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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20

be cased off to test the Cut Bank,
should it be a gasser.
Pardue-TribaI 40 No. 2, NV
SEA SWA 7-32-5W, is drilling at
$50 after finding Colorado at SIT.
ota-MOntana-Gillin No. A,
NE SEA SEA 3-34-6W, is drill
ing at 1926 feet
Santa Rita-McCabe Permit No. 2,
c SEA NEA 29-33-5W, is drilling
at 1000 feet after finding Colora-
do at $50. Casing is set at 6S3
feet
Tarrant-Wiley-C Connolly No. 2
C SWA NEA 31-34-5W, is drilling
at 21OO feet.
Tarrant-NIcLelIan No. 3, c SWA
SEA 12-34-6W, completed last
week, made 1875 barrels during the
first SO hours on the pump. 1t will
make 6O-barrel producer.
Tarrant-State No. 4, Sc NEA
SEA 36-34-6W, is drilling at 375.
1t was spudded on May IA.
TexacO-Hesser No. ., CNL NEH
NEA 19-33-5W, is drilling at 1920.
Colorado was found at 500 and
casing set at GAG.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20
MOSS AGATE TEST
NOW AT 435 FEET

D. NJ. Drumheller of Cut Bank
was visitor in Great Falls this
week, reporting that his wildcat
well on Moss Agate structure has
reached a depth of ABS. 1t was
spudded without ceremony on May
6. Water was encountered at 80
feet was shut off with II u inch
pipe at 316 feet The drill entered
the Kootenai formation at 14O
feet He has below him the Quad
rant series. which are absent in
northern Montana but productive
in Wyoming and elsewhere. He ex-
poets 1910 feet will reach the Madi-
son lime.
This is the first we'll drilled in
Meagher county. Wells in Park
county, on the south, have had
considerable showings of OIL The
wellsite is near the town of White
Sulphur where Drumheller and his
crew are now living. Location is
in SW SEA NEA 25-7N-7E.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20

per cent royalty or the full 12M 20 roy
atty. One percent royalty held by an inves-
tor entities him to receive one barrel
out of every 100 produced. We have
known farmers to sell 10 per cent of
their royalty before production was de-
veIoped. Thus the investors received 10
barrels and the farmer received 2 u bar
reIs out of every 100 barrels produced.
The investors step into the shoes of the
farmer, when success comes.
Last week we completed the pur-
chase of farm in fee simple-getting
the land, the surface rights and 100
per cent of the mineral rights all for
SIS an acre. This land is located less
than a mile from oil production. The
nearest well drilled is producing oil
well. There is every reason to expect
that this farm has prospects for oil.
There will be some Is owners, instead
of one farmer, in the future. An OPP
orator who drills the wells-there is
room for 80 Standardization wells
on this tract-will receive 87Il per
cent of the oil. These 16 investors
with an average investment of 500
each. will get the 1212qo royalty
will receive 1919 barrels out of
every 100 barrels of oil produced and
saved If the land produces $4,000
worth of oil per acre, they will each
receive 500 for each 81 invested If
It produces barely enough to pay for
the cost of the wells, which is
$1,000 per acre, it will still pay them
$40 for each 81 invested.
III
produce a barrel of oil. We know that
the land isn't worth So an acre as sheep
pasture. We know the odds, and we are
content to take the risk. How long it
will take us to get well drilled we do
not know, but we are content to wait.
BY the time a well is drilled, all of the
rs will doubtless have had opportunity
to get their investment out as each one
has a DIVIDED portion OF the royalty
which he can divide and sell or keep as
he pIeases.
Ask any operator, especially the major
operator about the landowners share
and the operator will state that the
landowner gets nearly as much NET
return as the operator. With cost of
doing business constantly increasing,
with deeper drilling necessary; with
growing taxes, the operator is casting
enviOus eyes on the landowner, who
worries only about his income tax. And
on that fact, prefaced in the eight pre-
viOus paragraphs, we arrive at the con-
cIusion:
PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ROYAL
TIES WILL NOT CONTINUE.
II the advantage of the royalty owner
were not so marked, we would not make
this statement. The movement is al
ready under way TO remove this advan-
tage. The day of ''riches over night
FOR the landowner on new oil fields of
the future is nearing an end. The whole
trend of modern CONSERVATION points
plainly to the fact that the landowner
in the future is going to get his re-
turns, like the investor I'm other enter
prises, in nickles and dimes and not in
hundreds and thousands of dollars.
This is coming through INVITATION.
Under certain unit plans, the royalty
owners spread their interests one with
another, and divide the royalties among
themselves. This plan eliminates the
necessity of operators drilling wells on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20
REMEMBER THIS DIRE PROPHECY

each farm ON a structure. The operator
can drain the structure without regard
TO property lines. 1t means efficient
operation, it is true None can argue
against this sound principle of Conserva-
ton. But what it does is eliminate
royalties an attractive investment.
We know of one existing unit in which
there are $4,000 acres. Surprising the
operator brings in a 1,OO0-barrel we'll:
That well mean 1925 per day to be
divided among the landowners. Suppose
that no farmer has sold any of his roy
atty and there are 40 owners of farms,
of approximately equal size. Each one
will receive less than 81 per day from
his royalty. A 5,OOO-barreI well would
pay each farmer a little over 81 per day
and if the field were to produce all the
present needs of the state of Montana
were to take the entire market-each
landowner would receive less than $50
per day. How muchs would investor
with 20 ON 100 acres receive?
Present fields are not coming under
this utilization. The utilization idea is
barely getting under way. 1t sounds
cutie logical to the landowner who feels
that the risk of failure on his own land
is largely eliminated, through the unit
plan. We believe it is coming. We
need no further proof than to quote the
first four Topics for Discussion to be
Suggested to Witnesses of the Major
Companies at the monopoly investiga-
ton, under Senator J. G. O'Mahoney, of
Wyoming, now in progress:
1. Ownership and control of crude
oil reserves. The trend from indie
pendent discovery and control to ma
jor integrated company operations;
single company control of fields and
2. The economic effects of prora-
ton and its relation to conservation.
Your views on proration as practiced
today and any changes that may be
desirable.
8. The use of estimates of reserves
as a basis for conservation and pro-
ration policies.
4. The origin bases for the for
mutation of the provisions of Form
88 lease and their applicability today
in view of the technical advances in
discovery exploration and production
of petroleum.
The policy of the federal government
is strongly in favor of utilization. It
insists on this policy, where possible, on
certainly as new oil fields are coming.
The moral is that the present offers
the last of the great opportunities in
royalty investment Where fields have
been developed under provisions of Form
80 lease, which requires drilling on each
separate farm and therefore requires the
payment of royalty to individual owners,
there will be no utilization. But in new
fields, developed by majors, there will be
utilization. in our opinion With until
cation will end the possibility of great
personal fortunes in royalties, has
come the end of great personal fortunes
in the automobile business and the corr
ner grocery store.
Today there is a decided advantage
for the royalty owner. The fOreward-
looking investor will accept this advan-
tage.
Investors seeking these opportunities
may obtain offering sheets from us upon
application.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20

structed to bring only male dogs.
However, one very influential
member owned only a female dog
and she was allowed to run with
the pack.
The day OF the hunt the club
members followed the dogs for
nearly an hour and finally lost
them completely. Coming across
farmer one of them asked, did
you see a fox and a bunch of dogs
go past here?"
Yeah" said the farmer, "they
went past here about five minutes
ago going that way
They did, said the club mem
Der with interest, how far ahead
was the fox?"
"Ahead?" asked the farmer.
when they went by here the fox
was in fifth place"
sSs
A college professor was calling
the roll in one of his classes.
Robinson.
f'Here.p t ar
"Rosenthai"
Here" q
Mary Smith"
Present"
'Wanamaker.'
Chorus: YES"
She: see this boy friend of mine
for about five minutes every night.
He: Not much fun in that!
She: Oh, I don't know, can't
expect him to turn out the lights
immediately
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20

her the differshce between right and
20. K. pal. you teach her what's
right"
Your husband is in no great
danger, Mrs. Murphy, but I'm afraid
I'll have to anesthetize him"
well. IL you must, you must.
but dear Mike did so want to have
boy
And then there was the less
pleasant one about the two magots
who made love in dead Earnest.
North Montana gas men who
enjoy keen wit are chuckling about
the best evasion of a question in
a formal hearing, credited to Doc
T. L. Clark, pioneer resident of
the Sweetgrass Hills area, before
the federal power commission.
Asked by Attorney q. B. Aronow if
he thought that the Rogers Imperial
well was draining gas from Mon
tana structures. Doc Clark thought
for a moment and, unwilling to in
jure the cause of the DIRECTORS to
gas Importation did not answer
in the negative, as expected. In
stead, he said:
Il don't want to give them credit
for stealing any more than they
are.
The members of an exclusive
hunt club decided to hold a fox
hunt and all participants were in
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DAHLOUIST 9

south, is standing full Of oil but
has not been operated during the
past week, after having drilled 81
feet deeper, to reach the horizon OF
the Dahlquist, approximately 20
feet below the top of the Madison
lime. The Thompson No. 1 was.
s5-barrel we'll in the upper hor-
zon. The Dahlquist No. 8 is pro-
ducing from the top OF the lime.
The first break" in the lime was
not tested.
w. NJ. Fulton, head of Fulton
Petroleum and Fulton Common
wealth, expects to start a west off
set to the Dahlqudst No. 8 upon his
return from the East.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20

(Found in the archives OF the
County Clerk of Fulton County,
Lewdstown. ILL.,, period about 1900
State Of Illinois)
Peoria County IS.
To all : the world greetings:-
Know ye that John Smith and Poly
Myers is hereby entitled to go to-
gether and do as old folks does
anywhere inside Coppers precinct
and when my commission comes
am to marry 'em good and date
'em back to kiver accidents
(Signed) o. NJ. r.
Justice of Peace
This girls fresh from the
country, and it's up to us to show
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-05-20
CRUDE PERFUME

AT a cost Of $22.50 you can
make as much rose perfume from
crude oil as can be made out of
eight tons of roses at a cost of
SITS. and when you smell it you
can't tell the difference.
Evening star., 1939-05-31

circumstances" the program states
that the need is for more, rather
than less, parking space. Additional
of-street parking facilities for mo-
torists, and parking meters. are
favored.
Open Fairgrounds with adequate
supervision are advocated on an
all-year basis on the ground that
Fairgrounds offer a safer means
Evening star., 1939-05-31

the use of parking meters, today was
submitted to the members of the
Keystone Automobile Club by its
Advisory Board for ratification.
The suggested program vigorously
opposes any increase in motor We
hicle taxation in Maryland, Vir-
g;nia and the District, Decentrali-
zation of the Department of Motor
Vehicles and Traffic, and the de-
Evening star., 1939-05-31

Of recreation than do public streets
and highways"
The Advisory Board which adopt
ed this platform for submission to
the membership includes Luther c.
Steward, chairman; Edward C..
Baltz, j. Randall Cation, jr.; Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Cox, Maj. F. McKen-
zie Dawson, DR.. H G. Dickinson, T..
Howard Duckett, Greed Fulton, Ed
Evening star., 1939-05-31
Author to Speak

DR.. Mauro Baradi, attorney ap.d1
author, will speak at 1890 pm. /
Friday at the regular weekly lunch-A
con of the Washington Round Ia
BILE in the National Press Club. His
subject will be THE Philippine Sit
uatiOn Up to Date"
Evening star., 1939-05-31
Chevy Chase Concert

The Chevy Chase Elementary
School Band and Girls Choir will
give a sunset concert June 7 at 7
pm. at the school. The 60 men,
bers Of the band will be under Mai.
Raymond Hart and the choir under
Miss Catherine Carl. Admission is
free, but refreshments will be sold.
Evening star., 1939-05-31

struction Of any free bridge in favor
of toll bridge.
The parking problem is considered
in several points on the program.
Reafirming unqualified opposition
to AL arbitrary, ;nf1exible regula-
tions which would prohibit the park
ing of automobiles where such re-
strictions would be imposed without
due regard to special conditions or
Evening star., 1939-05-31

win 8. Hege, Mark Lansbureh,
James B. Luttes, w. c. Miller, L.
Gardner Moore, Ralph L, Polio, G:
Melvin Sharpe, Arthur j. Sundlun,
William Ullman, the Rev. Charles T.
Warner, L. Perry West and DR..
Charles Stanley White.
Evening star., 1939-05-31
Keystone Club Given
14-P0int Traffic Plan

A 14-point program, covering a
wide variety of traffic problems, from
the opening of school Fairgrounds
in the summer to the extension of
Evening star., 1939-05-31

COlumbis will aid its farmers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
People in
The News

John barrymore watched his
daughter, Diana, 10, perform in
the stage play. Outward Bound.
at Chicago, the first time he had
seen her act. Then he rushed back
stage. threw his arms around her,
and paid tribute: You've got
what It takes, Butch. You'd be
helluva Barrymore If you didn't"
Diana. fourth generation member
Of the Royal Family is the
daughter. of Novelist Michael
Strange, second Of Barrymore's
four wives
Ralph Beliamy, Frank Morgan
and J. Reingia Dowea. movie
actors. have begun prosecution Of
an oil promoter with whom they
invested $4,000. They charged
Harry Hamburg with violating the
state corporate securities act.
Bethany invested sse, 900. Morgan
s24, 900 and Owen $4,000 in Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana oil prop
critics, and they received very little
return, they charged
Mayor FiorelEa LaGuardia's
10 move the film In
dustry to New York has brought
n sharp protest from Arizonas
governor, Robert Jones. He said
the mayor must have been Kid
ding" and declared Hollywood
studios have used Arizona loca-
tons NTH increasing frequency
and have promised To spend 40
900 900 in his state during 1910.
the movies spend more than 500
900 900 a year in Hollywood
A. Cressy Morrison, president Of
New York Academy Of Sciences.
believes that mankind. 10 the midst
Of war. stands al the threshold Of
peace lasting through eternity"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
INDUSTRY PROBE
IS BEFORE JURY

SEATTLE-Anti-trust agents of
the U. S. attorney generals office
appeared Thursday before a fed
eral grand jury, as investigation
of seattle's housing industry was
started.
First witnesses were called late
Wednesday, among them James v.
Hayes Of San Francisco, attorney
in charge of the investigation here.
The housing investigation began
after the grand jury returned sew
eral indictments
Arthur T. Lelles. head OF Wash
ington Mushroom Industries, was
arrested on a secret indictment
charging him with fraudulent use
OF the mails. He was accused Of
taking in $4,000 the past two
years in sale Of mushroom-growing
outfits, which sssertediy failed to
produce as advertised
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
PAYROLL READY
FOR CUARDSMEN

Members Of the 14sth y. A.
Washington National Guard. will
be paid Thursday night In the
armory. They win be paid for
seven days of field training add
tional TO the regular two weeks
encampment. Lieut.. Col. Howard
Wright has announced.
Col. Wright praised officers and
men for their work during field
training. which was held over four
successive weekend and which,
Col Wright said. was highly sue
cessful.
A problem Of three phases was
executed during the maneuyers.
The Slst observation squadron
planes from Spokane took part in
the last phase.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
Ii G II T
Republican Bosses
in Happy Frame of
Mind for 1910

WASHINGTON - Repub-
lican bosses budding at Wash
ington during the executive
session of the national commit
tee and for the gridiron dinner
oozed confidence over their
1910 prospects. They figure
that, barring American entry
into the European war. they
have at least a fifty-fifty
chance for victory.
Their canvasses convince them
that the Democratic party has lost
the friendship Of the three power
full voting groups which backed
President Roosevelt in 1892 and
1936-the farmers, organized labor
and the colored element of the
electorate. Low commodity prices.
the Murphy-Arnold insistence that
both the AFL and the CLIO are
liable to antitrust prosecution,
and political neglect of the Negroes
claims have definitely alienated
these groups. In the COPS opin-
ion, this means the return of such
additionally Republican states as
New York, Pennsylvania. Illinois.
Ohio and Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Minnesota and the Dakotas to the
grand old party.
These political assemblages also
demonstrated 1.-THE existence of an
extraordinary spirit of harmony
within the party. The leading
candidates and their boosters JOSH
ed each other about their respec-
tive chances, promised to support
the winner whoever he may be
and-this Is important-informed
National Chairman John Hamilton
that he need not worry ON the
score of campaign funds. As
result, he expects to pay off the
existing deficit and have COM
Portable kitty by convention day.
Most sur prism development
from these confahs was the ap-
Continued on Page 6. Column A.
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Up to Germans

Ii was evident the British
ships had foreseen the pos
sibility of a desperate break
for the open sea by the
Admiral Graf Spec.
The Achilles alone was TO
be seen from the docks at
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from the
Graf Spec, damaged. sc Of
its men killed and go wound
ed. in the biggest and most
dramatic naval battle Of the
war.
II was up TO the Ger
mans 10 decide whether
their crack ship should
make a desperate dash for
the Atlantic after repairs,
or be informed for duration
Of the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
Berlin Answers

At Berlin the German
high command, in the first
formal admission Of the bat
tie Of Montevideo. said the
Admiral Graf Spec put the
British cruiser Exeter out
Of action and damaged a
second cruiser.
The Graf Spec was her
self hit several times" the
communique said.
According TO the com
munique, the Graf Spec en-
gagged in battle after attack
ing a convoy which was
proceeding from La Plata,
Argen tina, TO European
waters-an attack IN which,
II was said. the Graf Spec
sank the British steamships
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
SOVIET RUSSIA
IS OUTLAW, BY
LEAGUE'svO1E
Reds Expelled Over
Invasion of Little
Finland; 4 Nations
Don't Cast Ballots
LEAGUE or NATIONS

The League Of Nations,
moving az unprecedented
speed. Thursday expelled
Soviet Russia because OF the
invasion Of Finland.
the vote for expulsion by the
League council was unanimous.
although four nations shstsined
from casting ballots. The abstain
ing nations were China, Finland.
Greece and yugosiavla.
The final move In the lesEue
machinery came after ths assembly
unanimously had voted an sx-
pulsion resolution and forwarded
II TO tho council
Seven countries voted for Rus
sian expulsion. four ahstsined and
three were absent. Those voting
for the resoiuflon we're Belgium.
Britain, Bolivia, Dominican RE-
publican. Egypt. France. South
Africa Tina absentees; Iran.
Peru and Russia
Finland sb~tniaed frsm vet
Ing ts avoid furthet aataxe-
niEatioa 81 Russia and pee-
sibiy 10 prevenf Increased
military retaiiatian. Rudolf
Hoi.ti. FIsiasd's r~ps~~rut.-
tive. said.
Telling the delegates the move
against Russia had the full sup
port Of the United Kingdom"
Richard Austen Butler. under-sec-
Rotary for foreign affairs and head
u the British delegation. emphs-
sized that Britain now Ia planning
extensive assistance to Finland.
The expulsion waa proposed
Wednesday by Argentina. WAS APP
Continued on Page 10. Column -
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". HEMISPHERE
MIGHT PROTEST

WASHINGTON - Secretary Of
State cordell Hull indicated We'd
nesday that western hsmlsphers
republics may consult and possibly
make : diplomatic protest 10 Great
Britain and Germany after full
facts are obtained u thu river
Plate naval engagement
Hun said. however. that no
action should b. expected until
after the fun facts of the combat
between the German pocket battle
ship Graf spec and three British
cruisers OFF the UruEusysn and
Argentine coasts havs been OH
tanned.
he Indicated action - that
time probably wssia be con-
fined 10 consultations anssns
the n Amesscau republics con
eernisg The apparent yisissis.
Of the western hesnisphess
safety zone sef up BY the a~e-
isrssien Of Panama ard. pss-
sibIy. . isist dipissnafie pre-
test 10 the beiilgeseafs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
GodWill Send
Bill To You'll"
Says British Director to All War

LONDON-John Sims, tractor driver and preacher of
Ebbw Vale appeared before South Wales Conscientious OBJ
Jectors tribunal and bostered his claim for military exep
ton by reading bit of verse.
Ii went
AS for war. calls IL murder.
There you have il, plain and flat,
don't want to go o further
Than my testament for that.
IF you take a sword and draw il,
Then stick fellow through
Government won't answer for IT,
God will send the bill to YOU
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
STORM WARNINGS AGAIN

Reports Of a severe storm off
Vancouver Island caused the y. s.
weather bureau Thursday TO hoist
storm warnings At ali coast and
inland stations Ia Washington and
Oregon southsrly gales are off
tina coaAl,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15

Chimes of City Hall clock toner wiu
ctdng out across Tacoma Sunday to open
the last Week before Christmas.
Works Commissioner Bergersen an
'ounced that IN light of the councils favor
able attitude topard starting operation of
The long-silent chimes again, he had ar
ranged Nth Commissioner DaUisson for
utilities department electricians to pat the
machinery il condition
10 aCds decided, too, he said, to again
hight City Hall toWer with electric bulbs TO
form the toner's outline.
Electricians hare been busy several days
repairing the clock and chimes mechanism
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15

cried In court
here as she OBJ
tanned a divorce
Z TO m DR.. l..
Scroogs Single
{ o n, orthodo-
mist, on charges
of extreme cru
city.
Since their
marriage in DC
{ o Der, 19 81,
Miss Singleton
told the court.
she and her hus-
band separated
four times for
brief intervals
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
NAB PROPERTY
Of +. THYSSEN

bEHf1N The German govern
msnt has eoufiseassd ths property
AZ FRITZ Thysssn. German iron ana
steel masnafs VINO IL credited with
having hslped Fushrer Adoif III
Ter 10 power. n was announced
officially today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
MILL WORKER IS KILLED

PORTLAND, Ore Russell Utz.
37-year-old Eastern and Western
Lumber Co. employs. was mangled
and killed late Wednesday when
his clothing tangled IN the belt II
saw, dragging him into the
blade.