
per cent of you!"
First Coed: when that astro-
nomy professor is with US girls, his
mind is on only one thing"
Second Coed: "Heavens!"
First Coed: Il should say mott"
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which are detected in milliOnth and bill
hOnth parts by weight. The variation in
the soil content OF these and heavier
hydrocarbons is used IA basis for cor
relation and Interpretation of laboratory
results.
Since the oil and gas give off hydro
carbon vapOr over the entire area OF the
pool, the vapor escapes through sedi-
mentary rocks TO the surface, it is pos
sibIe TO outline the pool by determining
where there are no hydrocarbons in the
soil.
Thus, in the future a geOIogist will
locate structural condition in Montana
and will call in geOplysical crew TO
locate the "high' Then will follow the
taking of soil samples. This is done by
taking soil with sampling pick or
soil anger. They may be taken from a
point eight feet or more below the sur
face It is possible to drill shallow holes
and suck from these holes gas samples
for determination of hydrocarbOn con-
tent.
If these samples are taken at CAREFUL
Iy spaced intervals, and an area of hy-
drOcarbon concentration is noted, it is
possible that the prOspectOr will be able
to better spot his first well and TO know
the approximate area Of production. Ii
il customary to sample every One-tenth
mile, on a definite pattern, so the re-
suits can be plotted.
That, in general, is the theory of soil
analysts. 1t is already an accepted science
and by the time IL is brought into use
In Montana, we can feel pretty certain as
to the results. We have seen the intro
ductiOn Of the science Of actdtzation with
but there has been insufficient drilling 20
Justify any conclusions, yet. But we
can rest assured that geOphysics will be
used on every new structure of import
ance in Montana In the future. Then will
come soil analysis.
All Of these sciences serve to lessen
the risk Of the oil prospecting business
It follows that the investor who would
share with the landowner the risk OF an
oil test can likewise have his risks re-
duced If he~awiI but follow these sct-
ences. An "a this Is more or less Rwster-
{. iesa aaaa Ghicml % the average per-
Sasa & s&s HI M vantage win Lay, as usual, In
the 81 IL he people who are informs
ed o. she sWb3ect
CHANGING back over the history Of OIL
field development In the past we can
see how the greatest fortunes were made.
At seems quite simple, In looking back.
as we look 60 the future we can see
greater opportunity than the past has af-
forded. with far less risk TO the investor,
thanks to the development of the sci
ences.
u sssa ss4s
There is a bit Of oil history now re-
peatinG I'm northern Montana, offering
similar opportunities to those enjoyed i'm
1882 in Cut Bank oil field A current
publication outlines this situation and
points out it's investment possibilities It
will be sent upon application.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19

knowing something of what to expect,
from results elsewhere we have but
TO capitalize this knowledge in future
plOratOry drilling in Montana. GeOphys-
les offer the best insurance policy" of
the actual existence of a structure. The
presence OF oil in the structure is anOth-
problem. And now comes science with
a new process that we thought foolish at
the beginning but which is being digni-
fled by adoption Icy leading major COM
panies. 1t was the subject of ex-
haustive paper befOr the American Pc
troleum Institute during the past week.
We can no longer doubt the possibilities
of new science: SOIL ANALYSIS.
Soil analysis has not been tried in
Montana, inasmuch as these sciences
uualIy hit our state after all others have
proven them. But it is well for us to
know something of this science before
it arrives. 1t is not going to displace gee
OIOgy, just as geOphysics have not dis
placed geology 1T is something to be us
ed along with the other sciences. Geology
grew out of the trial and error methods
of the early days Oathe oil industry, and
soil analysis is going through the trial
and error stages at present.
AS the first oil fields were found near
seepages, frequently along creeks, the
early prOspectOrs were guided BY seeps
and "creekOlOgy." Then they noted that
the pool would continue on in one direc-
ton and suddenly end in another direction
and so they evolved the theory of
trends Then they discovered that there
gas at the highest points, then oil
and below that water and so i'm 1885 DIR.
!. @. White pronounced the anticlinal
theory. However, this theory was not ac-
until about 1912, when it was conceded
that an oil dome or trap was indicated
by the slope of surface strata.
Then followed the study of the data
supplied by drillers' logs and the sci
ence OF micrOpaieOntOIOgy was evolved.
to cOrreIate sub-surface data to determine
structure. This was especially aided by
rotary drilling, which made possible the
recovery of cores of the formations, rath-
er than drill cuttings
Followed the development OF geOphy-
sizes which has gone through the trzaks
and-errOr stages until a few wildcat wesIN
are drilled without the guidance of ees
Ophysical surveys. Even where the sure
face geology is apparent, the geOphysicaI
survey can determine whether the for
nations were folded, I'm the same manner
at depth as on the surface. But these
methods show only the presence Of 8
FOLD; nothing of the content thereof.
Now comes =, fourth nighly technical
science which is sintendeE I'll ddk<rzmine
i what a fold contains. This & detefiniYet
by measuring the hydFOcarbOn content of
the sou above a. known structure. The
theory Is that the soil absOrbs some of
the hydrocarbons passing upward from
deep-seated gas and oil pools There are
some six methods of detecting hytFr-Ocar-
bOns, principally methane and ethane,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19
ASKS FOR PATENT

Louis F. Cormody of Butte filled
in the Great Falls land office his
application to purchase the Erick-
man lode and C. P. lode in Section
10 and 5 Township North Range
3 West, containing 1859 acres,
paying $4,000.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-11-19

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Then followed the study of the data
supplied by driIlers' logs and the SCI
ence OF micrOpaieOntOIOgy was evolved
to cOrreIate sub-surface data to determine
structure. This was especially aided by
rotary drilling, which made possible the
recovery of cores OF the formations, rath-
er than drill cuttings
Evening star., 1938-04-01
MULL|GAN NAMED
AIR BUREAU HEAD
800 Higher-Grade Positions
in Agency Placed Under
Civil Service.

Appointment of a rev director Of
the Bureau Of Air Commerce-Denis
Mulligan-was revealed today simul-
approximately 300 higher-grade posi-
tions in the agency for IL years open
to political appointtees, have been put
! under civil service.
Mr.. Mulligan, now assistant direc-
tor, will be stepped up in mid-April
to succeed Fred D. Fagg, jr, who is
retiring as director to become dean
Of the School Of Commerce Of North
western University. Mr.. Fagg left
to political appointees, have been put
bureau
Ordered by Roosevelt.
The civil service classification for
the bureau came through an executive
order Of President Roosevelt. An
other order brought under the merit
system about 800 other employees Of
the Lighthouse Service, those involved
including quartermasters, oilers and
engineers. The "blanketing" opera
ton was one of the largest effected in
this administration.
| As result, only l3 positions in the
bureau will be left outside Of civil
service. These are director, two as
sistant directors and not to exceed 10
consulting aeronautical experts. It
will bring in engineers. pilots, me-
chanics, inspectors, observers and ex-
perts.
Mr.. Mulligan was appointed assistant
director of the bureau by Secretary
Roper in October, 1887. As such he
headed the regulation and enforce
ment division. That position was Gre
ated because Of enlargement of the
inspection and airways programs Of
the bureau.
Aviation Background.
The new directors aviation back
ground includes service as pilot in
the Army Air Corps and the New York
National Guard, commercial aviation
and aviation law. He holds degrees
from West Point. Fordham University
Law School and the Law School Of
st. Lawrence University.
| Inc bureau was mace b nOn-ClVll
service agency when created in the
Coolidge administration in 1926, be-
cause, IT was said. it was not feasible
to set up civil service registers in a
field where the qualified personnel
then was so limited. The clerical
force, however. has been civil service.
Employment has been by non-com-
petitive examination and tests of the
same nature will be required of in
cumbents before they get civil service
status. Future appointments will be
by competitive examination.
Probers Urged Civil Service.
After the death in plane crash Of
Senator Bronson Cutting. Senate
Investigating Committee called for the
Evening star., 1938-04-01
FAULTS IN LABOR LAW
HELD DEPRESSION SPUR

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Burke, Democrat, Of Ne
braska. declared. last night that de-
fects in the Wagner labor law and
its administration were "a potent
cause Of the depression which has
engulfed the country"
Broadcasting over the Columbia
network. Senator Burke said the de-
fects had caused costly strife. He
urged his audience to demand that
Congress investigate the laws admin
istration and eliminate its ones sided"
features.
The Nebraskan acknowledged that
action at this session was improbable,
because Of the lawmakers desire for
adjournment and the fact that pub
lie sentiment has not yet crystallized
on this subject"
He declared the LABOR Board now
acts as investigator, prosecutor,
Judge and jury. all wrapped up in one. !"
Evening star., 1938-04-01

establishment of civil service in the
bureau to promote efficiency. 1t was
said at the department the plan had
been under consideration for some
time.
The 800 lighthouse employees, it was
explained, are being put under civil
service to give them the benefit of
promotion possibilities and improve
their status generally. These en-
ployes have been appointed in the
past without any test. The order will
not affect seamen, deckhands, fire.
men or mess attendants.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20
Grits and Gravel
(By T. MOSES JONES.)

Down to your town l went today, a
el,:s,-passenger of Arch Taylor. Had
not been there for nearly week. Oh
lie Mitchell invited me to hear Rev.
John A. Huff at the First Baptist
church. Ollie said he was a REAL
preacher.
. Dave Glover said his wife enjoyed
my Uncle Marvin's letter from Cali
fornia: and that his Daddy was not
Dave Glover, but Iaz. 1 did not write
that down, so hope I do not get It
wrong the second time. But Cousin
Hewitt Hicks had already corrected
me on that.
Someone said that a Mr.. Phillips
had recently killed a crow with a rifle
at a great distance, I have forgotten
whether it were 500 or a thousand
yards.
1 also saw w. L. Speed, Jr., one of
our Oxford boys, toting an insurance
book around over there. Now you
cannot say this about every young
man you know and really tell the
truth, but he is truly a fine young
fellow a Chip off the old block" as
his Daddy is what you would call,
1.-The salt of the earth" His mater
nal grandfather, who is still living,
B. F. Frazier, is AAA-1.
AS of the few things that I ever
told in this column which was the
real truth, was about Lueco Harris
speaking of me as half-cracked. Since
that time someone pointed me out to
him, and ever since, he has been
watching for me to pass to get even
with me. So today he saw me walk
ing by trying to bum a ride, and
hollered at me.
AS couldn't get out of it, 1 had to
stop by and speak to him. His niece,
Miss Crichton Harris, was in the
shop at the time, so I had the very
great pleasure of meeting that charm
ing young lady. Nw,
Lueco showed me antiques, the like
of which 1 did not know had ever
been invented. There were beautiful
glass goblets like those the Pilgrim
Fathers used to drink wine from on
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20
.;2!II!!l!IIl O |

Each week, until September
ROYAL CROWN Cola is giving
$4,000 in cash prizes. A first weeklv
prize Of 81, 000-10 second prizes Of
$50 each and so third prizes of $40
each - 81 weekly cash prizes. A
new contest opens and closes each
week and you can send in as manv
entries as you wish. To enter the
contest simply add twenty-five
words or less to this sentence: II
like ROYAL CROWN Cola best
because" Enclose your statement
in an envelope with metal crown
from ROYAL CROWN Cola bot
tle-or a facsimile-and mail it to
ROYAL CROWN Cola, Columbus
Georgia. A simple statement like
this one may win you $1,000: Il
like ROYAL CROWN Cola best
because-the two full glasses in
each SC bottle mean added refresh.
ment land added economy" All
entries become the sponsors prom.
erty and in case of ties, duplicate
awards will be made. Write your
statement clearly on a plain sheet
OF paper and mail it now. If Won
don't win the first time, try again.
Lane Nehi Bottling Co.
Henderson, N. C..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20

health.
He cited increased expenditures for
school purposes $24 ,295 OOO of which
the State paid $15,94O,OOO, five years
ago, compared with $31,5OO,OOO of
which the State will expend $24,396.
GOO, during the current year,.
He had a good word for manage
ment of the road problem and refer
red to the expenditure of $1O,S9O,O 900
on secondary roads last year.
He praised the prison system and
called North Cardinals parole and
probation plans, the latter newly
adopted, models" for the nation.
"Over a period of the last five years
the reduction in North Carolina cleo
trio energy rates HAS saved custom
ers a total of $23,341 GIL" he said.
On rural identification he declared:
1.-THE record shows that since the
state entered that field only five 9th
ers in the nation have seen an in
crease in rural electric customers
equal to that in North Carolina.
Of agriculture: "In tie field of ag-
riculture North Carolina is continuing
it's efforts to give the tax payers
more for it's money"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20
HALSTEAD OUT FOR
PRESIDENT PROTEIN
Camden Senator Wants Sec
ond Top Position in the
State Senate
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, May Ex-senator w. 1. Hal
stead, Camden and the first districts
representative in the upper branch OF
the General Assembly, made the State
convention yesterday very fine
springboard toi swift plunge square
" into the middle of a campaign to
land him the presidency pro tenn of
the 1889 Senate.
The post is more honorary than in
fluential, but it is still one of the
most priced legislative plums and is
always preferred to the Craftsmanship
OF even the most important Senate
committees.
Senator Halstead said that response
to his candidacy has been very pleas
ing. He added that he has found
ready support for his candidacy both
from members of the 1887 Senate and
from other candidates who appear
likely to win.
There can be no more than 16 re-
peaters from the 1887 Senate If all
those are reelected who are seeking
to come back.
Senator Halstead said he is seeking
the place more because he feels his
SOULFUL 10 CllllI4SQ " lAlC iOAAOA IAANAA
for any purely personal motives,
though he freely declared he would
relish the honor for its own sake.
Neither the presidency pro tenn, the
speakership of the House or any 9TH
er very high legislative honor has
been conferred upon law-maker
from north of the Chowan river in
SO long that the oldest inhabitants can
not remember such an event, the sem
ator said.
At the 1897 session the post was
voted to Senator A. Hall Johnston, of
Buncombe, who has since been APP
pointed to the superior court bench,
and who is now candidate for re-
election to the judicial post.
The president pro tenn automatical-
ly presides over the Senate in the
absence of the customary gavel-wield-
er, the lieutenant governor.
191S-Twenty German planes raid
London.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20
STATE GOVERNMENT
LAUDED BY WARREN.
Nearly All Important Agen-
cies and Departments
Named In Address
Only Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, May 20.-More or less over
Swallowed for first hand "spot" news
stories of Congressman Lindsey War
ren's keynote address to the Demo
cratic State Convention yesterday was
his enumeration of the accomplish
ments of various divisions of the
State government
For practically every one of the
agencies, the first district congress-
man had a good word to say-a pat
on the back usually backed by facts
and figures to prove his laudatory
remarks we'll deserved.
Specifically he referred to the
States administration of schools,
roads and prisons, to the notable re-
auctions in electric power rates made
by the Utility Commission with Stan
ley Winborne as chairman Though
he mentioned no names), to the out
standing development of rural cleo
trification IN North Carolina, and to
the accomplishments of the depart
ments of revenue, agriculture and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20

Each gear four North Carolina All
club members, two boys and two
girls, are selected on a basis of their
outstanding records as delegates to
the national club encampment in
Washington, D. c., to be held this
year June 1922
There they meet and mingle with
delegates from each of the 48 states
and from territories where club work
is carried on.
L. r. Harrill, All Club leader at
State College, announced that the
pick of North Cardinals $4,000 club
members this year are: GLAND Peele,
Wayne County; Elizabeth Randle,
Cleveland County; Louise Bum, Edge
combe County; and Roger Pollock,
Jones County.
Seventeen-year-old Peele made his
outstanding record in hog raising.
Beginning in 1881, he has raised
prize pigs which have captured
awards at county and State fairs. His
total profits from club work have
amounted to $1341.25.
Miss Randle, IS, did her most out
standing work in clothing However,
she completed two canning projects,
one room improvement project, two
wildlife projects; and library project
in 1887 Not only has she excelled in
project work and in her leadership
activities, but she has shown talent in
.dramatics, public speaking, and
drawing.
Miss Bum, IS, in her seven years
of club work, has held the highest Of
fices in her local club, as well as in
the County Council and Federation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-20
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

/. What is the middle name Of Nor
man H. DAVIS, chairman of the
American Red Cross?
2. In what sea is the island of ia
maica?
8. For what invention is Samuel Colt
best known?
4. What city was called the wash
ington of South American"
Name the author of the tragedy,
King Lear"
6. What was the ancient name for
Wales?
Z. For what patriotic organization do
the initials d. A. r. stand?
s. What is arithmomania? a
8. What is the proper name for the
front of a boat?
10. In music, what is instrumental
ton?