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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

u. S. LANDS IN
NORTH field
Up FOR SALE

Seven tracts of oil and gas leases
on 1,O4O acres of government lands
in Kevin-sunburst field have been
offered for sale by the department
of the interior, according to an
nouncement of Tom CORDIALLY, re-
ceiver of the Great Falls land Of
flee. The sale will be held at 10
o'clock a. m. May Is, at the local
land office.
Included is the famous Storm
permit on which one of the most
sensational gushers of Kelvin field
was completed by Bill Mansfield.
The lease was abandoned before
the coming of acidization. 1t covers
NWA SEA and So SEA 4-34-
wv.
One lease, on the east edge of
the field, is 80 acres described as
E1a NEA 27-35-1W.
A tract offered in the midst of
production is SEA SEA Z and
E1a NWA, NEA SWA and E15
NWA SEA Sec. 8-35-2W
ne Olu CIdlS permit Ou WHICH
three dry holes were drilled, is
up for sale. 1t is in the west half
of Sec. 31-35-2W.
Forty acres near the Sunburst
pool is in SEA NEA 26-36-2W.
A quarter section located on the
flats west of Kelvin is S u SCI
Sec. 81 and NWA NEA, NEH
NWA Sec. 3435-SW.
One quarter section in the Gas
Ridge gas field is SW1A SEA 21,
NWA NEA %. SEA SEA 20
and NWA SWA 80, all in Twp.
"a. Rg. NV.
A limit of $40 acres is provid-
ed by the government to any one
person. Successful bidders must |
furnish certified checks for one
fifth of the amount bid and the |
balance together with 81 per acre
advance rental and a $4,000 cor
porate surety bond must be provid |
ed upon issuance of the lease.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Cut Bank Sand Is Producing In
District North OF Lander Pool

further extension of Cut Bank sand pro-
ducton in the Backfeet Indian reservation, north
of the Lander pool indicated this week by
Santa Rita Oil and Gas company Tribal No. 10
well, which is reported swabbing 10-barres per
hour from the Cut Bank sand.
This well spotted on the northeast trend
of the Lander pool in which production comes
from the upper Sunburst (Moulton) sand The
well is the northeasternmost of a line of five
wells along this trend" and it found oil in the
upper Sunburst sand which made rs barrels in
20 hours The fluid level was 1850 feet from
seven feet of sand, from 2848 to 1855 There
was a second sand at 287O to $3.50 but whether
it contained oil is not known. The upper Cut
Bank sand was from 1920 to 1896 and while it
was being drilled the fluid level raised to 1900
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
CRUDE RATES
ARE effective
ON SATURDAY

Unless suspended by the Inter
state Commerce Commission at
Washington. D. c.. the 1S-cent rate
on crude haul from Cut Bank to
Spokane becomes effective on the
Great Northern railroad next Sat
urday. April 13.
Reports from Washington are
that two protests have been re-
ceived against the 18-cent rate
whereby the Great Northern pro-
poses to reduce the rate from %
to II cents per hundred pounds
This means a saving to Spokane
refiners OF about Is cents per bar
rel Of crude. The rate was propos-
ed to obviate the proposed building
70 a 32O-mile pipeline which is said
to offer a profitable enterprise in
competition with a 16-cent rate.
Inland Tariff bureau. composed
Of motor carriers OF petroleum pro-
ducts in the Pacific northwest. the
Owners association Of
and various truck op-
orators joined in the protest against
the proposed Great Northern rate
ue SctOuu POAeSl WAS lil1h ny III
land Empire association and the
Tidewater Navigation association.
California oil inter-
ests which now transport refined
PRODUCTS into the Inland empire on
)arges.
Both protests called the propos-
ID 18-cent rate "unduly low, below
reasonable minimum and there
ore unlawful"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
GENOU WELL Is Due
TO DRILL IN soon

Drilling operations are re-
ported resuming at Genou
where Security Petroleum
Johnson No. 1 well, @ NEH
NE% 23-26N-3E. has been
standing idle since last fall.
The well was shut down just
above the ''pay" when land
owners refused to renew leas-
es. IL is understood that the
lease block has been pretty
well re-established. The crew
was reported TO have been sent
ont TO the well on Friday. The
last reported depth was 2O01
feet. A well drilled In 1922
I'm GenOu district had cOnsid-
cradle oil I'm the first break
Of the Madison lime. A SINH
Iar showing found today could
be treated with hydrochlOrfc
acid, operators say. with good
chances Of developing CONNER
ciaI production.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Minnesota Group Gets
Large Natural Well In
Pool North Of Kelvin

flowing we'll completed without the aid of acid in
the Rimrock pool OF Kelvin field this week adding another
mark to the operations Of Superior Petroleum
pany owned BY group OF Minnesota investors Location
the Haugen farm where several large wells have been
completed
Superior Petroleum Haugen No. 3, c NE4NEA II
353W flowed ntiay the rate of 10 barrels per hour
making little gas 1t had only faint showing of oil at the
Madison lime 1910 and drilling continued the
first break in the lime from 1854 1860 Oil rapidly
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

feet. The lower Cut Bank sand from 2936 to
1850 showed considerable more oil and it began
swabbing at the rate of 10 barrels an hour or
24O barrels per day. 1t had Ellis shale at 1850
and drilled to 295l completing on April 8
It was generally believed that there would be
no important Cut Bank sand production in the
northwest area as nearby wells which were pro-
ductive in the upper Sunburst sand failed to
show much oil in the lower Cut Bank and water
was expected. The possibility of 100 barrel
wells between the Lander pool and the recently
completed 80OO0,OOOfoot gasser of Glacier Pro
duction company two miles north adds new zest
to North Cut Bank exploration. The only other
active we'll in the area at present is Texaco- Unit
a half northwest of the new Tribal No
10 producer.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Mr.. Nick Langshausen,
County Attorney,
Winnett. Montana.

County Attorney,
Winnett, Montana.
Dear Mr.. Langshausen:
You have requested my opinion
on the question whether people
owning oil royalties on non-produc-
ing land. where the royalty deeds
permit the royalty holders to have
ingress and egress to the land, may
be taxed on such royalty interest,
or, in other words. whether the
royalty may be separately assessed
and taxed
1t is the settled law in this state
that the mineral contents of a mine
may not be taxed in place but that
the taxation must be on the annual
net proceeds.
Byrne v. Fulton Oil Company.
SIS Mont 329. 27S Pac. 514;
HIM v. Musselshell County, 80
Mont. 500, 267 Pac. 1113.
In the first cited case the Su-
preme Court was considering the
taxation of oil royalties. However,
where the owner of an interest in
the mineral in the ground has the
right to go upon the property and
remove the mineral such right is an
Independent estate and may be
taxed.
Superior Coal Company V. Mus
selshell County, SO Mont. SOL,
Al Pac. ~ IA;
HIM v. Musselshell County.
supra.
Where the assignment of a roy
atty or conveyance Of a royalty
merely gives the royalty owner the
right to go upon the premises, pre-
sumaibly for the purpose of seeing
there is any production, II
would appear to be a right or an
estate in the land which is of little |
value until such time as the lands |
produce oil. Technically, while this |
right might be the subject Of taxa
tion. the royalty itself. that is, the |
right to receive a portion or per-
rentage of the oil produced can only |
be taxed under the Constitution and |
tcontinued on Page Five }
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Leonard Smith
Gets Producer

second producer was Indicated
by 200 feet of oil in the hole of
we'll on the east side OF Kelvin
Sunburst field. II is Smith Welsh
Barth No. /. SW SEA NWh 49,
35-2W. 1t had two showings OF
oil. one at the contact at 1865
and the second at 1875 to 1873, in
a break in the lime. This well also
had a showing OF oil in the Sun
burst sand, which was cased off.
oil in the Sunburst sand in this
district is unusual and is consid-
cred as indicative OF possible fault
ing nearby. and suggesting the pos
sibility Of larger production
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
ROTARY WELL
MAY REQUIRE
NITRO SHOT

Completion OF Cobb Walberger
No 5 well in center NEA SEX
35-35-6W, in the north central Cut
Bank field this week awaits the
return of A. B. Cobb from a vaca-
ton trip to Hawaii. his rotary
drillers having established a new
speed record for drilling to and
through the Cut Bank sand The
time was II days. to a depth Of
2791 feet.
After rotary mud had been bail
ed out and the sand washed, the
crew reported no fluid level and it
was estimated as a 10-barTel well.
However. 1t is believed that either
a wall scraper or a nitro glycerin
shot will bring the well into larger
production as 1t is located midway
between two good producers in one
of the most productive spots in the
field. Method of completion OF the
we'll will be determined by Cobb
upon his arrival. This well is ex-
pected to clear up some controver-
sey regarding the method of com
pleting rotary drilled wells in this
field. Excellent cores recovered in
Dictated good commercial production.
The Sunburst sand from 1884 to
2739 showed gas Upper Cut Bank
sand. 2755 to 27SO showed light
2S90 TO 1897 had good saturation.
lower Cut Bank from
When cracked open the cores show
I'd no impregnation OF either drill
NO mud or water
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
PETROL EUM HAULING
OFFSETS RAILROADS.
COST OF FUEL OIL

CUT BANK-In 1889 the Great
Northern railway realized $2.291,-
1929 in revenue for shipments OF
petroleum products originating
within Montana and spent s2,250.-
600 for purchase of petroleum pro-
ducts during the first IL months.
Estimated value of crude produc-
ton is $12.0OO.O0O a year.
Selecting a representative month
as a basis for comparison, 1t is
noted that Montana refineries
shipped 2,1O0 carloads of crude oil,
fuel oil, disttllate, kerosene and gas
oline. OF that number $50 carloads
were Great Northern fuel oil.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
NO APRIL POOLING

No wells were completed and
no wells were spudded in oil
fields of Montana on Monday,
April first. II might be a hap
pen-stance and Il might be that
operators are slightly supersti-
tious abOut AIl-fOols' day. IL
rates with Friday the thirteenth
as day to start or drill I'm oil
wells.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Compilations
Number Two

There were two compilations in
Cut Bank this week, including the
Santa Rita-TribaI No. 10 and Tar
rant-State No. 3. NE SEA SEA
36-34-6W The latter reported no
fluid level and was shot with 100
quarts of nitro glycerine in an ef-
fort to make a well. Sunburst sand
from 27SO to 2793 was dry. Up
CONTINUED on Page Four
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

Ehsw 6-1ON-4OE, 2,225.36 acres.
Thomas p Brady ct al. Ell 10.
Lots /. 2. 3, & 4, EhNW, EhSW
IS, Eh "a. ShNW, SW S15SE 20,
E1k %, Eh 34-10N-39E; Lots
1, 2. 3. & 4, SINE & ShNW A.
9N-39E, 2.549.O4 acres.
Clyde E. Waddingham ct al, Lots
1, 2, 3, & 4, SINE and S1k 4. all
Sec. s, 81 10, VIZ II and S5k
14-11N-39E, 2,555.S9 acres.
Gladine L. Crawford ct al, Lots
/ G. 2 S1zNEA & Sc 6-1ON-S9E;
NE 80. Wa "a, all Sec. 2S, NE
CcOntinued from Page one)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

Albert L. Noe. Rapeljo. Mont,
Assigned to Donald Campbell, %
Mid Northern Oil Co., Securities
Bldg. Billings, Mont. NE 1S-3N-
21E. $50 acres.
Lyman f. Wakefield, 400 Free
mont Avenue South, Minneapolis,
Mimi, 8-7S-22E, 800 acres.
Ernest E. Fenton ct al, Forsythe,
Mont, All OF Sec. 20, VIZ 3O-11N.
ZOE; all OF Sec. %. 26 and Eh
24-11N-39E, 1850 acres
Harry ]. Huene ct al, Forsythe,
Mont. ny IL. Lots 3 and 4. S5k
NV SW 2-10N-39E; Lots / & 2,
SINE. Sc 2-11N-39E; Lots /, 2,
3, 4, s. 6 G. Z, SINE, Sc, SENW.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

IN tHG HOIt anu NtUIbe DUWHsl
manager OF Superior Petroleum OPP
erations. sent for control head BY
the time OF it's arrival. one and one
half hours after the break" was
penetrated by the drlll. the well
was standing full OF oil and soon.
after the control head was adjusted
II began flowing a steady, solid
stream into the tank. After two
hours 1t was shut in for the night.
There was no water with the oil.
A pressure OF As pounds to the
square inch was registered on the
casing while the well was flowing.
Tubing will be run and the we'll
will be produced with back pressure.
It is rated as 150-barrel well and
will be produced without acldlzation.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
OIL BOARD MEETS

The newly re-appointed oil Con-
servation Board of Montana met in
Great Falls last Saturday after
noon to transact routine business.
L. B. O'Neil, chairman; w. e. Rice,
vice chairman; George r. Downs
and Tom Stout were in attendance.
r. p. Jackson is secretary Of the
board.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
APRIL FIRST DIVIDEND

At a meeting Of the board of
directors of Consolidated Royalty
Oil Co.. in Casper, Wyo., on April
1, 1910, a quarterly dividend of
sc per share was declared, pay
able April Is, 1910, to stockholders
of record of April Is. This is the
ninetieth consecutive quarterly divi-
dend paid by the company.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

Following is the opinion in full:
TAXATION-OIL AND GAS ROY
ALTY-RIGHT OF INGRESS
AND EGRESS.
Held; Where oil royalty deeds
on non-producing land permit the
holder to have ingress and egress
to the land involved, the royalty
may not be taxed for the reason
that the mineral contents of the
mine may not be taxed in place
but the taxation must be on the an
nual net proceeds. While the right
Of ingress and egress is a right
which is subject to taxation, such
right would be of only nominal
value where there is no production.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Royalties Not Subject
70 Taxes On Surface, Is
Attorney General Ruling

with the land neither is the right
attorney general of Montana de-
sought
the royalty interest has been severed new
.ttnrnou naner alrnled
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Ten Other
Wells Drilling
Large Tracts u. S. Lands
In Billings District Are
Opened To OIL Gas Leases


within Billings district
oil leases effective March rs
owing is the list Of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06
Squeeze Job
Tried At Kelvin

A squeeze job" TO cement off
water coming with the oil, is being
tested today in the Lund-Dahl No.
well in C SEA NWA 35-35-4W.
this being the first squeeze job
under Halliburton I'm Montana,
Halliburton having recently taken
over the Cut Bank branch of Per-
kins Cement company. Halliburton
has the patents on pressure ce-
menting methods. The cement was
forced into the formation OF the
Lund well and the plug is being
drilled out today. This is the
second lime we'll on which a squeeze
job has been tried in Kelvin field.
Ten Other
Wells Drilling
observation-disclosures No. IS, GEL
CONTINUED from Page onel
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-06

Following is the opinion in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Highways Public Buildings Recreation Facilities Product of WPA Program

took the bus fer Browns Valley
to resume teaching.
Leonard Berg and M. M. Mot
ley were visitors at Lamberton
Sunday.
FAMILY REUNION
The children of John Bergerter
and their families spent Easter
with him. In the family group
were Mr.. and Mrs. William Ban
geTter and sons of Revere, MIR.
and Mrs. James Austin and son,
MIR. and Mrs. L. A. Bangerter and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Bangerter, MIR. and MRS. Robert
Eangerter and sons CT Wabasso
aud Mr.. and Mrs. George King Of
Seaforth.
Charles Julius of New Ulnl
spent Tuesday and Wednesday at
the Nels Zeren home.
MIR. and Mrs. Alois Kuelbs of
Clements were Sunday visitors at
the Leonard Berg home.
Ann Stacker returned to Green
Isle Sunday after spending her
vacation at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Cob
lirsch drove to Sleepy Eye Sun
day to spend the day with Mrs.
Goblirsch's mother, Mrs. Margaret
Sackl.
LIE Ora Torney spent her East
er vacation with her sister Lola
who is a nurse at Rochester, re-
turning Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
A. Torney met her at Lamberton.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. Fenno was christened Tommy
Melvin at st. Anne's Catholic
church Sunday. Alois Brey and
Anna Cathryn Brey were the
sponsors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz Kratzke
and family drove to Lamberton
Sunday to visit her mother, Mrs.
Anna Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Goblirsch
and family of Gary, S. D. visited
at the John Daub Jr. home Sun
day.
Mrs. George Anton and Mrs.
Edward Weldon spent Tuesday
afternoon at the A. E. Howe home
at Lamberton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

repair projects were responsible
for 924,997 volumes being catalog-
ed and 1,989,799 volumes being
repaired or renovated in public
and school libraries.
In the field of recreation, in one
month-this February-858 lead
ers served 243 communities, with
an attendance record of 1,259,319
participants and 643,949 specta-
tors.
AS for public health, Mr.. Stolte
said that in a typical tWo-week
period, January 1924, 1910,
through school health services
10,995 children were examined
and 615 adults examined in clinics
provided by WPA. Eight hospitals
and II other health institutions
were receiving assistance during
the same period from WPA.
National Program
1t was reported from the Wash
ington WPA office that some ESQ.,
600 individual projects have been
operated.
Summarizing a few major &C
complishments, WPA workers:
Constructed or improved
$4,000 miles of roads
Built 1886 new schools,
1,4S0 additions and mederniz-
ed 1854 others
Built l56 new public hospi-
tails, made 66 additions and
improved l,436
Administered 243,00O gen.
eral medical and dental ex-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Thursday, March 2S, 1910

Mrs. Harry Woerner and went on
to Truman to help their mother,
Mrs. Susan L4CkerSon celebrate
her seventy-ninth birthday. They
returned Saturday.
Mr.. ard Ms. SCphus Christen-
sen and MFR. and Mrs. Nels Schou
of Morgan - - Mrs. Carl
Anderson an Tries Hansen of
Evan visited at the Walter An
Gerson home Tuesday evening.
Mr.. z. c. Wegner was a din
ner guest at the Harold Wegner
home Friday. In the afternoon
she went with them to Tracy
where they visited Alfred Veg
ner at the hospital
Mi. and Mrs. L. c. Patterson
and Robert went to Sioux Falls
Friday to get Marion. She is
spending a week at her home
here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

lager and MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Radtke were business callers at
Tracy Tuesday. Mr.. Radtke visit
ed Alfred Wegner at the hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Melvin of
Tracy were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Prokasky.
Saturday evening they went to
Marshall and they were callers at
Tracy Sunday.
Veronica Hilleshiem of Sleepy
Eye was a weekend guest at the
Joseph Bauer home.
Mrs. Clarence O'Neil and dau-
ghters of Easton spent Friday and
Saturday at the Nick Kramer
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bauer and
Elnora of Vesta visited at the
Fred Viergutz home Monday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hansen
drove to New Ulm Friday to get
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
ATHLETIC FIELD
MAJOR PROJECT
STATE AND FEDERAL
OFFICES REPORT ON
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Extent to which Redwood
county has shared in the products
OF Works Progress administration
activities during the four and
one-half years since its inception,
is included in report issued to-
day by the Washington and Min
neSota offices of this federal work
relief agency
The report lists the following as
major results of the program in
this county.
1871 miles of roadwork,
179.5 miles of which were
rural; IL new bridges and re-
construction or Improvement
Of A; two miles of new side
walk paving; mile Of new
tguardrails and guardWaItS;
and reconstruction or i'm
prOvement of 20; demolition
of two buildings; a new ath-
letic field, completely equip
ped; a mile of new storm and
sanitary sewers; installation
OF seven nlanhOleS and catch
basins; S,119 square yards of
new riprap; drainage of 100
acres through laying of new
pipe.
In this particular community
the following results were cited:
REDWOOD FALLS-NeW con-
struction-athletic field; baseball
diamond; three field courts; run
ming track; five tennis courts;
skating rink; two bleachers (foot-
ball and basebalD; reconstruction
and improvement - band shell;
county jail, coal bin, armory; con-
stfuction of addition to county
highway shop; demolition of
school building; 20 miles of sani-
tary sewer extension; .27 miles of
water main distribution lines.
The professional and service
division carried on the following
activities: sewing, library work,
surplus commodities and recre-
alton.
RAMSEY STATE PARK-One
new masonry bridge constructed,
ITS feet long; three bridges re-
constructed or improved; 7.S1
miles of road improved; one park
ing area constructed.
LOWER SIOUX INDIAN
AGENCY-One new community
building constructed; 18 dwellings
or residences reconstructed or i'm
proved; six barns constructed; one
barn reconstructed or improved;
six barns constructed; one barn
reconstructed or improved and
one barn demolished.
Minnesota Record
S. L. Stolte, Minnesota WPA
Administrator, summarizing the
work accomplished in this state,
stated that WPA workers had
completed:
1850 miles of road con-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
aminatiOns, $500 special
tests for specific diseases and
1920 immunizatiOn treat
mentS

tests for specific diseases and
1920 immunizatiOn treat
mentS
Mr.. Stolte pointed out that
these achievements in Minnesota
are not all-inclusive, but rather
that they represent major high
lights in a variety of fields.
''The tWo-fold purpose of an
accounting such as this is to de-
termine what types of projects are
being selected by communities
and to help us in reporting to the
public what results have been Sc
cured by the expenditure of their
money" he said. at is important
that we know, in terms of money
expended, whether we are in
creasing our output of benefits for
communities to the fullest extent
possible. We are pledged to spend
the money appropriated by Con-
gresS in giving work to the needy
unemployed and to conduct our
program so that it will bring the
best results to our communities.
Records show a continual increase
over the country in the commun-
ity benefits that are being secured
through WPA projects. And aside
from the tangible benefits result
ing from our program, we must
recognize the Intangible benefits
in maintaining and improving the,
morale and skill of our workers"