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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Science Finds Fields

If only the most prolific oil fields are
considered the odds in favor of science
are even more pronounced. Throughout
the SO-year history of the petroleum in
dustry, 2S8 major oil fields have been
discovered, a major field being defined
as one with an ultimate recovery of more
than 1000 900 barrels of oil.
More than three-fourths of these 2SS
major fields were found through the
use of one or more of the advancing tech
niques of scientific eXplOration-surface
geology, subsurface geology, core drill
ing, geOphysics, and deeper drilling. The
non-scientific bases for drilling, surface
Indication and mere random drilling,
were responsible for the discovery of 90
such fields.
In the five years from 1884 through
1898, the increasing Importance of sclen-
tific exploration even more str1k1ngy
is demonstrated. In these five years. rs
new major oil fields were discovered.
Only one resulted from drilling because
of surface indications, none at all from
random drilling. The seismOgraph, the
microscope, the magnetometer, the tor
sion balance, the mass spectograph, the
electric log. the aerial camera and dOz-
en- other tools and instruments, almost
completely have displaced the witch
hazel rods of the oId-time ''dowsers."
Geophysics, which found its first major
oil field only IL years ago, in 1928
alone accounted for AZ OF the 20 new
major fields found between 1884 and
1QQQ
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

An advertiser astonished the want
ad clerk OF a newspaper recently
by placing an ad offering $50 re-
ward for the return OF his wife's
pet cat.
Isn't that a high reward for a
cat?" asked the ad taker.
Not in this case" said the man.
II drowned the cat
Do you know what the stocking
said to the shoe?
$50 long, I gotta run"
Do you know what the keyhOle
said TO the door?
II can see right through you"
Do you know what the mayonaise
said to the Ice box?
"Close the door-Im dressing"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

dignified Philadelphia OF Quaker
decent. On the morning of her first
appearance she went straight to the
desk OF her employer.
Il presume" she remarked. that
you begin the day over here the
same as they do in New York;"
ooh, yes" replied the employer.
without glancing up from a letter
he was reading.
well. hurry up and kiss me.
then" was the startling rejoindcr,
Il want to get to work"
Do you know about the little
Italian boy standing on the street
corner with his hot tamale wagon.
He: IF I had a million dollars,
do you know where I'd be?"
She: "I'll say! You'd be on OUR
honeymoon"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

This is what DR.. Egloff, director
of research of Universal Oil Pro-
ducts Company, told the National
Association of Gasoline Retailers,
meeting in annual convention at the
Hotel La Sale.
THE future is bright for the
gasoline retailer" DR.. Egloff said,
because the American motorist
each year is setting new high re-
cords of gasoline consumption.
This is due not only to the in
creasing number Of cars put on the
road every year but also to the in
creased driving of each car. Com
parison of the figures for 1925 and
1899 are striking.
In 1925. there were 1921 900
motor vehicles in service and gaso-
line consumption was 100000 gall
Ions or 500 gallons per car.
In 1889. 2S,5S2,0OO cars were
in service and gasoline consumption
was 20,654,592,O0 gallons or 725
gallons per car. This is according
to American Petroleum Institute
figures.
1T. ESAOAA eHlpudslLeui uO"SFSl'
that the whole industry should be
alert to promote and stimulate still
further this natural increase in gal
lonage, and to combat active forces
that are at work tending to reduce
it. Among these active forces are:
% The recent policy of the rail-
roads in offering luxurious trips
at low cost on time payments.
90 The growing tendency to in
crease gasoline taxes out of pro-
portion to the levies on other com
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Twelve Million Paid

More than twelve million dollars has
been distributed among royalty owners
in Montana thus far-haf of that
amount SINCE the depression, in the
hardest years for the industry. The future
viii see the payment of more tens of
millions of dollars to royalty owners.
SOMEONE will receive these millions:
either the people who now own the roy
aIties, should they fail to sell any; else
the pepOle who buy from present own
ers.
Oil is the swift moving investment of
which we know, yet it moves slowly.
In 1895 we purchased a Kelvin farm in
fee simple acting on good engineering
advice. In this case our members own
the entire 121k % royalty-divided among
a score of investors. We waited patiently
during the years of uncertainty and
many have become impatient in the in.
tervening four years. But finally we Sc
cured the kind of development contract
we desired and last week a well was
completed on this land. 1t is rated
a 1OO-barreI well in initial flush pro-
duction, without acidization. This well
confirms our earlier advice that we have
a highly valuable property that win pay
large returns to the fortunate owners.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
SAFER THAN BONDS

To the person seeking opportunity
for investment, the Montana oil industry
offers by far the greatest certainty of
success that has ever been known. by
virtue of the modern sciences which not
only make more certain the finding of
oil but which make possible greater re-
cOvery of oil.
These sciences have just begun to ar
rive in Montana. Up to this time they
have not been needed. Production has
not been large enough to demand en-
Iargcment of markets, until recent years,
but when Montana had an Over-supplT of
crude. due to the loss of the Canadian
market the market expansion quickly
occurred. Now we find that the prOduc-
ton of oil must increase if Montana is
TO supply the markets already developed.
That expansion of production is coming
as certainly day follows night
Montana oil fields cannot and will not
be produced at maximum capacity. 1t has
been determined that Ii is too costly
to produce wells at capacity. Turner Val
ley oil field in Canada would have been
ruined before now had not conservation
measures been introduced to conserve the
gas pressure and regulate the gas-OiI
ratio That is particularly necessary in
lime fields, as Illinois can now testify.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Geology Still Leads

For the entire sOIyear period surface
geology takes first place as a finder of
major oil fieIds-116 out of 2SS. Ear
Hest science to be introduced in the
search for surface geology is cred
tied with finding the first major oil
field, in 1875. and steadily it has con-
tinued to find new oil, year after year.
Today the wrinkle chaser of the
early days have given way to large
motor caravans, aided by dozens Of del
icate instruments, and surface geology
alone finds relatively few fields. The pc
trOIeum geologist has borrowed at win
from other sciences, and, though he still
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Market Is Gaining

The only thing that can prevent Mon
tana from a shortage of crude for its
established refinery market in the
spring of 1911 VIII be a decided loss in
market consumption. This is highly inn
probable. The gain of consumption IN
Montana this year is 70, which is above
the national average, and the national
average has gained in spite of the loss
of the export market. MOntana's export
market is likely to grow because Cam
ada needs Montana crude for the manu-
facture of aviation gasoline. Canadian
filters are now using gasoline no better
than the premium gasolines used by
Montana motorists, because Canada
lacks better aviation fuel That fuel can
and will be provided by Montana oil
fields, also heavier oils with which to
make runways for the many Canadian
aviation schools and training airpOrts.
MOntana's assistance to Canada should
and will be a must" order on the Mon
tana oil industry. However, this calls for
more drilling and more reserves.
Development of more reserves means
opportunity for investors both in drill
ing projects and in royalty investment.
The owner of the land on which oil is
found receives IL Il barrels out of every
100 barrels produced. This oil is deliver
ed to him free of cost of production.
His share in lieu of cash bonus, is
called royalty. Every productive acre
of oil land pays royalty, either to the
homesteader, to an investor who has
bought all or part of the hOmesteader's
rights, else to the state or to the fed
eraI government, according to the owner
ship of the land.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Another Success

The farm will be developed with a
contract schedule of eight wells. Not one
but scores of successes of this kind prove
that man can invest his money no more
safely than in oil land. 1t is better than
any stock or bond of which we know in
these uncertain times. 1t is the one i'm
vestment of which we know that is
subject to taxation only on the INCOME.
The owner of a town lot or a farm must
pay taxes every year, even though the
property earns him nothing. But with
royalties, no taxes are paid until there
is earning-and then on a basis of
net proceeds. To the thinking investor,
this Is an important feature, when COM
bined with the growing permanence and
certainty of the petroleum industry OF
Montana and of the United States.
We ask that any who would like to
join with us in the purchase of oil lands
and divided royalties write to us, using
the attached coupon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Higher RecOveries

Conservation methods have been de-
veloped in fields in other states that
will mean millions OF dollars to Mon
tana, with their application here.
recent bulletin of the APP stated that
more than 99M per cent of the recover
able oil known today in underground
reservoirs ultimately will be produced
by "A continuance of present production
methods. Petroleum engineers say that
underground waste Of oil virtually has
been eliminated in the development of
Americas oil reserves by the continual
discovery of more efficient oil prOduc-
tiOn methods, by the tremendous adj
vances in the knowledge of the occur
renee and behavior of oil, gas and water
in formations as deep as three miles un-
derground and by the application of ade-
quate conservation laws and restricted
rates of oil production.
Within recent years the development
of new tools and Instruments for TAX
ing samples and measurement of the ac-
tual oil formation thousands of feet un-
derground has thrown new light ON how
oil occurs in the formation. AS a result
tualIy present in n given field substan-
TALLY has been changed. Now petroleum
engineers believe that even In the past,
under unrestricted production under
ground waste of oil was not nearly as
great as was supposed, and that today
this avOidable waste has been reduced
to less than one-half of one per cent of
the ultimate reserve.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
State Needs Reserves

Montana has had no new oil field
since 1891 and in the past eight years
the commercial fields have yielded more
than $50, 200, 900 worth of oil and gas,
with no new reserves established to re-
place them. Montana oil operators must
find new fields to insure the future of
rcfineries now established. In the past
il has been hazardous business to hunt
for new oil fields. 1t is true that Mon
tana oil structures are much more appar-
ent than are those of the MidcOntinent,
where there are few surface exposures
to guide the geOlOgist.
Science has doubled the chances of the
prospector to find oil. According to the
American Petroleum Institute the nation
al average shows that utilizing the most
advanced techniques of geological, ge-
OphysicaI and geochemicaI science, one
wildcat well in seven finds oil whereas
under the sundPy nOn-tcchnical guess
work methods. only one well in every
10 were successful. Montana will in the
future be armed with the tried and prov
en- equipment. in the search for new
fields.
American oil men drilled more than
1000 wildcat wells in 1899. wildcat
we'll is a well drilled in new territory,
previously improved by any prior drilling
in the hope of finding a brand new oil
field. The drilling sites of 1908 of
1039's wildcats were located on some
scientific basis, and 217 of them, IS per
cent, were completed as successful wells
opening new fields. lunches and guess
work were the sole reason for drilling
the zoo other wildcat wells last year.
and only 43 of Them per cent found
OIL
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

modities.
81 The tendency in some states
to set up unwarranted and arbi-
trary specifications for gasoline.
(4) The persistent driXe to com
pei the use of alcohol in motor
fuel.
Dr. Egloff pointed out that new
and improved refining processes are
now producing products of hitherto
unheard of high quality, particu
larly motor fuel of 100 octane and
higher, which is at present econ
omical only for airplane use, but
stressed that the super-quality avi-
alton fuel of today is likely to be
the standard fuel for automobiles
tomorrow.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS haze been definitely pro-
zen indispensable in Montana E0ery qCadcat should
haze both Madison and DevonaN highs" deternin-
cd BY reflection seimograbh before drilling begins.
DEEPER DRILLING is essential to qVrte the real his
tory of the Montana oil industry. The major
source of Montana petroleum is in formations BE-
LOW THE BIG LIME abandonment of aOeHS at
the Madison contact IS 7oaSte Of money. .4baf-
donucnt of 7oeHs at the Cat Greek horizon is stu
biditr No 7geH should be considered completion
until it is drilled into the De0onian.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
MAY FIND NEW OIL POOLS IN
Usage INDIAN RESERVATION

That additional oil pools may be
discovered in the western part of
Usage Indian Reservation, Usage
County, Oklahoma. is indicated by
an investigation made recently by
N. w. Bass, of the Geological Sur
vey. The facts disclosed suggest
that undiscovered pools, each en-
bracing several square miles, lie
near the Burbank and the South
Burbank fields. The oil in these
pools is believed to occur in thick
lenses of the Burbank sand at
depths of about $500 feet. The sug-
gested location of these hypotheti-
cal sand bodies is based on inter-
pretations of the facts revealed by
a study of the wells in nearby de-
fields.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

cess compared to earlier methods has
been so great, and is increasing so rap
idly, that oil companies willingly spehd
hundreds of thousands of dollars every
wear TO find oil scientifically.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

Many Of our young engineers
are spending their time tinkering
with misses in their motors.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
American Motorists Use
Cars More Each Year To
Set Construction Records

CHCAGo-The industry through of research and de-
offer
before both in motor fuels and lubricants
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07

tana until better drilling methods were
perfected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-16
GOVERNORS HEAR
P0E'S PROGRAM
Charleston Conference Will
Take Up Southern
Rail Rates
By WILLIAM B. KING

CHARLESTON, S. c., April Is
R-A revised program Of balanced
prosperity was presented to south
ern governors today at the opening
of their two-day meeting here. DR.
Clearance Poe Of Raleigh, N. c.,
general chairman of the southwide
committee on decade of BALANCED
prosperity, presented an outline Of
suggested activities.
TIE southern governors confe
renee approved the southwide cam
paign for prosperity at a meeting at
Atlanta, Ca, December IA.
"Various later efforts to i'm
prove this program, based on many
suggestions that have come to us
lead us to suggest the following re
vision for general consideration.
Poe said:
l.. Balance money crops Gnclud-
ing forestry with food, feed and
fertility crops"
2. Balance crops with livestock
consistent with sound land use.
8. Balance farms with factories.
4. Balance quantity production
with quality production.
5. Balance scientific production
with scientific marketing, includ-
ing standardization, grading, pro-
cessing, and adequate transporta-
ton without trade barriers.
6. Balance use of all resources
with conservation, restoration and
development policies.
Z. Balance work with thrift, home
ownership and local investment.
8. Balance education-urban and
rural; youth and adult, cultural
and vocational; teaching and re
search; classroom and extension.
9. Balance present living stand
ards of our higher income groups
with improved efficiency, earning
power, nutrition, health and hous-
ing standards for industrial work
ers and farm renters.
10. Balance economic gains with
gains in moral values and human
welfare, and southwide encourage
ment of beauty in nature, art, ar
chitecture, ~landscaping, music, lit.
erature and human conduct.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-16

FAIR BLUFF, April Is The
April meeting of the Woman's club
was held at the home of Mrs. Bob
King. The rooms were attactlve
with spring flowers artistlcally ar
ranged. Mrs. B. W. Tyler, the presl-
dent, presided over the business
session. At this meeting it was an
nounced that the next meeting
would be held on the first Thursday
in May, instead of the second Thurs
day as usual, on account of the an
nual flower show which will be
held in Whiteville on that day.
Featuring the program hour were
readings given by Mesdames S. c..
Scott and H. N. Rogers: Goods
Garden and 1.-THE Judas Tree" re-
spectively. At the close of the
meeting the hostess served plates
of salad. The May meeting will be
entertained by Mrs. Ed Rogers.
The last meeting of the school
year was held Monday evening in
the school auditorium Mrs. A. B.
Wick the retiring president called
the meeting to order. H. E. Burch
led in the devotional.
Interesting reports were given by
the chairmen of various committees.
At this meeting Mr.. Woodward an
nounced the dates for the COM
mencement program.
Miss Katie McIntyre's second and
third grade won the prize for hav,
ing the most parents present.
Mrs. Jessie Stephens, chairman
of the program committee present
ed an enjoyable program consisting
of: A talk, The Child and the
School, by Mrs. Donald Belts; a
musical reading. Home, by Mrs. M.
A. Waddell; a piano duet by Nedro
Anderson and Mildred Turner, and
a vocal solo by Miss Charlotte
Gutherie. Officers elected to serve
next year were: Mrs. Donald Belts,
president; E. P. Bass, vice presi-
dent; Miss Viva Rives, secretary
and treasurer.
! Misses Louise and Ruthie Cribs
a recent weekend in Conway,
S. c., visiting their aunt, Mrs. E. V.
Harrelson.-Mrs. r. C. Tucker and
Mrs. Malcolm McLardy have re-
turned from a weeks visit to rela-
tives in Woodbridge, N. J.-Dr. and
Mrs. S. w. Gowan, of Wilmington,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Gowan last week-end.-Mrs. Ada
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-16

and that a remedy for fixed food
prices was available.
2. By reinstating the medical asso-
citation case in Washington, the
court held that the learned profess
sions were not outside the laws
scope.
3. Most recently, in the Ethyl
gasoline case, the court ruled that
patents may not be used to extend
a monopoly or to fix prices.
Significance of these rulings goes
far beyond the three specific cases
involved. In substance, they mean
that Assistant Attorney General
Thurman Arnold is being upheld all
along the line in his claim that in
the antitrust laws the government
possesses ample power to keep price
structures fluid and to cope with
any and all restrictive develop
ments.
Two more key points r yet %
be passed on. These involve, first, a
suit against various tire companies,
in which Identical bidding on gov
ernsnent contracts is attacked; and
second, the question whether the
Sherman act applies to organized.
labor.
This latter point comes up in con-
nection with the building costs
drive, which has won most of the
headlines but is in fact a relatively
minor part of Arnold's broad cam
paign. What Arnold really is driv
ing at is the idea that the govern
ment doesn't need broad controls
over production in this complex
modern world; that it has about I'll
the power it needs to keep the
wheels turning if it will only go
ahead and use it.
AS a matter of fact, Arnold is a
freak among new dealers. For the
economic planning, the theorizing
and the urge toward centralized
contro, which fascinate most of
them, he has no use whatever. Con-
trariwise, his own ruthless readiness
to step heavily on organized labor's
toes has given some of his new
deal c%onferees the cold shivers.
His idea is extremely simple
that tpitalism can work as well in
the middle Of the goth century as
it worked in the middle of the 10Th
if prices are just kept fluid, if re-
strictive combinations are knocked
out and if the savings generated by
modern techniques are passed on to
the consumer. This is much the idea
Senator Borah had. 1t made Borah
d~enounce NRA, which led he new
dealer to shake their heads and
write Borah down as an out-of-date
fUddy-duddy. Now Arnold is making
them like it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-16
Pull the Trigger on
Lazy Bowels, and Also
Pepsin-ize Stomach!

When constipation brings on acid indi-
gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated
tongue, SOU taste, and bad breath, your
stomach is probably loaded up with GER
tain undigestedf food and your bowels don't
move. So you need both Pepsin to help
break up fast that rich undigested foodin
your stomach, and Laxative SIENNA to pull
the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be
sure your laxative also contains Pepsin.
Take DR.. Caldwells Laxative, becauseits
Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that Won
Observation-Disclosures, whiletheLaxative
SIENNA moves your bowels. Tests prove the
power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumpso of
undigested protein food which may linger
in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric
acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin-
ling your stomach helps relievei it of such
distress. At the same time this medicine
wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your
bowels to relieve your constipation. Sosee
how much better you feel by taking the
laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on
that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin
icky children love to taste this pleasant
family laxative. Buy DR.. CaldwelPs Lax
ative-.Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your
druggist today!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-16
May Burleson Faces
Indictment In Staying

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 15.-(R)
Solicitor A. T. Spigner said he
would submit to the county grand
jury today a bill of indictment charg-
ing Mrs. May Walker Burleson, 81,
Of Galveston, Tex, with the STAY
ing of the second wife of her di-
vorced husband.
Mrs. Burleson, divorced wife of a
U. S. army colonel, shot the sec
ond Mrs. Burleson to death in a cafe
terra here March 8. A few days after
her arrest she was committed by a
court order to the state hospital for
a period of observation. A report on
her condition is expected to be sub
mitted today.