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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15
RICH HARVEST AHEAD

1.-THE future will yield a rich harvest
for those who cultivate the present.
This adage was seemingly coined to fit
the oil industry today, as we realize the
opportunities afforded by the stabiliza-
ton of the future as viewed in the un-
certainties of the past.
Montana is regarded as a frontier of
the oil industry, but 1t is not the land
of pioneering. The pioneers are the ones
who smooth the way for the settlers
who follow. The work of the pioneer is
hard and costly. The pioneer seldom
reaps the reward instead itAs those who
follow in the footsteps of the pioneer who
profit by his discoveries and accomplish
ments.
The pioneering in the oil industry is
done in other, older oil producing states,
building up a tremendously valuable
heritage which will come to the people
of Montana who cultivate the present"
To illustrate what we mean, we have
thus far outlined the oil possibilities in
Montana through the production of
hundred million dollars worth of oil and
gas. All this oil has come from shallow
depths which have been reached with
the most primitive drilling equipment.
This oil and gas has come from simple,
apparent structures which can be out
lined from surface exposures. Modern
methods of determining structures and
modern methods of drilling for and pro-
ducing oil have not yet arrived in Mon
tana-beyond the experimental place.
It is estimated by national authorities
that GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION
AND NEW DRILLING TECHNIQUE
HAVE INCREASED WORLD OIL OUT
PUT 35 PER CENT.
These new developments have had
little or no influence on Montana, with
the possible exception of acidization, APP
piled to lime horizon fields, with great
success. But this came at a time when
Montana did not NEED new oil supplies.
For several years past Montana has
had a strange over-production situation
that has discouraged new drilling. even
in proven areas. Naturally, no new
technique has been introduced when 1t
was not NEEDED. Why should anyone
discover new oil fields and new pools
when there was no apparent market for
the oil? Yet 1t is POSITIVE that the
oil is present and 1t is likewise POSITIVE
that there will be a future market for
this oil. There is no sane person who
believes that oil will not have INCREAS-
ING VALUE for years to come. We
know that except for the advancement
of the sciences, especially of deep drill
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15
WATER SUPPLY
At kelvin IS
=mansasnaaM y MHAH

A serious water shortage is fear
ed in the town of Kelvin, as the
springs which supply the city water
system have been rapidly drying up
during the last few weeks.
Mayor George Engle, production
manager Of Big West Oil Co., has
moved a drilling rig to the vicinity
OF the springs and is drilling a
water well as speedily as possible
in order to supplement the supply
during the hot weather.
The rig was moved from Big
West-Dahlquist No. 10, newly COM
pleted 300-barrel oil well.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15

ing, that there would be a decided
SHORTAGE OF oil in the world today
The necessity has been more apparent
elsewhere and thus the tremendous adj
vances which will some day be introduced
in Montana WHEN NECESSITY ARISES
Thus there is growing to the credit of
owners of Montana oil lands greatly in
creased value through improved methods
of exploration, drilling and production.
The writer was one who at one time
said sagely that ROTARY TOOLS
WOULD NEVER WORK IN NORTH
MONTANA. We sagely shook our heads
mad said that the shales and lime shells
in this country-unlike the soft forma-
tions of California and Texas-would
forever force drillers to use cable or
churn drill tools Then we saw rotaries
introduced in Turner Valley, drilling
through all of the formations which are
present in Montana and into the hard
Madison lime. 1t was the flint-like lime
that we were positive that rotaries would
never penetrate.
Turner Valley oil field is a relatively
short distance north of the Montana oil
fields The presence of the Montana
Alberta geographical border has no in
fluence in the formations laid down over
a period of a hundred million years. The
Cretaceous sands and shales are the
same in Alberta as in Montana, likewise
the Jurassic. The principal difference is
that the Turner Valley operators have
to drill much deeper to reach the top
of the Madison lime, where Montana has
obtained most of its OIL
The further difference is that Turner
Valley gets little or no oil from the top
Of the Madison lime. Instead, it is
necessary for Turner Valley operators to
drill into the Madison lime for from 400
to 500 feet before they get production.
These wells are from $500 to 10000 feet
deep Such depths in Montana would
not only drill through the entire section
of Madison lime but also through all the
formations above the Ordovician, which
is the greatest producing horizon of
Oklahoma and the Midcontinent.
In states where there has been deep
drilling-reaching formations below the
top of the Madison lime-the greatest
oil fields have been developed This
knowledge has led to the development
OF drilling equipment which will drill
to 1900 feet and the day is at hand
when wells 10000 feet deep will be
drilled. Discovery that structural con-
ditions vary from surface folding. with
depth, has led to the development Of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15

hioALOI~--DU gOu luAhA tAC UAOtUI
will entirely supersede the horse?
Farmer hope not. There
must be some market for hay I
depend on what / make on hay to
buy gasoline.
1t is a remarkable fact, says
Petroleum World, that the college
educations of many graduates who
are finding it so difficult to get
work, were financed by fathers in
the oil business who never got be-
yond the seventh grade.
The biggest mystery to a married
man is what a bachelor does with
his money. Some of them might
be troubled with blended indebted
ness.
newly married production SUI
perintendent made a terrible mis-
take the other day when on going
home he found his bride in tears
because the cat had eaten the very
first pie she ever baked Never
he said, IN buy you a
new cat"
The Bakersfield, California pa
per recently stated that Bakers
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15

geophysics to a point where there is no
longer guess work on the lower struc-
lures.
All this rich heritage comes to Mon
tanans in the future. The fact tina:
Rotary tools WILL cut the Montana
shales with speed has been adequately
demonstrated in Cut Bank Likewise,
geophysical prospecting has been carried
to a point where 1t is known that 1t can
be relied upon to reveal structural folds
capable of holding oil. The presence OF
oil in the lower horizons has been de-
finitely established by wells drilled al
though there is no commercial produc-
tion as yet below the upper 100 feet OF
the Madison lime Yet we know that
whenever the oil is needed that deeper
drilling WILL develop more oil in not
only one but several horizons.
We know that one-eighth of all the
oil and gas produced in Montana goes to
royalty owners. About 1000 persons
and institutions have shared approx
mately $12,OO0.00O paid in the past.
A half million dollars Is being paid each
year to royalty owners at present, with
the Montana market in the formative
stage. Greater sums will be paid in the
future.
The man who puts his money into
the Montana oil industry today-in either
producing operations or in landowners
royalties-is cultivating the present with
the prospect Of a rich harvest.
Oil royalties are paying two hundred
million dollars ($200, 900, 000) annually
to some 500, 900 persons In the United
States. Needless to state, only those
who make an investment in roy
alties either purchasing oil
lands in fee simple or in buying a por-
'tion of some other landowners oil
rights-are participating in this tremen-
dous income Through good times and
bad, royalties continue to provide an
income to thousands OF persons whose
other investments have stopped earning
entirely The royalty investor gets his
share of the oil and gas produced ire
sDective of general business conditions
Fortunately. the oil business is one that
has been steadily going ahead, despite
depressions. The oil industry has shown
increased, record-breaking consumption
Of oil during the present year, and the
future was never more promising. While
war scares may hurt other lines of In
dustry, It HELPS the oil industry. Ac-
cordingIy. we believe oil royalties, intelli-
gently purchased. offer one OF the best
investments available today.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15

cue to come forward, announced,
"All those desiring to be married
come forward"
Thirteen women and one man
started for the altar
Lady: How did you find the
penny I gave you so quickly7"
Beggar: "I'm not the blind man
I'm just sitting here while he's
gone to the movies"
Salesman-Can I interest you in
an attachment for your typewrit-
er?
Busy xecutive-Nothing doingl
I'm still paying alimony on the
strength of the attachment had
for my last one.
SCOTCHING THE SCOTCH
The badger editor received a
novel lead pencil shaped like a
baseball bat, from a local gasoline
distributor. and being little
Scotch" by nature examined the
pencil carefully and then asked:
Where are the extra leads?"
Extra leads?" counter-queried
the donor, with a grin. Look at
the name Of the firm which gives
you the pencil"
The Badger editor read: Nc
Kenzie & McHenry, Shell oil dis
tributors."
Engineers are often baff1ed by
the fact that some of the girls with
figures offer the most
A Scotchman walked up to a
friend at the bar and began telling
him about a hunting trip. 1--WE shot
a couple of bears" he said, "but
the biggest thrill was tracking
yures."
whats yures?" asked the
friend.
"Ill have a beer, thanks" re-
piled the Scotchman.
Just as they reached the bot
tom of their glasses, the friend re-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15

nH is the blood of the earth fIorsang through for
{ /tnme's field only to enrich the courageous 1t
- sometimes REGARDS the non thinking business
Stacker bnt it lifts the burden from the back of
business coward It's Plus marks of generally
90 to those qOto combine degree of thought asTth
action
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-07-15

geophysics to a point where there is no
longer guess work on the lower struc-
lures.
Evening star., 1939-07-16

Then you were keeping her line busy!
tried her first By the way. Jeb told me an
extraordinary thing about this cat"
About him being matchmaker"
''Yes. Silly, isn't it,"
1T certainly is. Valerie seemed to think
she ought to make room for double wedding
tomorrow night. with George hanging around
our places. told her hadn't spoken to you
for year"
Just superstition, that's all. told Jeb l
didn't even say hello to you any more"
They smiled at each other and stroked
Georges fur. Now and then their fingers
touched, and fingered. George initiated coffee
going through percolator. His eyes closed
blissfully to Sits like new moons. His fur
cracked family.
Suddenly Graeme jerked his hand away as
though shocked by the static electricity. Il
just happened to think" he gasped, that
here is George and here we are talking, after
not speaking for year
Jobyna also jerked back her hand. Then
reputation. We're being almost as silly as the
time we quarreled and broke our engagement
l Ican't even remember what we fought about"
1T was over golf Right out on the first
hole in front of our houses. was beating
you and ..."
mo, was beating you. And you. thought!
up some crazy rule that cost me stroke"
Rule g." he said solemnly :" In dropping
a ball the player shall face the hole, stand
erect and drop the ball behind him over his
7-ls-s,l
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Folk
And What
They Do
Bruce Lockhort,
Famed British
Agent Soils
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Bruce Lockhart Is suddenly home.
ward bound - Britain and Germany
start their economic tug-of-war IN
Rumania. The urbane and grega-
rious Mr.. Lockhart is known best In
this country for his book, Memoirs
Of 4 British Agent" . chronicle Of
astounding adventure. but his less
known career covered years Of
quietly padding about Central Eu-
rope for Montagu Norman, covering
this beat for the Bank Of England,
getting drifts, side-slips and all the
deep underground of Balkan trade
and money affairs. 1t would seem
plausible that England Is summon
ing home one of her seasoned In
siderS on European finance as Ger
many prepares to put the squeeze
on Rumania.
This writer glimpsed Mr.. Lock-
hart in q New York hotel the other
day. He Is q tall, square-built man,
tailored with a nice touch of British
reserve, somewhat dish-faced, with
loosely arranged features and q
pleasant, ingenious countenance.
His is an agile. humorous, realistic
mind, which photographs everything
without anybody hearing the wheels
60 round. On his American visit he
has been circulating a great deal
among important people, like most
visitors these days.
In the first aftermath Of the Rus
sian revolution Russia traded him
for Maxim Litvino1, both being
prisoners. Up to that moment 1t
had been generally assumed that
Mr.. Lockhart would be shot. The
Bolsheviks had Jailed him after q
long and lurid sequence Of melo-
drama, in which the hoy ambas-
sador" had been looking after
British interests, in the jockeying
for place by the powers following
the revolution.
He was commercial secretary to
the British Legation at Prague
from 1919 to 1922. and thereafter,
until 1923. on his Balkan financial
assignment. His book, now one of
four, put him on the map as a writer
and set him in the wheel-house Of
the Beaverbrook papers.
(copyrisht. 1939)
Evening star., 1939-03-21

The clamor has been for q West
erner to NIL the vacancy In the court.
The new associate justice is q
young man, only 40 years old, which
nils another Roosevelt requirement
tor the Federal bench. His rise to
his new appointment, however, has
been . matter of recent months and
has been due in large part to his
handling OF the S. E. c.
Before Roosevelt" Supreme Court
judges are getting scarcer and
scarcer. The President now has put
four men on the bench, just one
short OF a majority, Black, Reed,
Frankfurter and, finally, Douglas.
OF the remaining five justices, three
are Republicans, Chief Justice
Hughes and Associate Justices
Stone and Roberts, and two are
Democrats. Associate Justices Nc
Reynolds and Butler. Presumably
al four Of the Roosevelt appointees
are Democrats-at least they are all
New Dealers.
Some Westerners Unhappy.
The appointment OF Mr.. Douglas
to the Supreme bench will be well
received, although some of the
Western Senators are not happy, for
they do not consider Douglas a real
Westerner or feel that ne is as IA
miltar with land. mining and irri-
CATION as are lawyers who have
practiced in the Western States
However, there have been q con-
siderable number of favorable rec
concentrations from Western States
supporting Mr.. Douglas for the
place.
There is an old Spanish proverb-
all comes around to him who will
but wait. The President certainly
Is now having an opportunity to re-
vamp the Supreme Court. which he
proposed to do early in 1887 by
adding to the present membership
Of nine. That proposal, which was
dubbed by his opponents and some
Of his friends 4 plan to pack" the
court, brought him his hrst biz
reversal At the hands Of Congress
The bill which he sponsored for the
increase in the court membership
could not pass, despite the utmost
pressure brought to bear on men,
bers of the Senate and the House
Since that measure was laid away
on the shelf, three members Of the
old court have retired and one ha,
Evening star., 1939-03-21
The Political Mill
Addition Of Douglas to Supreme Court
Increases Interest in Divided Opinions

died, opening the way for Roosevelt
appointments to the highest court.
1t will be interesting to zee how
the court divides. II and when 1t
divides. In its future opinions. OF
the older members. Associate Jus
tice Stone has been considered Z
member Of the liberal group, TO
which the late Associate Justice
Cardozo and Associate Justice Bran
deis, now retired. also belonged.
Chief Justice Hughes, generally
speaking, has always been regarded
as Z liberal-though not by the
Roosevelt New Dealers. Associate
Justices McReynolds and Butler,
both Democrats. have been anath-
ema to the New Dealers, character
lied as hard-boiled conservatives.
Associate Justice Roberts has At
various times voted with the con-
servative group and with the liberal.
In the recent and decidedly i'm
portant decisions of the court deal
ing with the National Labor Rela.
tions Boards administration and
with the sit-down strikes, the New
Deal appointees, Associate Justices
Black and Reed, dissented, and AS.
sociate Justice Frankfurter took no
part. having just been appointed TO
the bench. 1t may very we'll hap
pen In the future, that Mr.. Justice
Stone will hold the balance of
power and by his vote in the court
will decide for or against the New
Deal laws.
The President made no concession
to the conservative group in the
Democratic party when he made
his latest appointment to the Su-
preme Court. For that matter, has
made no concessions to that group
IN any Of his recent appointments
to high ONCE. 1t would have been
surprise had he done so, for the
President IS flnnly Of the opinion
that the Democratic party must be
the party Of liberalism, and that the
New Deal is liberalism.
Garner Finally Talks.
Vice President Garner, who, with
Senator Pat Harrison Of Mississippi,
has shared the reputation for being
the rallying post for anti-New Deal
Democrats, has never made any Sc
cret of the fact that he did not be-
lieve in great Capitalization Of
power in the Federal Government
or in continued deficit spending on
the part Of the administration. Al
though he did not make speeches
or public statements, Mr.. Gamers
views have been well known not
only on Capitol Hill, but also
throughout the country. Within the
last few days, the Vice President
has, however, given public express
sion of his views This comes at
. time when the administration Is
about to lock horns with the oppo-
nents of the Presidents spending
program.
To many it will seem that Mr..
Garner's expression OF views has been
especially timed. 1t will, however,
take all the influence of the more
conservative group to halt the pro-
gram. and that may not be enough,
even II backed by the Republicans
in Congress. some Of whom are
rather Shaky when it comes to op-
| posing expenditures.
Evening star., 1939-03-21

against German goods But important made poti
caly possible the
sacrosanct neutrality
If the President defeated Congress- Fascist nations
will cast OH the last restraints the from
America which has held them back somewhat these last
months will be utterly removed that he
will not be defeated The Neutrality vociferous
Senators Vandenberg Nye Clark privately threaten
talk fest against revision The neutrality
bloc has been reduced however almost those three
Among most Senator's while there Of the Presidents
mpulsvenes ana of his methods there be
hearty support for his objective
The Neutrality Act expected directions
Repeal OF the embargo clause deocracies
buy America in time
clauses will force them to lay their the line and take
the goods preventing American involvement conflict
either through extensions Of credit ships
From the OF its the Presdnt regarded the
tralty Act constitutional
foreign field He did decide revision until
the Of Munich which convinced explained
advisers that it dire democracies
An attempt at revision has
German occupation Prague prext
he had been waiting
need for neutrality law and reminding world
message to Congress In this the important
IN his effort shape public opinion he complained that
our neutrality law helping enemies hurting
and he suggested that ways might be found to help friends
without risk OF war; Repeal Of the embargo
the cash and clause would be anamount
with France and England powers
and ships 80
Evening star., 1939-03-21

ns sai tho amy tho a h. @ eGa 70
:sn: * % s %
Great Britain not interested The what
o IN. 5 81 formally TO
Influential the city added t: the British cabinet v which
the Rhine colony and az Hitler was welcome help himself
% % 5 % p % % Ss
know whether We get penny out Of our investments
governments are going through the
1 @ s ms ans s'tD oops o s n
border But everybody in the Rumanan
Which the did not dare In as sap
ee:s Ssn ' e ne % ssaip x nG and they wei" much
In the meantime dispatches from Bucharest indicate that
'nd G
power to get rid of King Carol.
Rumanias strategic position is not happy one 1t is being
menaced the BY the Hunearans slightest
Transyvana south the susarian have been rest
less for sewers; months and take by force the DoOuds
despite the urgent appeal Chamberlain and Daadier for Rus
played their badly they been supedpomac try
s 'a. has Sssn
vide Rum.ni. with masr. The Rssh..
with the equipment necessary in modern wars.
because Of thes. considerations that tn. Rum.ni.ns h.v.
decided the evil moment by yielding the drastic
Their resistance to the political domination
predicaed developments Europe
democratic
land, air. The encent - .x.x ~u.Lr
will be to the Ger 3~B
=: !!
forces in the And ~
this will done II the vital in <T+EM
of and II -.
Britain demand 1t. IFF IL6MA ~
LNlT4 n ~
At present the interest Of
the world centered the de- ~ ~
velopnentS x6I
which dramatic and spec MG--x~
tacular. But the IL ->SA<
this
Musson his demands for colonies
svenuahy British the
assembling divisions
march to unknown" destinations
Evening star., 1939-03-21
This Changing World
Armies Of Europe Are on the March
And BottIeships Move to Stotions
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

By CONSTANTINE BROWN.
march, Like last septsnbr
teo not anse European country where troops not quietly
Warsps ordered to their battle stations adromes
loading bombing with deadly
sputtsrng and
<Nn. Is whether when
ANW~ eruption engulf civil-
@ lNA zation will begin.
MS-k The premiers of the demo-
--EXNN /E----- cratic nations begin to
7Z1<--@@=(S- understand the
countries themselves
kfSAA VAR Beatedly. Mr.. Chamberlain,
AuN1H<<I chief forger of Munich
-A-H%kA1~- spokesman for the appeasement
~--'-S~~k policy, has decided to change his
gather good coalition to
thYeed Whethe
Evening star., 1939-03-21

OF Me supreme
@ ourt Of the
United 3 tates
was expe 6 ted.
Mr.. Douglas has
been an ardent
New Dealer. In
some measure he
nils the bill geo.
graphically, for
although he was
appointed from
Connecticut, Mr..
q o glas was
born In Minneso-
t. and educated
In the State Of
w ashin n z t on.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
The Capital Parade
Germon Aggression Seen Aiding
Revision Of U. 5. Neutrality Law
By JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT x1NrNER.

The leadership is to wiring the
age to your cause from the opposon sake In foreign
anars the President Is completing what promises to be another
striking dmosrson mo Of his power. popular leader Tho
politician but he still Judge shape public opinion
In tho demonstration in question: Germany played
to support the European democraces where risk Of
man aggression and German brutality neatly
account And In the five the peace Of
Evening star., 1939-03-21

impatient with support the spoke
for outright repeal While third with the majority the
Department behind
Senator Key Pman, chairman the Relations
Incidentally the President deciding voice
strategy to Senator Pman who too often thought Of
fgurehead
discussions the President had some
advice that
wished him to out boldly describe in detail what he
wanted and demand Of Congress But others pointed
the revsion obviously labeled Roosevelt his
would hate it for label.
letting giving White House
backing.
tCopysht by Anne Newspaper Alliance
Evening star., 1939-03-21

states. Fate gave
him another ap-
pointment before
this second pres
1dential term Is
over, thus rem
dering strangely
superhuous the
6 ntroversy
which took up 50
much time In
the 1887 session
of Congress and
started the Dem
ocratic party on
its present era
of division. II