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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-11

from the bottom or 500 feet from the top
of the Madison lime.
In the Sweetgrass Arch there are many
formations capable of carrying oil, To-
Gated below the Madison lime. We know
hat there is 2OO-foOt quartzite at the
top of the OrdOvician which we have al
ways believed to be the basement but
now we are possibly wrong in that theory
because in the Midcontinent oil has been
found BELOW THE QUARTZITE.
Presence of quartzite does not mean
that there is no possibility of oil below.
Quartzite generally occurs In the OrdO-
vicfan in the pre-Cambrian formations,
especially In Oklahoma. Among us
''Iiberals''-as against the old school of
oil men who thought no oil could be
found below the red beds of the Koo-
tenai--we used to say positively that no
oil could ever be found below the Cam
brian because there were no hydrOcar-
bons in rocks of that age.
Things are changing new facts are
coming to light, old theories are being
disprOven, all SO rapidly that we here
in Montana win have little to speculate
upon when the real development of oil
begins. Oil operators of Alberta and
Wyoming have demonstrated that there
in Illinois and elsewhere have demon
strated oil I'm the DevOnian. Operators
in Oklahoma have demonstrated that
there is oil in other formations which
are also present in Montana, down to
the pre-Cambrian. Drilling equipment
has been perfected that will drill through
lines and go 90 greater depths than viii
ever be necessary in this state. Turner
Valley operators have spent the pioneer
ing money to discover rotary bits that
will cut the hard Madison lime. Methods
of acidizatiOn, squeeze" cementing, use
of Liquid rock for sealing off water
flows, new methods of shooting with
will be ready for use in Montana when
ever REAL development starts.
The structures are here; the forma-
tiOns are present; their possibilities are
demonstrated elsewhere. Armed with
these facts, does the future of the Mon
tana petroleum industry not hold far
greater possibilities than the past? We
think it does. We have seen some twelve
million dollars distributed among royalty
owners of this state since we have been
engaged in the purchase Of royalties.
That represents the yield from the pion-
eering, prospecting days. We believe
that a greater yield awaits the owners
of royalties in Montana, when deeper
ed. We believe that wherever ANY oil
is present in upper sands, there is good
reason to believe that oil viii be found
in the lower sands in greater quantity.
Where there is fracturing of the Madi-
son lime, no matter where it may be on
structure, we expect to see new lime
pools. Certainly no well should be
abandoned in sharp folding areas without
testing the top of the lime, even deep
drilling.
The Del Bonita oil discoveries merely
show us the tremendous possibilities of
any sharply folded area-particuIarly be-
tween Del Bonita and the top Of the
Sweetgrass Arch.
5 the subject of a publica-
. is about to be tested. This
. next few weeks. 1t will be
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-11

OF Importance to Montana is the news
of the finding of oil in the Del Bonita
district, northwest of Cut Bank oil field.
The Importance is In the fact that this
oil is being found DOWN STRUCTURE
from Cut Bank, as well rs down struc-
ture from Keyin-Sunburst, on the flanks
of the Sweetgrass Arch.
In the foregoing sentence omitted
reference to the geographical location
of the Del Bonita district because when
we speak of oil accumulation no geo
graphy is invOlved-OnIy strategraphy
During the geological past the North
American continent has alternately been
dry land and ocean. In these alternating
periods certain sands, shaIes and LINES
were laid down, by the forces of erosion
which have leveIed mountain ranges
again and again, over period OF
MILLIONS of years. For hundred
million years or more there has been
''buIge'' in the region that is now desig-
mated as northern Montana and southern
Alberta. 1t is now called the Sweet
grass Arch" But geography came mill
lions of years after the last emergence
of the. surrounding country from a great
inland ocean.
These are basic facts that everyone
knows, yet there. are people who will
quickly say: but that is In Alberta
when reference is made to Del Bonita
or to Turner Valley. We can recall when
biologists were AFRAID to say openly
that the Turner Valley lime was Madi-
son lime. From state TO state the names
of formations change, but the formations
do NOT change. The Madison lime is a
massive limestone that was Laid down
in the Mississippi age. 1t is the same
lime, wherever found, even though 1t
has twenty different names in different
localities. Biologists know where this
ocean was present and they know its
boundaries, by the shape of the buried
ocean floor. 1t is the big lime" of this
continent.
Accordingly. when we make reference
to the finding of oil in Del Bonita dis
trict, we do not have to reserve any
conclusions on the ground that Del
Bonita is a short distance north of the
MOntana-AIberta geographical border.
In Kelvin the Madison lime is found at
from 1900 to 1900 feet. In Cut Bank
the Madison lime is found at from $500
TO 34OO feet. At Del Bonita the Madi-
son lime is found BELOW FIVE
THOUSAND FEET. The recent Del
Bonita strike was at 5,211 feet. 1t was
reported to have made 525 barrels in
35 hours. 1t is 81 gravity crude
quality similar to Cut Bank oil.
The theory of geoIogy-the anticlinal
theOry-is based ON the fact that oil,
being lighter than water, FLOATS ON
WATER. Thus minute particles of oil,
distilled from hydrocarbons i'm the shales,
are carried along on subterranean waters
until a trap or reservoir is encountered
and the oil, necessarily carried to the
highest point, is halted in its migration.
Over the millions of years, minute par
ticIes of oil so formed gather in a bulge
In the earth's formations and such a
bulge-shaped like an overturned bowl
lis called dome or anticline.
Since oil always floats ON TOP, it
follows that oil should always be found
at the very top of the bulge. But such
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on is the blood of the earth flowing through for
{ fumes field only to enrich the courageous.
sometimes re70ayds the non-tlnking business
business co7cayd Its pins marks of generally
90 to those zeHo combine degree of thought aOth
action.
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Here is one We think is funny
although lacking in sex appeal,
b. o. and other bodily Quirks:
A Shelby operator entered a
royalty brokerage office and there
met an old acquaintance, waiting
to interview the broker.
What do you want to see him
about?", asked the operator.
Il want to buy some producing
royalties"
Il have some producing royalties
I'll sell You. Let's use that wall
map, and I'll show you"
A coy little steno leaned across
the desk to another and whispered:
Get set, sister,-in a minute he
will ask US to loan him some roy
atty assignment forms"
Producer-''I'm paying you fifty
bucks a week and you're going to
wear that feather for a costume,
see?"
chorine-"And if don't wear
it,"
roducer-"Then I'll pay you
hundred"
Here is why locomotives are
called SHE" They wear jackets
with yokes, pins. shields, and stays.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-11

They have aprons and laps. Not
only do they have shoes, but they
have short pumps and even hose,
while they drag trains behind them.
They also attract attention with
puffs and mufflers, and sometimes
they refuse to work. At such times
they need to be switched. They
need guiding and require a man
to feed them. They all smoke and
are much steadier when they are
hooked up.
"Doctah," asked a lady Of color,
'tAh's come to see il you am going
to order Rastus one of them mus
tard plasters a'gin today?"
Doctor. II think perhaps he had
better have one more"
well, he says to ak yo' kin he
have a slice O. ham wild it count
of It's a mighty powerful prizscrip-
shun to don take alone"
Sweet young gal in parlor.
Mamma. Mamma. Come here and
make Dick stop teasing me-"
Mamma (from stairway landing)
is he doing dear?"
Sweet young gal-'fHe's sitting on
the other end of the davenport
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of
those it.
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Producer Then I'll pay you a
hundred"
Evening star., 1939-02-12

Margaret Hamilton steps behind it.:
then a wind machine blows the
smoke away in one puff.
Events are seen in a crystal ball
by projecting a film on tiny screen
behind a Water-filled globe, the
scenes appear to occur inside the
ball and are not reshot by the color
cameras The flying monkeys are
actual animals to which condor
wings were affixed, and they glide
through the air with the aid of piano
wire. Bert Lahr, the coWardly lion,
is able to wiggle his tail, abetted by
a prop man. The tailwagger sits
above the set with a fish line at
tached to the tip of the tail. He
follows Lahr around with a fish pole,
giving animation to the appendage.
Judy's farmhouse flies through the
air in the midst of a Kansas cyclone
in miniature.
Probably as engrossing characters
as are in the picture are the Munch-
kins. These tiny people are dressed
in medieval German costumes and
live in houses that resemble toad
stools. The characters are portrayed
by 116 midgets and 80 children, a
mixture that caused the school au-
thorities considerable trouble. Chill
dren must attend school while on
the set, and after each shot the
teachers attempted to herd their
charges into the classroom. They
were always getting few of the
midgets in the collection, which Of
Tended the dignity of the little men,
several of whom have college de-
grees.
Leroy felt that the music of the
original would be dated, for the taste
in tunes has changed in the inter-
vening IS years. A new score was
written by Zip Harberg and Harold
Arlen, who did the Scandals" for
several seasons, and is said to bear
the flavor of Gilbert and Sullivan.
To arouse memories in old-timers,
fragments from the musical comedy
will be heard now and then; the
songs that graced the version were
"Niccollo's Piccolo," Medley OF All
Nations" II Love Only One Girl in
1coo CITIP Chill Page F-2)
Evening star., 1939-02-12

olUlC dIIu otcldll LWClSIl. VI 90
years it has generally been regarded
as a masterpiece of the German
theater that fowered before the
weeds choked it. For several thou
sand years, the story itself has been
considered a masterpiece among
human events. And now every
body, meaning audience and critics.
is crying Dull. dull, dull" at it. To
call a play dull is not merely to i'm
peach it, but to execute it.
jeremiah Gin case you've skipped
the Bibles longest book was a
prophet of disaster, and his lot was
as unhappy as the fate he was Or
dained to foretell. Mr.. Zweig read
justed the story for a 1916 audience,
and. since that time. the world has
not changed enough to make his re-
adjustment seem a moment out OF
date. The face of the world is still
pocked with cysts of hate confined
within boundary lines.
jeremiah comes upon the stage Of
the Guild Theater at time when
the Jews are whooping it up for a
war against Babylon. In his mind
is a picture, sent by God, of that
war and its ending in the destruction
of Jerusalem and the enslavement
of the Jews. He rushes to warn his
countrymen of the woe that awaits
them if they embark upon war, and
he is banged around by a mob and
thrown into Jail as menace to So
ciety.
The prophet is a dangerous man.
He is dangerous to himself. for he
clings relentlessly to the truth, and
the truth is an adder at his breast.
He is dangerous to Jerusalem at
war, for his lamentations and FORE
bodings gnaw at the morale of the
people. And he is strange as well
as dangerous. The Bible makes this
man a messenger of God whose life
is broken on the inscrutable will Of
the Lord. Mr.. Zweig makes him q
messenger of humanity, whose life
is smashed by humanity.
The prophecies of this strange,
dangerous man come true. The war
goes on, made by pride, made by
greed, nourished by such muscular
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Some Profit,
Some Do Not,
By Awards
But Most of Oscar
Winners Still
Are Around
By Sheilah Graham.
HOJJ,VWNND

w
On the night Of February %, in
the ballroom of the Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotel. the names of the
actor and actress to receive the
Coveted Academy Award of the
year will be announced
1t is not my purpose to deal with
the method of award voting but
with the benefits or lack of them
and the present-day status of those
who have already bagged the little
gold-plated Oscars"
The awards were first established
in 1923. Janet Gaynor was chosen
as the best actress of that year for
her performance in Seventh Heav-
en-" Emil Jannings, the best actor,
for "The Way of All Flesh" For
Miss Gaynor the award has meant
II years of continuous and lucra-
tive picture work. Janet is now
free-lancing, makes one or at the
most two pictures a year, for each
of which she receives between
100000 and $15O,OO0. Emil jan
nings has not been as lucky. The
great actors last Hollywood pic
ture was Betrayal" in 1929. Since
then he has made a few unimpcr-
tant German movies.
never understood why the award
was given to Mary Pickford in 1929
for "Coquette." 1 thought the pic
ture bad and Mary miscast. Mary's
co-winner of 1929-Warner Baxter
for I'm Old Arizona" the first West
ern in sound. Warner is looking a
little middle-aged these days but is
still making his $500 a week, and
there is still place for him in
pictures. Mary retired from films
in 1882, a multi-millionairess
Norma Shearer was chosen Acad.
emy queen in 1880 for her excellent
portrayal in THE Divorce" Two
years without picture work, plus
two heavy costume films, pulled her
off her first lady pedestal. but her
recent performance in idiots De-
light" shows enough of the old
Norma to indicate several more
years for her before the cameras.
Norma's current salary is $150,000
a picture, and she is said to receive
a profit percentage.
George Arliss was the Academy's S
male choice for 1880. George is now
| (See GRAHAM Page F-3.)
Evening star., 1939-02-12

yenoms as dignity and national
honor and national fear. There is
one scene which seemed to me as
fearful and heartbreaking as any
the modern stage has to offer.
The King of Jerusalem, decent,
kindly, honorable man, freighted
with the trappings of his Office, has
just spurned the last peace offer Of
NebuchadneZzar. He has come to
believe that when jeremiah fore-
tells the future, he tells the truth,
and, secretly, late at night he sum-
mons the prophet and asks him what
will happen next. Il see," jeremiah
tells him, Jerusalem sacked, it's men
killed, its women raped, its babies
butchered. see you watching your
sons stabbed to death. I see iron
heated and plunged into your eye
balls"
The King listens. stupefied At last
he says, very simply. "Oh, mol" And
the long 20" sounds are gusts of
woe. They are, the technicians will
tell you. the most solemn sounds
possible to the human lips.
I can't imagine anything dull
about such a story, and it's implica-
tions seemed to me tremendous.
There were not only the utterances
about war and peace, so timely in
our sore world. and the philosophical
speculations implied in any descrip-
ton of man who could foresee the
future. There we're also the chief
personalities involved - Jeremiah,
who set truth first above everything;
King Zedekiah, thoughtful, gen.
erous man. trapped In the ma
chinery of his Office and his training
for the kingship.
The guild has given the play a
beautifully professional production.
Arthur Byron plays the part of the
King to perfection. I thought Kent
Smith was poor choice for the part
of jeremiah. He acts extremely well.
but he has a rolling baritone voice
with not enough variety in 1t to
make an evening of listening to him
anything but soporific.
(Copyright. 1889. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1939-02-12

ulOllcy Oll 1llC "1LalN ~ Va w, "AAASAA
according to present indications will
be an outstanding imaginative work.
Made in color and lightened by con-
siderable film trickery, wizard will
cost close to S1,750000 before 1t is
completed.
L. Frank Baum, the author, pub
iished the first of the OF stories
under the title of "A New Wonder
land" in 1900. A musical comedy
based on the tales first reached the
public in Chicago in 1902 and was
taken to New York a half-year later.
This stage version was high point
In the careers of Montgomery and
Stone; Fred Stone played the Scare
crow and Dave Montgomery the Tin
Woodman In the film version the
parts are taken by Ray Bolger and
Jack Haley. MG-M went to the
Baum original rather than to the
musical show for its screen story.
Although great Improvements have
been made in color photography,
tricks possible with ordinary black
and white are still denied the tinted
medium. Double exposures, for in
stance are too complicated to be
practical, but Mervyn Leroy, who is
producing, and Victor Fleming, who
is directing, have found adequate
substitutes for the device. The tech
nicians do their work so much bet
ter than any one else in Hollywood
that their achievements are apt to
overshadow the endeavors of the
other contributors. Leroy believes
that he has well-balanced picture
in "Oz" and that the story will be
accepted because it is attributed to
4 dream of Judy Garland as Dorothy.
There are many tricks that should
provoke obs and abs from the GUS
toners. Billie Burke, the Good Witch,
steps out of bursting pink soap
bubble. To create the effect, huge
red balloon floats in and when it
lands it is exploded. The camera
is stopped at this point while Miss
Burke steps into her proper place,
and the camera resumes its grinding.
When the Wicked Witch appears
through the medium of a puff of
smoke the vapor comes from small
aperture, and when it is large enough
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Cinema Fans
Don't Tire of
Same Faces
It's Typing That
1rks Them, Says
Mr.. Griffith
By Albert ". WHson,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

NEW YORK.
A popular belief that movie fans
"get tired of the same faces was
blamed today by veteran Holly
wood director for the wasting OF
millions of dollars invested in stars
What the public really gets tired
Of is seeing the same faces doing
the same things" said Edward G.
Griffith, who listed Myrna 10y, Ann
Harding, Madeleine Carroll, Robert
Montgomery and John Barrymore
among stars he has saved from
becoming typed and then dis
carded."
"HollyWood's blunder has been to
cast its stars in rigid molds-what
we call typing them,' said Griffith
THE producers lacked the courage
to vary an actors repertoire. Be-
cause he makes a hit in one role
they have been afraid to let him
try a different part.
"As a result, it became an accept
axiom in Hollywood that a star can
last only five years-then the public
tires of him. They don't realize the
surest way to make the prophecy
come true is to type the star"
Griffith. a white-haired, mild
hammered man who is boss on Para
mounts movie lots, was a stage
actor and a newspaperman in his
younger days. He is convinced that
movie, as we'll as stage, actors can
have indefinite periods of popularity
if their roles are varied.
He named Sir Henry Irving, the
great English actor, as "the classic
example" of a player who varied
his roles and could even portray
young lover convincingly when
he was an old man"
He cited Clark Gable as screen
star who was given chance to
use his talents in the nick of time
Just when he had reached the end
of the prophetic five years-in 1T
Happened One Night" Claudette
Colbert, he said, also got her break
in that Frank Capra-directed movie,
Griffith said his system" of find
ing out "the hidden abilities" of stars
is to have "heart-to-h talks with
them and probe into their back
grounds"
I'm this way recently I found that
(See WILSON, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Toduy's Film Schedules

"Ballerina," poignant
story of young ballet STU
dent who meets up with life:
2, 4, 5:55, 7:50 and 9:45 pm.
BELASCO - Dark Rapture
exciting saga of adventure in
Africas interior: 2::35, 4:25,
6:l0, 8 and $50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures of
the Navy" gobs of thrills In
the air: 2:45, S, 7:20 and $40
pm.
COLUMBIA-"K e n u cky,"
Loretta Young, blue glass and
horses. in technicolor: 2, 3:45,
5:45, 7:50 and 9:55 pm.
TRANS-LUX-N ews an d
shorts; continuous from 2 pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-12

EARLE-"The Beachcomber,"
with Charles Laughton and
Elsa Manchester at their best:
2, ABS, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 3:35, 6:l5 and 9 pm.
KEITHS-"Gunga DIM heroic
adventure film inspired by
the Kipling poem; 2, 1920,
5::25, 7:3O and 9:35 pm.
PALACE-"Idiot's Delight"
Clark Gable and Norma
Shearer in the stage version
of the play: 2:20, 4:45, ITO
and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOL-"Tailspin," the story
of women with wings, and
stage shows; continuous from
2p.m.
Evening star., 1939-02-12

(See CHURCHILL, Page F-2O
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Theater Guild Gets a Play
But Its Luck Is Still Bad
Jeremiah Worthy Work of Art,
With Timely Message, Finds
Itself Called Dull
Rr Irn oIfo
By Ira Woltert.
NEW WORK

The Thaer Guild has had
Jeremiah" dull.
think doubt that Jeremiah worthy
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Shearer Fans, Like Eddy's,
Feel Their Idol Can Have
NoLess Than Perfection
Questions Raised by Stars Performance
In Idiots Delight Brings
An Avalanche of Mail
By Jay Carm ody


Department. engrosngy
otweed publicity matter from the Hollywood studios Since Mr.
Eddy almost invariably left something be desired from the stand
point of fluent acting his admng egion have had many an
defend him from the calnes of critics What vigorous
people those to whose hearts Mr.. Eddy has sung!
might develop the
aspe An epidemic of threatens result of this
d r % le ] d m 10 80 tn al d efe f f attained thh
undoubtedly will
less Miss sheaer back the old level of performance
There she stood like Caesars wife happily well beyond suspicion of
grievou acting
questioning glance portrait
the tnged with an expression
because there when this department refused bulge
inch its loyalty to her the first lady, back her
Elizabeth Barrett of the most engaging pieces Of
porature Her Juliet another memorable accomplishments
memorable not to to mind during OF the less restrained
o Delight"
calming
counsel of her late husband Irving Thalberg her work
admn her There ladies Hollywood who
would challenge comparison with such magnificent Katharine
followed Helen Hays the Scotland Miss Hepburn
did not try that again Miss sheae however has twice aed Miss
Cornell in THE Barretts Wmpoe Street Romeo and Juliet
and now takes over role which created with superb skill by Miss
Fontanne.
her best friends and critics question its perfection
There legend slightly
organization Why
is one those things no one ever examined critical nrece
stockholders
direction having authority selection
ground another nconceivaby
preclude merely
John Gegud Miss Cornell Helen
relation their productions positions imposing than
Shearer
the
Tyrone Power who choice his
the best critics have been able behalf
feeling
said Maurice pathetiCally
BY the token what would not the critics have said
sperativey of Robert Tayos performance Camille"
What did they say? Perhaps it is better forgotten.
Mr. Shaw Gives Pascal Right
To Produce Two More Movies.
"Pygmaon" getting impatient
starter
which
successfully
virtually Shaw He
other plays for Pascas d and lucid production thing would
have been deemed inconceivabe couple
proving Shaw
G. B. agreed
DISCIPLE be Hollywood 1t will be directed
the M-Ci-M studios
What the Movies Need
Somerset Vaughan With Laughton.
become favorite pictures
Bachcomber
subsequent And with Charles Laughn Manchester
that the quality will drop.
incidentally, of Beachcomber' this
bit start making choices early the but worked
ageols" luck unqualified
Vaughan irony perfection with
its customers all
of the this
good for them.
Evening star., 1939-02-12
Cinema Now Does a Dream
With Technicol0r to Help
Wizard of or Employs Trickery, Too;
The Tibet of Lost Horizon
Is Turned Tropical
By Douglas ". Churchill.
HOLLYWOOD.

The the land OF fantasy have not been
illusion
Midsummer Nights Dream while worthy
"Beggar the customers
the face these experiments
Metro expendng unusual OF