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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
TURNER VALLEY
CRUDE PRICE IS
CUT n CENTS

Reports reached Great Falls Fri
day that the price of crude in Tur-
ner Valley has been cut % cents
barrel.
The new price is $1.22 per barrel
which is said to put it on a COM
petitive basis with Cut Bank altho
no Cut Bank crude is now being
shipped into Alberta where Imper-
ial and British American are the
principal buyers.
With 80 wells drilling, Turner
Valley is already on 35 percent pro-
ration and has a potential Of around
%, 900 barrels per day. Completion
of the additional wells is expected
to increase this potential to 10000
barrels per day. A recent completion
showed an initial of 5000 barrels
per day after acidization, indicating
the possibility of even larger wells
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
CUT BANK CRUDE GETS new OUTLET
PROBATION IS
AGAIN aired
At HEARING

Hearing Of petitions for and
against proration in north Montana
oil fields was continued this week
before the Oil Conservation Board
in Great Falls and the hearing will
not be completed before the middle
Of next week, apparently, as the
opponents began presenting their
case on Thursday and have a num-
Der of witnesses to be called.
Proponents of proration in Cut
Bank field had their inning during
the first half of the week, present
Ing their views much more tersely
than did the Kevin producers who
described the problem of water con-
troll and drainage and of stripper
wells. No evidence was presented
to show physical waste in Cut Bank
field, other than the possibility Of
economic waste.
The opening sessions were mark
ed by the reading of Withdrawals
from the proration petitions, some
operators having changed their
minds since the start of the hear
ing. Others wrote their opinions
to the board, rather than making
a formal appearance
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08

There seems to be quite a con-
fusion among the service stations as
to what brands can qualify for the
large station signs. One automobile
dealer in Great Falls very enthusi-
astically told one of our oil pro-
ducers how much ne is in sympathy
with the movement BUY .GASO-
LINE MADE FROM MONTANA
CRUDE" and assured the oil man
that the gas he is handling is
Montana product; but, upon check
ing UP the matter, the oil man show
ed him that his gas is being import
ed by the Resolute Oil Company.
A service station operator of the
Southern part of the State sent us
a request for the big red sign,
stating that he is handling a brand
of gasoline made in the Southern
part of the State, but upon investi-
eating we found that the refinery
from which he is obtaining his gas
is importing Wyoming crude
In our daily broadcast over KFBB
Mr.. Thelan has repeatedly offered
a $500 reward for anyone giving a
good reason why any Montanan
should not buy gasoline made from
Montana crude. SO far no one has
claimed the reward. This gave our
Committee the idea of putting on
state wide contest for the best essay, |
not to exceed 500 words, on the sub
lect why all Montanans should buy
gasoline made from Montana Crude"
This will be open TO all students
n the Z, s and 9th grades of the
public schools in the State of Mon
lana. Arrangements are being |
made thru the various County SUI
OF schools to submit
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
BULLETIN NO. II
BY Shelby Lions Club Committee
BUY GASOLINE MADE FROM MONTANA CRUDE
BY L. r. HANNAH Secretary.

big which GASOLINE SOLD
MONTANA CRUDE" individual signs
whic THIS FROM MONTANA
CRUDE promised Saturday
Libby
handW
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
CALIFORNIA
RUNNING PIPE
At NESS0N

Reports that the California COM
pany has abandoned it's deep test
at Ray, N. D., were found to be
in error this week although the well
was shut down to run casing at
$500 feet.
1t is quite definitely known that
the drillers are ''lost" In the forma-
tions. having been unable to cor
relate the log of this well with
the wells drilled on Baker7Glen-
dive antic1ine. At the present depth
they should be in or near the Mad
ison lime and when they shut down
made but one foot of new hole in
eight hours.
Casing was run to care for any
production that may be encounter
ed In the lime.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
vAHDERPAS
GETS YEARS
FIRST WELL

Hank Vanderpas, working ION
MS own" this week brought in the
first oil well OF the year 1888 in
the State Of Montana on his per-
sonally owned Thumm lease in
NWH NWH 33-35-SW. in the high
gravity pool west of Kelvin.
He drilled into the top OF the
Madison lime at 1907 feet and has
a good showing of high gravity oil
which he will acidize. It looks good
for from so to 125 barrels II its
performance compares with that OF
the neighboring well drilled by Van
derpas' associates on the next 40
acres south.
Two other wells are drilling in
the field, and new we'll was spot
ted this week. The new we'll is:
Big West-Gunderson No. 4, SW
NEA NWA 19-35-2W. which is
now drilling at 500 feet. This is
on the lease recently acquired from
william Mcknight.
Superior Petroleum-G Overnment
No. 7. NE NWA NWA 12-35-3W,
Is drilling at 500 feet.
West Kelvin Community-McCrary
No. /, NBA NWA 3-32-4W, is
drilling at $50.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
LIGHT ENDS"
OF THE PROBATION HEARING

For any who couldn't attend we
give an excerpt of the conduct Of
the proration hearing which gives
the general idea:
ATTORNEY: Mr.. Smith, know
ing as you do the habit of rats
in that they have holes in
which they can hide and know
ing also the proclivities OF rats
which lead them, when alarm
ed to dive into their holes. or
rather into one of them and
ATTORNEY FOR THE OTHER
SIDE: The question is object
ed to as irrelevant and imma-
terial.
ATTORNEY: / haven't asked the
question yet.
A. r. T. o. s.: l was beginning
to wonder.
ATTORNEY: And it being a fact
that when this particular rat
was frightened by some disturb
ing noise, and the rat having
jumped into his hole will you
now tell the board what the
rat did when he heard the
noise?
MR.. SMITH: didn't get the
first of the question.
CHAIRMAN: The reporter Will
read the question. (Reporter
reads question:.
MIR. SMITH: He jumped into his
hole.
ATTORNEY FOR THE OTHER
SIDE: Now, Smith, just what
do you mean when you say ne
jumped into his hole?
MIR. SMITH: All / know Is that
he jumped into his hole.
ANOTHER ATTORNEY: So, Mr..
Smith, all that you know is
that the rat jumped into his
hole?
MIR. SMITH: Yes.
SAME ATTORNEY: And all you
know, then, and you have no
personal knowledge beyond the |
fact that you jumped into his 4
hole. ITO reporter) Strike II /
out Th% rat
Mr.. SMITH: The rat jumped in
to my hole.
BOARD Gin unIson) The rat!
lcontinued on Pare Fivel !
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
Emrick Says
New Methods
Must Be Used

Plugging and abandonment of
large water wells, especially in east
side pools of Kevin-Sunburst field
was recommended by E. Byers
Emrick, petroleum engineer, who
submitted to the board a map on
which he had designated nine sepa-
rate and distinct pools in which he
declared are distinct water and
gas-oil ratio problems.
The decline of production in
these pools was attributed by him
to production methods Of early day
operators who wasted gas which
might otherwise have been used to
propel the oil out of the formations.
He recommended that the board
promulgate the production of wells
in this field with back pressure to
conserve the remaining gas.
He said that water invasion in
many instances was due to drilling
too deeply through the oil strata
into the water table. If big water
wells we're plugged off, new wells
could be drilled nearby and get
larger recovery of oil than is pos
eible by attempting to handle large
volumes of water with long stroke
pumping equipment, he said.
Acidization- has demonstrated, he
said, that there still remains con-
siderable gas pressure throughout
the field and this should be con-
served, he said, by producing wells
Continued on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
Crude Contracts Being Signed For
5,OOO-Barre| Refinery In Montana

forced out Of business by manipulation of
the price of crude on the one hand and the
price of refined products, on the other. 1t
will be the largest refinery in Montana and
Of sufficient capacity to provide sufficient
volume Of production that it will be able to
successfully meet all competition.
The contracts are being taken in the
name of James w. Johnson, agent. The name
of the principal does not appear. 1t has been
commonly talked that his hacker is the Globe
Oil & Refining Co., one of the larger indie
pendents of Oklahoma. l. A. O'Shaugnessy,
president, has steadfastly refused to confirm
or deny these reports.
CONTINUED on Page Four
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08

Crude purchase contracts are being cir
culated in Kelvin, Cut Bank and Pondera oil
fields calling for the early construction of
a 5,0OO-barrel refinery at some point in
Northern Montana.
Such refinery would definitely cure the
problems of reproduction and would pro-
vide producers with a sure and steady mar
ket for the future, with a crude price based
upon the price of gasoline.
1t is understood that this plan provides
that producers shall share in the refined oil
market in accepting price based upon the
net-back of the refinery At the same time,
It absolutely insures the refinery from being
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
PROPONENTS
OF PROBATION
STATE CASE

A summary of the case in fav-
or OF proration was prepared for
publication by the Kelvin Produc-
ers association this week and the
Journal is printing the complete
text in compliance with the wishes
of the committee OF which Casper
Oien Is chairman. Pamphlets con-
tanning this summary are to be cir
culated among operators In north
Montana fields. The complete text
follows:
Defined in a general way, state
pro-ration is the limitation Of crude
oil production in the various pools
or fields of the state to conform
with the market demand for this
oil. Demand may be stated as the
total amount Of OIL all refineries
and crude oil purchaser, wherever
located, are prepared to buy from
the various fields from month to
month. This demand Is estimated
each month, for each producing
state, by the Bureau Of Mines OF
the U. s. Government This esti-
mate however, is merely advisory
to the constituted state authority,
which, in Montana is the Oil Con-
servation Board.
Under state pro-ration the Board
or its representatives, the state oil
umpire, is charged with the duty
Of allocating monthly to the several
operators in the various fields the
Of oil required to balance
the figure set up as the market de-
mand for that month. This a11o-
cation is spread among all produc-
ers on a pro-rata basis according
TO their potential capacities. with
this exception, that strfpper wells
are permitted to pump to capacity.
In this field a stripper well has been
defined as a well that can produce
five barrels per day or lees.
IL all the wells in a pool have.
a larger capacity to
produce that can be absorbed by the
present market demand. the exceas
Is left in It's natural underground
(continueo on Pass Rightl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08

aAl Wilkinson and Potter, X. ID.
Pardee, G. p. Castle Of Salt Lake:
and Crumley, Aronson and Frary Of
Cut Bank. The price is said to be
based on the Midcontinent price for
crude OF equal gravity, amounting
to about $40 at the present time,
which is IA cents under the Mid
continent price.
The contracts are said TO pro
vide for a minimum OF 500 barrels
and up to 1900 barrels per day.
Additional drilling will be necessary
during the present year to maintain
this rate OF production, 1t is un-
derstood.
1t was recently announced that
the Great Northern railway and In
lon Pacific railway had granted a
joint rate OF 81 cents per hundred
pounds. It is rumored that a lower
rate has been assured, since this
31-cent rate means a cost OF 80
cents per barrel plus the field
price, plus pipeline and handling
charges
This announcement came closely
after the start Of a 15004barrel
refinery at Kalispell. being built
by Yale Oil & Refining Co. Five
year contracts have been signed
with R. c. Tarrant, A. c. Jeffries,
w. NJ Fulton and others, said to
provide for a price based on IA
cents under Midcontinent for crude
Of equal gravity. The Yale is said
10 be seeking additional crude con-
tracts to increase its minimum and
maximum.
These two plants are expected to
give a steady market for 1000 bar
-els per day of Cut Bank crude.
mis- leaves in excess of 1000 bar
els Of daily production In the field,
AVAILABLE to other refiners.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08

full particulars to all schools In
their respective Counties
The first prize for the best essay
will be $500, second $1.00, third
$500 and a prize Of $500 each TO
the next ten best. Announcement
concerning this contest will be made
from time to time over KFBB and
other radio stations of the state.
Ample time will be given to
enable the scholars to obtain suf-
ficient data upon which to base
their essays, such as the number of
men In Montana who are out of en-
ployment because the oil industry
of the state Is seriously curtailed by
the heavy gasoline imports from
other states; the loss to the State
of Montana and its institutions in
revenue derived from the 29o pro-
duction tax and the u % net pro-
duction tax, estimated at an amount
in excess OF 100000 annually, and
the loss to our state and to hume
Gus individuals in oil and gas roy
atty amounting to many thousands
annually.
From the November report we
llhu tHdl the COHlIlenbdA vi W. I'M
ported 952,171 gallons OF Gasoline
In November and the Standard oil
Co. of Billings in second place with !
SS6.44S gallons 1t is to be re-
GREETED that these two Majors do
not take advantage OF the HI Grade |
Crude offered in Northern Montana |
and join whole heartedly in support
ing the oil industry OF the State Of
Montana and its citizens.
SHELBY LIONS CLUB
COMMITTEE.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
SIGNAL OIL co.
HAS CONTRACTS
on BROADvIEW

Broadview Dome Oil Co.. which
is testing Broadview structure six
miles southwest of the town of
Broadview. is a Nevada corporation
with p. H. Halbriter of Los Angeles
as its president; David X. Marks,
also of Los Angeles, vice president;
Major H. D. Parkin, secretary
treasurer; and Kenneth CoBborn, Of
Pasadena, as a member Of the board
of directors. The Murray Brothers
are Montana land holders.
The Signal OIL Company has $40
acres in the Broadview Dome and
has contracted for ali wet and dry
gas developed in the field by the
and Murray interests.
The company Is now testing a
show Of oil at the top OF the Mad
Ison Nine at 4100 feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
REFINERY TO Be BUILT
AT POCATELLO, IDAHO,
TO USE MONTANA CRUDE

Contracts for the construction of refinery at Pocateo
Idaho from 1900 barrels of Cut Bank crude
daily reported this week construction of the
plant modern cracking unit to be started Immediately
cording to Pocatelo reports.
The plant to be built by the Wasatch Oil & Refining
Co., Salt Lake refining company said to be financed by Off
cas Sicily Oil company The companys plant at Salt Lake
supplied with Wyoming crude Construction of the Pocaeo
plant said be justified this time by the inability Of the
Salt Lake refinery to for the Idaho market.
Crude oil contracts have been signed is understood with
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-08
ALL BURNING GASOLINE

Passenger autOm obies licensed TO
operate IN Montana in 1887 totaled
1889. Trucks licensed number
ed 3s,417 while trailers totaied
2.79a.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
BRITISH 0UTG0[F
AMERICAN WOMEN
Yankees First Defeat in
History Of Curtis Cup
Strongly Probable.
BY ttt Associated Press.

MANCHESTER, Mass, Sept B.
Bolstered by commanding lead of
212 points to half point, the Brit
ish women's Curtis Cup golf team ap-
peared assured of gaining as many
more out of today's six singles matches
and relieving their American sisters
OF the trophy the latter have held
since the international competition
was inaugurated in 1882.
The visitors, undaunted by yester-
days rain at the Essex County Club,
won two and halved the third and
final Scotch foursomes match to al
most clinch the team play. Mrs.
Helen Holm. current British cham
pion, and Clarrie Tiegnan gained the
first point by defeating Mrs. Estelle
Lawson Page. current national titlist,
and Maureen Orcutt by up; Jessie
Anderson and Elsie Corlett gave Eng
land its second marker by topping
Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware and Patty
Berg, l up, and the half point was
added when Mrs. j. B. Walker and
Phyllis Wade won the last two holes
to finish all square with Marion Miley
and Kathryn Hemphill.
Today's opening singles match
brings together the two champions,
Mrs. Holm and Mrs. Page, and in
the remaining engagements, Miss An
derson is paired against Miss Berg,
Miss Corlett against Miss Miley, Mrs.
Walker against Mrs. Ware, Miss Tier
nan against Miss Orcutt and Nan
Baird, the 1884 Scottish champion,
against Charlotte Glutting. the bril-
liant New Jersey campaigner.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
CUFFS TWO KICKS
GET GIANTS GAME
East'S An-Stars Defeated,
60, After Holding Pros
to Little Gain.
Py the Associated Press.

Pg the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Put this one
on the cuff. To be exact, credit it to
Ward Cuff, one of footballs great
place-klckers, who booted the foot"
back into football last night.
Gun, lanky young man who la
bored unsung in the great Marquette
backfield of 1886, kicked two terrific
field goals, one from the 42-yard line
IN the second quarter and another
from the same spot in the fourth, to
whip the Eastern College All-Stars for
the New York Giants, 6 to 0.
Cuffs two hoists dealt wholesale
misery to most of the 40,382 on hand
at the Polo Grounds to watch the third
game sponsored by the New York
Herald Tribune's fresh air fund.
Giants Held to "a yards.
The All-Stars gave it the old college
try. They sent Al Hessberg of Yale
and Andy Stopper of Villanova
around the ends. They smacked the
line with Pitts big Bill Stapulis.
But it was no use They couldn't
score, and although the Giants
couldn't pierce one of the best of
All-Star lines they could kick over it
and win the ball game.
The Giants line, including such
husky operatives as Ed Widseth, old
Minnesota Blue, and the pugnacious
Tarzan White, had all it could do to
handle the All-Stars. Led by Alex
Wojciehowicz, Fordham's great 1897
center, and Ed Franco, the all-Amer-
lea tackle, the former collegians held
the Giants potent backfeld to net
of "a yards from scrimmage.
Stopped After Early Drive.
Early in the game the All-Stars
penetrated to the Giants 20-yard line.
They didn't have it then The Giants
secondary rushed in to smother cleverly
concealed reverses and the line was
rock-ribbed against bucks. The Stars
tried again and again. but never did
they look as good as they did in that
first mad surge.
From then on it was a rough. stub
born game that gave the fans little to
cheer about
Evening star., 1938-09-08

Hinkel Baseball comeback IN
st. Paul this year is remarkable,
for just few years ago they were
threatening to sell the franchise
down the river Young Jack
Gibbons, son of old Phantom
Mike, who hung up the gloves to
become a salesman, has taken a
permanent manager in Miss Vida
Morck of Minneapolis Note
to Albert w. Kiley, Savannah:
George Stovall succeeded Jimmy
MCGUIRE at Cleveland The
Warren Harding High School foot
ballers Of Bridgeport, Conn. would
like to book strong Southern or
Midwest high team for . post
season game this fall.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
OLD WESTBURY FOUR
GOES TO POLO final
Wins Right to Play Greentree
With Easy 1913 Victory
Over Aurora.
p the Associated Press.

4y the Associated Press.
WESTBURY. Long Island, Sept. g.
The Old Westbury and Greentree
teams will fight it out on International
Field Sunday in the final of the ma
tional open polo championship.
Old Westbury moved into. the final
round yesterday with l4-to-8 triumph
over a much lower rated Aurora team
which had come into the tournament
merely to round out the field and
provide a match for the middle of
the week.
The victory was more or less one
sided even with Mike Phipps, Old
Westbury's No. /, on the sidelines
with a wrenched wrist suffered in a
fall from his pony Monday. Phipps
will be back in the lineup against
Greentree in the deciding match
Sunday.
Evening star., 1938-09-08
CUBS AGAIN LOOM .
ASFLAG THREATS
Win Fourth in Row to Get
Second PIace-Yanks Are
playing Out String
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

They've ordered the lumber and
started to build at Forbes Field in
expectation Of a Pittsburgh half to
the 1898 World Series. but
The Cubs are coming to life and
have climbed back to second place
The Giants are taking strides along
the road back.
The Reds can't be counted out
And everything's all set for whacky
climax to this daff1est of seasons
something like a repetition of the
1921 affair, when the Bucs started the
World Series building additions while
riding along on a 6-game lead, then
dropped five straight to the Giants,
and were never heard from after that
Still, the Pirates are five games in
front Of the pack today, as the result
of the IL whipping they handed
Cincinnati behind Bob Ringers Shit
elbowing yesterday. And with only 26
games to 60. you can't Sneeze at
5-game margin-particularly now that
Rookie Klinger is definitely over his
"SOre-arm-itis."
Four in Row for Cubs.
The Reds, by losing to the BUGS,
who are alternately blazing and frosted
these days, dropped down to third
place, and the Cubs took over the
runner-up spot with 7-5 decision
over the St. Louis Cardinals This
was the Cubs fourth straight success.
The Giants got some effective pitch
ing from Rookie Johnny Wittig, recent
importation from Baltimore, and made
it two straight over the Boston Bees
by 6-3 margin.
All this made it appear none too GER
tain that the building going on at
Forbes Field these days is going to be
OF much more use than to house the
stadium pigeons over the winter
months, although Pie Traynor's boys
still hold the upper hand. But if they
can duplicate yesterdays workout over
the Reds in their arclight larruping in
Cincinnati tonight, then there will be
little chance Of overtaking them.
Yanks Merely Coasting.
The American League race, however,
continues to be just a business of
| HldS ing OQG liie Sll ing. Alic dllhS,
boasting a l3-game bulge. are due to
arrive at the pennant clinching cere-
monies in something less than two
weeks. despite such interruptions on
the way as the ll-4 kicking around
they were handed by the Boston Red
Sox yesterday
Jimmy the Flailer Foxx had one OF
his large days in this one and whacked
two homers and double to drive in
eight runs in clash cut to six innings
by rain.
The Sox remained deadlocked for
second place as Clevelands Indians
stretched their undefeated string to
10 games with 10 pitching classic
over the Detroit Tigers. Mel Harder s
curves allowed the Tigers only two hits
as Harder bested Slicker George Coff-
man.
George Caster tossed six-hitter and
the Athletics whipped Washington
So, Hugh closing Pitcher) Mulcahy
fooled the folks by handcuffing the
Brooklyn Dodgers with three hits-an
event in his young life-and pitching
the Phillies to a 6-3 decision before
tremendous" crowd of 500 fans.