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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
GENERAL ELECTRIC
Tests EVERY BOX
.rriOle Thrift Unit Has Three
Times The Life Of The
1927 Model

,eonIe realize that three
rev # the time it takes to
fop',ns sctrre a good electric refri-
0lana5 is spent in testing and in
se''5 according to Gregg's APP
spec store. local General Elec-
9IN'4: saler. Yet that's the reason
Tx thousands upon thousands of
ina, Electric refrigerators a
Gs1.' YEARS ol4 are still giving
to1s@ ror.- service to their original
s1. il. il. Weeks, of Gregg's
s's Same of the veteran G-E refri-
at,rs we're taken to the re-
ssl@ laboratory for a test recent
sea- vas discovered that they use
~ more current to operate now,
lu Twelve years aso when they
Una" mt in use! When the units
Nr taken apart, they showed
ac+;cqIlv NO signs of wear.
Saw the famous sealed mech
.:.n improved by thirteen years
@t ,es-ius IN thousands of homes
in the laboratory, costs no
a' than other types of house
r,,s refrigeration. And from the
r.,eraI Electric laboratory comes
tha announcement that the new
rrir,s Thrift unit has a potential
Lo,,+ three times that of its
rg97 predecessor.
aThe 1910 models, now on dis
.,o,. at Gregg's Appliance Store,
.ost only one-half as much to buy,
oosrarp on less than half the cur
var, are five times as quiet, have
fiftv-siy per cent more unit ca
,ori-v. more convenience features,
an5 improved styling, as compared
with 1927 models Mr.. Weeks said.
Naturally, over the period of
,.earS. experience and engineering
research have led to extensive me-
cbanleai Observation-Disclosures
which effect real savings and ad-
yanrases for the purchaser of a
,are model G-E.
For example, General Electric
aooomplished quiet operation, not
by covering the unit with a sound
dea5ening insulation, but rather
rr accurate fitting Of parts, pres
sure fabrication, acoustic mufflers,
accurate balancing of parts, and
spring suspension of motor CON-
rressor. Units which have been in
Use more than five years have
proved in tests to have maintained
their original quietness.
"Amo.- the many basic design
features which General Electric
has introduced and pioneered are
the following: Theoretically sealed
unit, all-steel cabinet, pressure
fabrication and oil cooling of the
compressor unit, stainless steel
super-freezing, natural draft cool
ing, elimination of the drain, and
glyptal baked enamel finish.
Enduring economy is not achiev-
ed by accident. A woman can save
on ice and save on food by proper
Use Of any good electric refrigera-
Tor. But her first cost, operating
cost and maintenance cost depend
UPON what refrigerator she selects.
General Electrics for 1910 with the
G-E Dramatically sealed unit offer
multiple savings and are now pric-
ed lower than ever before"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
&c REFRIGERATOR
DOORS HOLD Up
Makers Design Them To
Stand Up Under Half-Mil-
lion Standings

The door of the household refri-
gerator is opened and closed more
than any other door of the house,
according to Gregg Appliance Store,
local General Electric dealer.
"a door-slaming machine slams
the door Of each test model 5000
times, the equivalent of 80 years
use, before the cabinet design is
accepted by General Electric for
production" he said.
Other interesting refrigerator
facts revealed by r. w. Weeks of
Gregg's are as follows:
A juggling machine shakes and
josties the test cabinet day in and
day out to prove it sturdy. Finally
the abused machine goes to the
hot room where it is tested for
cold capacity.
1t takes "a hours to manufacture
a G-E refrigerator, and three
fourths of this time, too, is spent
in inspecting and testing. Parts
are fitted to the accuracy Of three
tVl- IlOoiocIilNlll i GIL l1iSllJ ol- oAiS-
seventh the thickness of a human
hair. The united is operated under
water. Women, as well as men,
inspect each cabinet on the assem-
bly, line.
Years of research and expert
ment are required to perfect each
improvement before it is incor-
porated in a new model. General
Electric started experimenting in
1912 with various types of refri-
geration units, but it was not I'M
til 1927 that this company intro
duced the first completely sealed
refrigerating unit.
Thousands of 1927 model Monitor
Top refrigerators are still giving
satisfactory service, but today a
housewife can buy a much improv-
ed version of the General Electric
sealed unit refrigerator at half the
cost; one that will operate on less
than half the current used by its
1927 predecessor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
E is z WAR

BERLIN Up The war is be-
ginning to make itself felt where for
most Germans it will hurt most.
Beer production has been cut 25 per
cent,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

We are just as lazy as circum-
stances will permit. - President
George B. Cutten, Colgate univer.
sity,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Conditioned Air! Keeps Foods Fresh
er Longer! Controlled Humidity and
Temperatures; and Constant (ircu|a-
tion ofSweet, Freshened Air!

[. New G-E Cold Storage Compartment.
Automatically controls humidity for
keeping meats better longer.
2. New G-E Air Filter. Freshens air and
practically eliminates transfer of food
doors. You can taste the difference.
3. New G-E Aumi-Dial. Provides proper
humidity for keeping varying quantities
of vegetables garden fresh" for days.
4. Selective Storage! All 4 needed zones.
% Sub-freezing. (2) Extra-Cold. 90
Crisping. 90 %Safety-zone general stor-
ge. Provides what gle engineers have
found O be the most convenient, o
practical low.cost method developed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

G-E Refrigerator sales are soaring! America knows
the genuine economy and tremendous satisfaction
of owning the best! Now you get all the extra-qual-
ity, extra-convenience and extra years of trouble
free service of a General Electric for only a little
more than the price of the very cheapest refrigera-
tor.
New Announcements make the 1910 G-E the most
complete, the thriftiest G-E ever built-yet today's
prices are the lowest in history. With our payment
plan it's mighty easy to own this first choice Of
millions.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
REVOLUTION"
SAYS GANHETT
OF OIL fight

TULSA 'veritable revolu-
ton. scarcely noticed over the
country" was started in Washing
ton February 6, Frank E. Gannett,
candidate for the republican pres
idential nomination, said here.
ION that day." the Rochester,
N. Y, newspaper publisher added
in a speech prepared for the Re-
publican Constitutional club, mine
western governors appeared in per-
SON and three spoke through their
personal representatives They
were in Washington to resist the
New Deals attempts to seize con-
troll of the petroleum industry of
the entire nation.
(The occasion was a sub-commit-
tee hearing on the Cole bill for
federal regulation of the oil indus
try
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
NORTH POOL
UNREVEALED
IN COBB TEST

The enigma Of North Cut Bank
remained unsolyed this week as the
lCobh-Churi well in center SW 4
NWli 30-37N-4W encountered small
production In the Sunbust sand and
water in the Cut Bank sand.
North Cut Bank has production
of both oil and gas. with oil COM
ing from each OF three sands and
gas from two sands Large flows
of gas have given indication that
large oil production will be found
but no method OF determining the
oil area has yet been devised. Six
oil wells and two large gas wells
have thus far been completed. three
dry holes and two small gas wells.
in the Darling pool area. Cobb,
largest lease owner in the district.
has drilled three wells one large
and one small gasser and the third.
the Churi No /. a shall oil well.
The Churi well checked lower.
structurally than the Cobb-State
10000, OO0-foot gasser. three quar-
ters of a mile away 1t found
Colorado shale at $40 feet. with a
surface elevation OF 1904 feet, plac-
ing it on the 33S4-foot contour
line The U.S.GS. map indicated
that the Churi would be on the 1890
contour That the Churi was too
low structurally is evidenced by the |
fact that it showed az bailers OF |
water per hour at the top OF the Cut
Bank sand. Higher on the nose"
the Cut Bank sand is expected to !
carry oil, as at the Yukon-Jacobson (
discovery we'll
A showing of oil was reported in /
the Moulton sand from 1881 to 4
1900 This is the big gas sand OF
The pool and also carries oil in the
producer. Below
hat was a sand from 1920 to 1923.
Try. The Sunburst sand. 1850 to
2704, carried oil and some gas.
The oil is 1922 gravity and is esti-
nated at five barrels or better per
fay Below the SunbUrst was a
gray shale, with Cut Bank sand at
,712, carrying water 1t was i'm
nediately plugged back to the Sun
,urst sand to make a production test
md it may be shot with nitro
ylycerin. 1t showed no water
No 7-inch casing was run. The
i-inch string is set at 2140 feet.
The hole was drilled with cable
ools.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02

new five-year leases. OF the 26OO
expired permits, 524 we're in Wy
oming, APT in Utah, Ala in Cal
ifornia, 396 in New Mexico and
221 in Colorado Applications can
be filed Immediately.
Where there are two or more
conflicting applications for leases,
public drawings will be held. In
all cases where a permit has ter
minated, the time will be noted on
the tract book of the district land
office and will become effective
at o'clock am. on the day fix
ed by the general land office. No
notice to the public of the open
ing of the lands for lease will be
required except that the register
will post notices in a conspicuous
place in the land office for a period
of not less than Is days prior
to the effective date of the termi-
nation of the permit.
The drawing will be held not
later than 80 days from the effec-
tive date of the termination of the
permit. Each applicant must de-
post a drawing fee of $40 which
constitutes a charge for participa-
ton in the drawing, and must file
a statement under oath that the APP
plication is filed in good faith for
his or its own benefit and not di-
rectly or indirectly in whole or in
part in behalf of any other person,
or corporation.
Application for leasing, accom-
panied by filing fees ranging from
SO to 1872, according to the size
If the tract may be filed within
he Is day period of posting but
Ill applications will be considered
IS having been filed simultaneous
y at 8 a. m. on the effective date
# the land opening. In the event |
he applicant is denied lease, the |
ling fee will be returned. In the |
he event of a drawing, the $40 |
fee will not be returned
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02

Off The Air

Highlights OF the the week in
cluded the sudden cessation Of
radio propaganda programs OF
Secretary Ickes. who dramatized the
alleged wastefulness OF the oil In
dustry in an effort to gain popular
support for his plan TO take over
the II billion dollar industry under
bureaucratic dictatorship The
move was made by Columbia
Broadcasting system. which had
been providing free time for the
propaganda programs.
Former Congressman Greever of
Wyoming called the lie on some OF
Ickes' charges OF waste" in Wyom-
ing. before the Cole committee. One
well in Garland field cited as a
bad example OF the
waste OF gas. he said, produced
such poisonous gas that there was
no use to be made of 1t. and had TO
be burned to keep from doing harm.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
Announce
Two Locations

While two wells were drilling in
on North Cut Bank, there were no
competitions in the main Cut Bank
field this week. Two new locations
were announced. They are:
---Hutchins-FederaI Land
Bank No. 4, in center north line of
N15SWA 11-34-6W, is moving in
materials. Location is $50 feet
south OF the north line and 1920
feet east of the west line of the
southwest quarter of the section.
Kately & Kipe are the drilling con-
tractors.
TexacO-Unit II No. 4, center
NE "A SWA 11-35-6W, on Antrim
Oil Co. land has rig on location.
1t is 1880 feet east of the west
line and 1880 feet north of the
south line of the section. This is
about midway between the Tribal
pool and this company's isolated
Mueller producer, in Section 2-35-
6W. North of the Mueller is the
Glacier Production-Hall pool where
an 0O,OOO-foot gasser was re-
Gently completed
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
WILDCAT On
NORTH SLOPE
C0RIHG SAND

The next few hours are expected
to cast some new light on the oil
resources OF the "Blackfoot nose
structural fold coming up onto
the Cut Bank oil field from the
northwest on which Newell &
Chandler are drilling a test well
known as their Anderson No. 1. in
center NEA NWh 1-36N-6W
1t Is in new. unexplored territory
and at last reports was said to be
just above the Sunburst sand at
5000 feet. II is apparently check
ing lower than expected although It
was purposely spotted down the
flanks OF the fold to get within
the known sand series where pro-
duction of both oil and gas is pos
sible in any one of three sands.
Drilled with rotary tools, the sand
was being cored on Friday but no
report had been received from the
well at late hour. Newell &
Chandler are drilling on a lease
block taken up by Nadeau Brothers
and K d. Pardee covering approx
mately 1000 acres.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
TexacO Has
Second Unit

The Section II unit is the second
operation of its kind by The Texas
company in this field. The first
one, in Section 9-32-5W, was re-
Gently completed, with the acquisi-
tion OF the Ewald lease. completing
a 640-acre block in which modern
representing methods are to be
used in an effort to increase ulti-
mate yield per acre.
Glacier PrOductiOn-Evans No. 4,
C SWA NE 21-33-5W, is drilling at
1900 feet.
Glacier PrOduction-B harrington No.
4, CNL NEA SWH 19-33-5W, is
drilling at 2430.
Glacier Production-MaItby No. 2,
C NEAN EA s-33-5W, is drilling
at 1855 feet.
Santa -Rita-Stahl No. A, c NWA
SEA 20-35-5W, is drilling at 1890.
Elevation is 1866 feet.
Santa Rita-TribaI No. 40, NV
NV Il NWA 15-35-6W, in the Lam
der pool. set 10-ineh surface pipe
at $50 after getting Colorado shale
at SIS. Elevation is 1876 feet
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
CHAIN STORE
RESISTED
BY0IL FIRMS

HELENA-The Montana Supreme
court denied a rehearing sought by
the Standard Oil company OF Indi-
ana in tax recovery action 1t
brought against the state board OF
equalization.
The original action brought by
the oil company was heard in
Lewis and Clark county district
court where the oil concern insti-
tuted an action to recover taxes
paid under protest imposed under
the chain store license tax law OF
1888.
Protested payments were made in
1894, 1895 and 1896. on the sole
basis as to whether the oil COM
pany was subject to the taxes, to-
falling. board members said, $500.
A district court verdict was re-
turned in favor OF the oil COM
pany which the Supreme Court. in
an opinion handed down Jan. "a.
unanimously held to reverse the
lower court decision.
Following that ruling the oil
sought a rehearing.
Board OF equalization members
said the refusal yesterday definitely
established oil concerns as subject
10 the chain store tax
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
HEARINGS ON
COLE BILL TO
END IN week

WASHINGTON Hearings OF the
Cole federal oil control committee
has adjourned until next week when
the last OF the witnesses will be
heard. including Colonel f. c.
Thompson. Texas railroad commits
sioner. who is III in Austin. The
first week in March will probably
see the close of the hearing.
The oil industry presented its
own case through the testimony OF
experts who furnished proof to the
claim that the oil industry is able
TO solve it's own problems in the
best interests OF the nation and the
peOpie
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
Passes Blame
Back To Ickes

He named other fields in which
Ickes claimed waste" and pointed
out to the committee that much
OF the land in these fields CMedicine
Bow and Lance Greek were men
tiOned) is government land. already
subject TO conservation" by Ickes'
own department.
Charges OF gas waste in Montana
remained unrefuted. apparently for
lack of a witness The charges
were presented after the Montana
witnesses had left Washington.
None engaged in the oil industry in
Montana knows about the cases al
legged. II there is any wastage of
gas in Montana II is so trivial as
to belle all the other claims of
Ickes.
oil production methods in Mon
tana and other Rocky Mountain
states were explained by Chief En-
gineer c. V. Millikan, Amerad Pet
roleum Corp. who said that there
is no lack OF effort on the part of
oil operators to get a maximum
rpoOvarxy NJ oil
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
GAS IGNITES
BURNS OIL RIG
IN CUT BANK

Fire destroyed a drilling rig in
Cut Bank field this week, the first
oil field fire of the present year,
on British American-Tribal No r.
c SEA NWA 34-35-6W. in the west
central portion of the field.
flow of gas coming from the
base of the Colorado shale was ig
nited from a torch in the engine
house and the well itself became a
giant blow torch, shooting flames
to the crown block. 1t happened
so quickly that the crew did not
have time to pull the tools out of
the hole which stands at 1885 feet,
about 100 feet off the Cut Bank
sand. The fire was confined to
the derrick, which is now being
replaced.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
Shippers In
Grave Danger

Jake l.. Hamon Of Dallas. presi-
dent OF the National Stripper Well
association. declared that "If ever
a bill is certain to remove the small
we'll owner from the oil picture il
Is this bill-if it is adopted" He
said that the stripper well operator
does not view the department OF
the interior with a very friendly
or trusting eye. 1.-The unjust and
absurd radio broadcasts which have
been sponsored by the department,
depicting all of us as profligate
wastrols. have not increased our
confidence in a fair deal from that
direction. The Independent pro-
Queer has discovered a great ma
icrity Of the nations OIL fields. He
would like to stay in business and
CONTINUED or Page Fivel
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
SIGNS OF SPRING

Northern Montana was on
Wednesday evening treated with
the spectacle of warm spring
rain. with thunder and lightning,
suddenly appearing In the midst
OF a long siege of around-zero
weather. with the ground covered
with snow and ice.
The rain turned 10 ice rs Il
struck the ground, hut warm
Chinook wind quickly turned the
ice and snow into torrents Of
running water before morning,
and the first March wind found
the prairies around Great Falls
well cleared OF snow.
Many believe the thunder
storm broke the backbone of Old
Man Winter.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
DRILL NEAR KALIsPELL

KALISPELL- Maurice Conant of
Reno, New. is in the city in the
interest of the proposed oil well
operations northeast OF Kalispell
Conant said that sufficient funds
are now available for sinking a test
we'll and that operations will start
as soon as a sufficient number Of
leases are obtained Drilling may
start within the next month, he
stated, depending on whether
weather conditions permit transfer
Of machinery from Cut Bank.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
OPPOsEs collie Bill

WASHINGTON-George A. Hill,
Tr, president of the Houston Oil
Co. and vice president of the Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute, opposed
before a house interstate commerce
subcommittee the Cole bill for fed
eral regulation OF petroleum pro-
duction.
Hill charged that federal control
of oil production is merely the pre-
liminary step in an administration
program to take over the entire
petroleum industry in the depart
ment of the interior.
1T inevitably points, he said
Ito the eventual introduction of
ration cards prescribing even the
uses for which consumers may buy
petroleum products
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
WARM WIND
MAY SIGNAL
WINTER END

Winters icy grip continued to
curb drilling operations in KeVin-
Sunburst this week although a sud
den Chinook on Thursday gave hope
that winter was breaking up.
The field is manteled with about
10 inches of snow which makes
hard going on all save the paved
roads. T. H. Hartman. oil and
gas inspector of the state railroad
commission, reported that he was
twice stuck in mud and snow in
going out to the Mosby-Peterson
cation of the hard going.
Only three wells were drilling
this week.
Coolidge & CoOlidge-McCurdy No.
8, Sc NV Il SWA 2-35-3W, is drill
ling at 1910 feet 1t is a quarter
mile north of the recently completed
No. which had an initial of ESQ
barrels and made 14O barrels per
day on the pump until all storage
was filled The No. will be
during the coming week.
Mosby-PetersOn No. 8, Sc NEA
SEA 7-35-2W, is drilling at 1860.
Prevol & Shea, contractors, are re-
ported drilling out the cement plug
after having run casing.
PrevOl & Shea-Government No. 5,
Sc NV "A SWA 11-35-3W, in the
Rocky Ridge pool. is drilling at 1875
feet, after having set 10-inch sur
face pipe.
Superior PetrOleum-Haugen No. 3
C NEA NEA 11-35-3W. was shut
down, as were a half dozen other
operations.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
Contest 1880 Taxes

Three suits to recov-
er taxes paid under protest under
the 1899 state chain store act were
filed in district court here
by Standard Oil Co OF Indiana and
by the Continental, Texas and Shell
Oil companies.
The actions were brought against
the state treasurer and the state
board OF equalization to recover
1910 taxes paid in advance in De-
cember. 1899.
THE oil companies are paying
without protest the chain store IL
censes on their bulk plants and sta
tons owned and controlled by them,
but deny they operate the various
individual service stations. or that
they are subject to this tax on
them"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
Substitute
Bill Talked

There was talk OF the possibility
that a substitute federal OIL con-
troll bill may be presented, apply
ing only TO states not having con-
Iservation laws. Questions of mem
bers constantly returned to prob
lens OF California and Illinois, ask
ing witnesses II the oil industry
itself did not feel that these states
should be regulated. Illinois pro-
duction has passed the 100000
Dbl per day mark. an-all-time high.
Jack Blalock, on behalf OF In
terstate oil Compact Commission
presented a brief arguing that H. r.
1872 is unconstitutional He claim
ed that congress has no constitu-
tiOnal authority TO control the pro-
duction OF petroleum within the
boundaries OF the several states
under its power to provide for the
national defense or under its power
to regulate interstate and foreign
commerce
Asked about oil for the army
and navy, Blalock replied: For a
small part of the money this gov
eminent has spent in the last six
or seven years. you could buy
enough oil as yet unproduced to
supply every need of the army and
navy for the next 500 years" which
he said, would be constitutional.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-02
TExACO MOVING new
CABLE TOOLS here
FROM COL ORADO

The Texas company is moving
second complete string of cable
tools into Cut Bank oil field and
will shortly start another well on
the Tweedy farm. in the Lander
pool, 1920 feet south of the No. 3
well, completed late last year.
Texas company is replacing it's cable
tools in Colorado with rotary equip
ment and the cable tools are moving
northward.