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Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
SECOND WELL
IN NEBRASKA

OGALLALA. NEB.-Drouth and
poor crops gave way in Nebraska
interest Tuesday to the magic ward
"oil'' as word OF the second oil
strike within 10 days spread
throughout a state which has sought
the elusive black gold 40 years.
The Nebraska company
Ltd, announced the new 15O-barrel
well is 10 miles northeast OF here
several hundred miles to the
northwest OF the first well near
Fall City on the Kansas-Nebraska
border
The two strikes marked the cul-
mination OF hopeful search which
has sunk more than go dry holes
into the Nebraska earth in all parts
OF the state since 1900 Production
was found in the lime at 1880
2240 feet.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
DICTATOR IS
UNHASKEDAT
COLE HEARING

Plans for rule of the Ameri-
can oil industry by a dictator
accountable neither to the in
dustry, to the people or to the
courts, were revealed before
the Cole oil subcommittee of
congress before its adjourn
ment. to meet again in middle
cember possibly in New Orleans
and possibly in Tulsa or
elsewhere.
Three members of the committee
indicated by their questioning that
they did not understand the term
waste" which term was lavishly
applied by Secretary Ickes, and
when government experts were call
ed upon to define waste" and to
show how the Cole dictatorship bill
would prevent waste" they we're
unable to answer.
Parentage of the bill, frequently
questioned, was given by Secretary
Ickes who pointed to Interior So
licitor Marigold as the father who
several years ago sired the ini-
quitous "Marigold bill" This was
developed by questions of Rep.
N. j., while Chairman
Cole, Md, and Rep. Kelly, ILL.,,
listened. Rep. Mapes, Mich, and
Rep. Pearson, Tenn, had left Wash
ngton so missed out on the gov
srnment's presentation of the bill.
Dr. A. G. White, chief economist
IF the petroleum economics division.
Bureau of Mines, said that in his
opinion it was simply a bill to
waste and has no bearing
IN marketing. In reply to Rep.
questions he said that
my sort of production control un-
loubtedly would affect price, adding
as soon as you get into the
'olicy and purpose of this bill you
lad better question its drafters and
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18

Acid will be applied TO four
other Kelvin wells during the next
few days. each one OF which found
the customary showings OF oil in
the top of the lime. Hydrochloric
acid is introduced into the forma-
tion under pressure, the acid con-
suming the softer portions OF the
lime to open up flow channels.
Big West-Dahlquist No. IA, sW
SEA SEA 21-35-3W. is preparing
to acidize. having had showing
from 1472 to 1852 feet The near
by No 9, No. 10 and No II wells
had initials OF $50, $50 and 500
barrels. respectively. following ac-
idization.
Kippen oil & Gas-soIberg No. 4.
Sc SEA NWh 20-35-3W, drilled
to 1904 and has a showing of oil
with considerable gas. and will aci-
die.
Nepstad-MOntgOmery Fargher-
Haugen No. "a, Sc SEA SWA
2-35-3W. found the lime contact at
1851 and drilled to a break at
1886 TO 1851 with a good showing
of oil and will acidize. II IS a short
distance southeast OF No. which
had an initial OF more than 100
barrels per day
Scotland-McNamer No. 3, NV
NE sWA 29-35-3W. in the Rim
rock pool. found oil in the lime at
1874 and is preparing to acidize.
An error in the Journals location
OF the Vanderpas-War No. 3 well.
listed in section 3d. Instead II Is
in NE SWA SWh 2S-35-3W. It
struck water in a strata said to
have been above the Madison lime.
Water rose 500 feet and II was
plugged and abandoned. 1t Is
diagonal offset to the
Big West-Dahlquist No. s which
Continued on Page Eight
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
H HENDERSON
WELL GOING
TO DAK0TAS
BY e. A. BEELER

BILLINGS is reported that
Minnelusa Oil Corporation of Den
yer, has worked out a deal for a
working interest in the Henderson
No. i'll North Permit, in Sec
tion 35-9S-R23 E in Carbon
county, Montana, which is an ex-
tension to the NV from Elk Basin
field, about seventy-five miles
south of Billings. Manning and
Martin are under contract with the
Minnelusa Corporation to deepen
well that was spudded in in 1886.
1t is reported the operators encoun-
tered small production in the old
hole at 1919 feet in what was
thought to be the first Frontier
1t is also reported that they en-
countered an oil showing in
stray sand, which some believe, was
the second Frontier. or which some
correlate with the third Wall Greek.
1t is the intention of the op-
orators to lower their casing as
they go down and make a test
in the Dakotas and Lakota Fusion.
r. S. Shannon, of Denver, is pres
ident of the Minnelusa Corpora
tion, while Oscar e. Johnson will
have charge of the company's in
terest in the field on the Henderson
test. Charles M. Rath, geologist,
win run the formation test, while
Jack McGath is tool pusher for Man
ping and Martin. They are using
cable tools due TO their caution in
the possibility of mud
Zig off possible production, which
might be the case in using rotary
squIpment.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
TExACO GROUP
INSURANCE PLAN
PAYS DIVIDEND"

Employees of The Texas Corpora
ton and its subsidiary and affili-
ated companies will save approx
mately $143.00O in the form of
contributions to the Corporations g
Group Life Insurance Plan. EN-
Dloye contributions to the plan have
been suspended for five months
because of a favorable mortality ex-
perience this year. approximately
$50 employees of the International
Refining Company and International
Pipe Line Company in this locality
are affected.
This dividend" represents about
AZ per cent of the employees yearly
contributions to the plan. Pay
ments were suspended as OF Novem-
ger 1. and will not be resumed un-
til April next year.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
GAS TANGLE
ATHAVRE IS
NOW WORSE

More fun and merriment" are
due in the increasingly complex
Havre natural gas situation as the
.S0-day period is marked off the
calendar during which period the
development of necessary open flow
and reserves OF natural gas must
be under way.
The federal governments loan
and grant to the city, for the con
struction of a municipal gas system
was approved on November s, and
the city of Havre has allowed Guy
Smith and associates until Decem-
Der 10 start development.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
BROTHERS AND DAD
BRING In GUSHERS

ARTEsIA. N. NJ, Gilman
Martin Yates, Jr., rushed into
his office.
where's St. Clair he
shouted.
The son appeared.
I've got a gusher!" they
chorused.
where's Martin?" they bel
lowed to the office wall. Just
then, he came in.
1--WE got a gusher," Martin
Sd exclaimed.
The three wells came i'm with
in few hours. The boys
wells were flowing wild with
no estimate of production; the
dads well is a 1,OOO-barreI one.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
Government IndiCtS Whole
Oil Industry In California

Shades Madison i'm
when In
oil companies
retail gasoline violation of
This just time Pacific industry was
becoming stabilized
Of the revas in the Madison
the industry
indicate a a disordery
total gaIOn
is marketed which ,7rnsI
indictment of whole industry monopostic few
Included indicted
The Corporation OF Cali
fOrn Rchfd OIL corporation Shell
Tide OIL Union OH
in this than independent
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18

of September 1888, despite ship
ping conditions.
The balanced price index for pc
troleum products in September was
53.3 compared with SIT in Aug
uRt, 52.2 in July and 56.4 in Sep
tember 1888. The first gain in the
indext since May was shown this
September. There is only a 72-day
supply OF crude oil in storage In
the United States, which is said to
be close to the margin OF safety.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
FRYBERGER FARM IN KEVIN
FIELD AGAIN COME THROUGH
WITH EIGHTY WELL

Cruney Sons pioneer Independent operators of Kelvin
Sunbu field this week completed another good well their
Fryberger farm the central feda tract which
had condemned and abandoned before the coming of a
dzation.
The producer is Fyberger No II, NE SEHSWA 24-95-
3W which drilled to the second lime break at 1915 and
acdzed horizons with 500 gallons Of acid 1t
ported making and onehaf barrels of fluid hour including
about 30 per All wells this district make with
the OIL The well rated around so barrels of oil
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
MIRACLE GOING AGAIN

BILLINGS According to Stuart
Smith, driller, Miracle Oil company.
operators on Round Butte struc-
ture, 40 miles southwest OF Billings.
Carbon County. has resumed opera
tions expecting production at a.
round 1900 feet. John f. Sandring,
president of Miracle oil company.
returned to Bridger the early part
OF last week and has employed
Smith as a driller on the well.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
Signal Butte
In Litigation

The top acreage on Signal Butte
is covered by government lands on
which prospecting permits have
STOOD for many years. c. r. Bron-
son OF Havre took operating agree
ments on these permits nearly a
decade ago. Recently the original
permitees sold their rights TO w
NJ Hanlon, Shelby operator. and
ne claimed the operating agreements
mad expired for failure to perform
The department OF the interior this
week handed down decision rec
ognlzing Hanlon's title. leaving the
matter of the validity of the op-
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18

Meantime, the market demand
for motor fuel increased to new
records. The August domestic de-
mand was the highest monthly tot
al ever recorded and an increase
of six percent over August 1888,
while exports were less than a
year ago. In September, the domes-
tic demand was only slightly less
than in August and per cent
above the demand in September
1888. And during September, ex-
ports OF motor fuel jumped ahead
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-11-18
industry Does Good Job
Balancing Supply y-Demand

gathered
politicians
was by motor
September Of production following
barrels which slightly above the July
100000 barrels
eners In September 100000 barrels of crude
establishing
history concerned
Evening star., 1939-02-22
HandbiI| Litter Charge
AGAINST Striker Dismissed

A charge against striker picket
ing a Highs ice cream store OF dis
tributing handbills that Uttered up
the street was dismissed in Police
Court yesterday when the Govern
ment admittedly failed to prove the
handbills had been thrown to the
street.
However, Judge John P. Mcmahon
denied demurrer by Defense At
torney John Keane, who contended
the local regulation was uncon-
stitutional in the light of the Su-
preme Courts decision in the
Georgia case last December. In that
ruling, regulation providing that
a distributor must obtain a permit
from the police superintendent Of
a Georgia city, was declared abridge-
ment of freedom of the press.
Judge Mcmahon took the position
that the local regulation merely
prohibits distribution of handbills
in such manner as to cause a
nuisance by littering up the street.
The local statute, the court con-
tended, qualities the manner of
distribution only to q very limited
extent and in no way prohibits
passing out of handbills.
In the case before the court, Cecil
Grubbs, 26. of 61O D street S.W., a
member of the Milk Drivers and
Dairy Employees Local No. 246, was
charged with committing the offense
in front OF a store at 2ll7 Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Testimony was presented that
Grubbs had handed out only one
circular, which asked friends of
organized labor to help us in our
efforts to obtain union recognition
from our employer"
This handbill was given to q
passerby, who turned it over to q
nearby police officer. 1t was not
thrown to the street and no others
Uttered the premises, testimony
showed.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Livestock Men HOPE
ToCheck Predicted =
Drop in Hog Prices
Family Purse Found
Fotter Than Durinc
1931-34 Slump
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-The house,
wife's kitchen budget may check
the drop in hog prices predicted
for fall by Government officials,
livestock experts said today.
Statisticians in the packing and
provisions trade uncovered figures
showing the family purse was
fatter now than during the swine
market slump of 1931-34.
Livestock men, concerned over
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace's
forecast of lower hog values, were
heartened by prospects that i'm
proved industrial income would help
prevent collapse of prices to the
lows Of 1882 when hogs sold in
Chicago for $3.l0 per hundred
pounds.
They agreed that the housewife,
through her power over the family
food budget, has plenty to say about
the price of meat, and consequently,
the price of hogs.
Secretary Wallace declared re-
Gently the heavy increase in swine
production has led many farmers
to expect price drops to IS to Sc
per hundred pounds on the farm
this fall.
Hogs now are quoted around So
In Chicago, largely the result of
seasonal reductions in slaughter
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Gov. James 10 Ask
$526,000,000 Budget
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. Dad
ministration fiscal experts disclosed
today that the budget which Gov
Arthur H. James expects to recon-
mend to the Legislature Monday
night for l939-41 would be based on
receipts estimated in the neighbor-
hood of s526,0O0 900.
1t would be the second half-bil-
lon-dollar budget in Pennsylvania s
history and approximately $16,OOO,-
900 in excess of the one former Gov
George H. Earle approved in 1887.
Democratic leaders said the Gov
ernor was figuring on s128 900, ,O0C
relief appropriation and termed that
totally inadequate" Senator Har-
ry Shapiro pointed out 1904 600, ,O0C
will have been spent in the two-year
period now nearing an end.
Representative Herbert B. Cohen
the minority's floor leader in the
House, said the $4,000 900 esti-
mate "is courting a special session
before the years end" He sug-
gested $10,000,000 could be added to
the figure on the basis of proposed
legislation to lapse the unspent por-
tions of appropriations extending
back beyond 1885.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Senator Nye Surprised
By Cheers From bund
BY the Associated Press.

BY tHe hSbOCldtSu IIeSb
BISMARCK, N. OAK. Feb. o.
Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican,
of North Dakota expressed surprise
when informed upon his arrival
here last night that his name was
applauded at the Nazi demonstra-
tion of the German-American
Bund in New York Monday.
Senator Nye. advised that his
name, along with those OF Herbert
Hoover. Father Charles E. Coughlin
and Senator William Borah, brought
cheers from the Bund audience,
said if the Bund was counting on
him for sympathy the cheering
was from a very false belief"
IF they cheered because Of my
wish to see my country avoid dis
astrous entangling alliances in
Europe, I cannot complain" said
Senator Nye. But I am wondering
why the Bund does not exercise q
like American spirit and get away
from these games of organized
batting that are going to be our
undoing in America If they are per-
mitted to continue"
There Is not room in America
for any of the tissues" that have
the "rest of the world in arms,
the Senator commented.
Senator Nye arrived from Wash
ington to participate in organi-
zation of memorial foundation
for John K. Brostuen. the late chair
man of the Republican State Cen.
trail Committee here.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
BY the Associated Press,

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22.-George
Washington was pictured today by
one of his biographers, Novelist
Rupert Hughes, as a wealthy man
who frequently was short of funds, a
humorist who belied the serious
treatment which painters gave his
portrait, and a lover of luxury who
probably endured more hardships
than any other individual of his
time.
Among all the pictures of Wash
ington I have never seen one that
showed him smiling" Mr.. Hughes
declared. "Yet he was known to
roll on the ground with laughter
and even when crossing the icy
Delaware he made the soldiers howl
with his racy words"
Yet at the same time, the novelist
termed the general 50 tender
hearted that tears frequently came
to his eyes at the sufferings Of his
soldiers and he cried continuously
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Ramspeck 10 Talk Friday
AT Bar Conference

Representative Robert Ramspeck
OF Georgia, chairman of the House
Civil Service Committee will be the
principal speaker at the annual
conference of the Federal Bar AS
sociation Friday night at the Com
merce Department Auditorium.
He will speak on legislation affect
Ing Government lawyers. Members
OF the Senate and House Civil Sery-
ice Committees have been invited
to attend.
David S. Dawson, attorney of the
Civil Service Commission, will speak
on matters relating to civil service
retirement.
Thomas Ross, chairman of the
Civil Service Committee of the bar
association will discuss such SUBJ
jects as selection, classification and
direction of legal personnel in the
Government. There also will be
an open forum discussion.
Arrangements for the conference
are under direction of William N.
Morrell, chairman of the Confer
ence Committee, and vice presi-
dent of the association.
The Federal Bar Association will
hold its annual banquet SATURDAY.
night at the Mayflower Hotel, when
Seth Richardson, former assistant
attorney general, will speak.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Can You Answer
10 Questions on
Woshington?

In whatever way you may cele-
brate Washington's Birthday, the
thought Of the Father Of His Coun-
try" will; from time to time, be up
permost in your mind. Stories con-
corning his activities, his personal
ity, his physical appearance and
other aspects Of the greatest Amer
ican come to mind. Everything
about him Is Of interest to this day,
but some items have become
strangely twisted with the passing
Of the years.
You might ask yourself the fol-
lowing questions and see how many
you can answer correctly:
/. How tall was he and what did
he weigh? He has told us in his own
words.
2. Where did he make, or is al
legged to have made, q record throw
OF a silver dollar?
=. 3. Did he wear what is called q
"tie wig" or the larger and more
ornate peruke, or neither?
4. Olu 1lC CIlu1lSldGC kACeAAA Ay1 oAAA ~
not, why not?
S. Was his face blemished in any
way?
6. just what, as q small boy, did
he do, or is he alleged to have done,
to his fathers pet cherry tree?
7. On what particular athletic
feat, not counting horsemanship, In
which he naturally excelled, did he
most pride himself?
8. What rank did he hold when
he served under Gen. Braddock?
9. How early did he express him.
self as favoring American independ-
ence?
10. What was his salary as COM
mander in chief of the Continental
Army?
| Don't look for the answers to these
further back in The Star. They are
all readily available in works about
the great man. Look them up and
see how many you missed. If you
got all 10 you are Colossal"
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Corcoran Cadet CORPS
Veterans Celebrate
56th Anniversary
More Than 40 Attend
Buffet and Smoker; Tops
Sounded for Deceased

Washington's famous old drill team,
the Corcoran Cadet Corps, is still
going strong.
Last night more than 40 veterans
of the corps met to celebrate the
Seth anniversary of the founding
OF the corps with their annual buffet
supper and smoker at the knights
of Columbus Hall, 920 Tenth street
NV.
Although the years have changed
their appearance, the spirit Of the
men who marched in every inaugu-
ration from Cleveland's first to F. D.
Roosevelt's was still in evidence.
Cheers greeted the voice of Blair
Shoemaker as it came over the air
from Station VOL in the annual
15-minute broadcast, which by Gus
tom has become the feature of their
annual reunions.
Tells History of Corps.
Mr.. Shoemaker recounted the his
tory OF the cadets from the time a
group of boys living in the vicinity
OF Eighteenth and I streets NV
first gathered to drill with broom
sticks on Vermont avenue until the
present.
He sent out greetings over the air
to members in i'll health who were
unable to attend the reunion and
called for Taps to be played for the
members of the corps who have died
in the last year-Sergt. Emery Boyle
of the Metropolitan Police, Jesse
B. K. Lee, Michael Maher and Will
liam Lowcraft. charter members,
and Arthur Kelly.
Following the broadcast Mai
Charles A. Meyer, president of the
Corcoran Cadet Corps Veterans As
sociation-now the official name OF
the organization-conducted a brief
business session and veterans set
tied down to an evening of sociabil-
ity and reminiscence.
Today the cadets, led by Will
liam H. Grovermann, chaplain, were
to lay a wreath on the grave of
Maj. Eugene Edwards, who led the
corps from the time it became a
full-fledged military company in
1883 and after it was mustered
into the District National Guard
along with other Washington inde-
pendent companies.
Joined in Patriotic Observances.
In addition to inaugurations, the
corps took part in numerous patri-
otic celebrations during its period OF
active existence President Roose-
velt's executive order prior to MS
second Inauguration banned partici-
patton of the Corcorans as we'll as
many other independent militia, such
as the Richmond Blues, the Old
Guard of New York and the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery of Boston.
The committee in charge of the
reunion, besides Maj. Meyer, Mr.
Shoemaker and Mr.. Grovermann
were Eugene Edwards, jr., son OF
Maj. Edwards: 1t. Col. w. Laurence
Hazard, DR.. Frank E. Gibson. Sam
uel Kleindienst, Roy De Neale anc
w. N. Handiboe.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Bill Would Increase
Delaware Speed Limit
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DOVER, Del, Feb 22.-Propo-
nents Of bill to increase the State
automobile speed limit from As to
so miles an hour during daylight
were encouraged today over ap-
proval of the measure by a COM
mittee of the State House of Repre-
sentatives.
The bill was reported out yester-
day, coincident with approval by
another house committee of a pro-
posal to repeal a law prohibiting
sale Of liquor TO University of Dela-
ware students within miles of the
campus.
The committee made no recon-
mendation.
A proposal to appropriate $35, 600
for completion of survey looking
toward construction Of a tunnel
under the Delaware River between
Wilmington and New Jersey also
was reported favorably.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Washington, Rich Man, Often
Short of Funds, Saws Hughes

as he kissed his soldiers goodby
when he took his farewell.
HE was one of the richest men
in the country, yet so generous that
he usually was short Of cash." Mr..
Hughes said. HE loved company
and was always joining societies,
military, charitable and social. He
got up lotteries and big dances.
Nobody in America could or did
endure more hardship; few in the
world loved luxury better. He i'm
ported his clothes and his coaches
from London, served the finest wines
but never drank to excess, rarely
missed the theater, played cards,
raced his own horses, played ball for
hours. Foreign noblemen found his
bearing as royal as his hospitality.
There was no form Of sport In
which he did not excel. He was
the most superb horseman Of his
time. He fished for hours, hunted
duck with a fowling- piece and spent
q large part of his life In the saddle
until in his late years = fractions
horse crippled him."