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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01
Canal Break Causes
Flooding of Ranch

BENTON CITY-Upon arising
Tuesday morning at $40 Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Dinmick found their
ranch flooded from a break in the
Kiona Irrigation District canal. The
break was west of their house and
thought to have been caused by
rat hole. The Dimmicks were I'M
able to get to their barn, their corn
field was flooded and all Of the first
second cutting of hay in a stack of
about 20 tons is surrounded by wa
ter. The water also ran across the
highway.
Mrs. C. T. Peterson left Tuesday
for few days visit with MIR. and
Mrs. w. c.. Muldrow in Kennewick.
! Repair work was started immed-
lately. About twelve teams are be-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01
Blast Rocks Gibraltar

La Linea, Spain-Hours after an
italian air squadron had urlsuc-
cessfuliy bombed Gibraltar, a ter
rifle explosion rocked nearby Span
ish, cities and killing four British
soldiers. L is believed that a reserve
powder magazine was ignited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01
Too Late to Classify

LOST-Pair of glasses IN black
case somewhere on Kennewick
Avenue. Return to Monford Fyfe,
Kennewick. 1880
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

FOR SALE-Bartlett pears. L. H.
Raymond, phone 2011 or 1854. 18tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

FOR RENT-House, close in. In
quire of L. H. Raymond. 18c
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MIR. w. p. Steadman and J. NJ.
Oakley spent the weekend in Spo-
kane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

TREE-RIPENED Redelberta peach,
soc a box at place. Jay Perry,
phone 1912. 18p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

MONEY-For you, for easy work,
for man or woman. Call Kenne-
wick 1861 for information.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

well was plugged and abandoned on
February 5.
A. Il. CObb-Vendemark No. 5, was
spotted in the approximate center
of the SEA NEA 35-35-6W. 1t is
$50 feet west of the east line and
goo feet south of the north line of
the section. This is one of the
leases purchased from Nadeau
Brothers-the lease on which the
Nadeau Brothers fortune was found
ed. No. location will be drilled
with rotary tools.
A. u. Cobb Walberger No. 3, in
C NEASEA 35-35-6W, a south
offset to the Vandemark No. 5, is
$50 feet west of the east line and
1900 feet north of the south line Of
the section.
Other new locations are:
Glacier PrOduction-Evans No. 1,
C SWA NEl 21-33-5W. rig up.
Glacier PrOductiOn-B harrington No.
in approximate CNL SEA SWA
19-33-5W. 1t is 1880 east of the
west line and $50 feet north of
the south line of the section:
materials on ground.
Glacier PrOductiOn-SEaItby No. 2,
C NE Il NEA 9-S3-5W. location.
Observation-Disclosures No. ~,
c SEA NWA 34-35-6W, is drilling
at $50.
CObb-Churi No. 4, c SWA NWH
30-37-4W, is drilling at 1885. 1t
had Colorado shale at 532 and set
10-inch pipe at $50.
Santa Rita-Lander No. 4, C. SEH
sWA 16-35-6W West, finch casing
at 1865 and is ready to. drill in.
1t had a flow of gas from 1850
to 1865.
santa Rita-stahI No. 4, c NwA
SEA 2O-35-5W, has rig up.
Newell & Chandler ct aI-Ander-
SON No. 4, c NEANW formerly
ee-Nadeau-Anderson No. 1, is
drilling water well, preparatory
% spudding.
Tarrant-State No. 5, NE NEA |
SEA 36-34-6W. is drilling at 635 |
'eet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10
CUT BANK GETS
Continues from Page onel

burst sand from 1852 to 1925 with
a showing of oil from 1882 to 1880.
Upper Cut Bank was from 1855 to
2975 with lower Cut Bank sand
from 2975 to 1892 carrying oil from
1880 to 1892. With a fluid level of
1000 feet it swabbed PIT barrels In
the first "a hours. Casing was set
at 1856; Colorado shale was at 615
feet and the elevation above sea
level is 1914 feet.
Glacier Observation-Disclosures No.
8, c SWA SEA 20-335W. swabbed
81 barrels in the first "a hours.
1t had Sunburst sand from 1925
to 1866 with showing of oil
from 1880 to 1890, dry. Upper
Cut Bank was from 5000 to 3O43
and lower Cut Bank from 3O43 to
3057 was saturated throughout.
Fluid level was 1900 feet. Casing
was set at 5000; Colorado shale
was at $50 and the elevation is
1928. 1t was completed Feb. 5.
The hole bottoms at 305S, one
foot in the Ellis.
Glacier ProductiOn-State No. @,
CIVIL NWA 16-33-5W, swabbed 100
barrels in the first "a hours. Sun
burst sand from 2785 to 2S05 was
dry; a sand from 2S15 to 1852
had a showing of oil and 100000
cubic feet of gas at 1920. Upper
Cut Bank from $3.50 to 1880 show
ed oil which rose IT'S feet in the
casing; lower Cut Bank from 1908
to 1912 carried the main pay, with
a fluid level of 1900 feet. The
Ellis was drilled from 1912 to 2914
and plugged back to 2912 where the
hole battoms. Seven-inch casing
was set at 1856 with a 3S-foot liner
to 2912. Colorado shale was at
535; elevation is 1868 feet.
The first well on Exchange Oil |
Harry F. Sinclair) pro-
perty in Cut Bank field was a
Try hole. 1t is Jeffries- Exchange |
Oil No. 1. in c NV u NWl "a
35-6W. 1t is a north offset to a
S0-barrel we'll. the Jeffries-Clark |
No. / but 1t had no oil sand. There |
vas Sunburst sand from 1876 to |
1885 with showing of oil and
ripper Cut Bank from 1900 to 294O.
rhe lower Cut Bank was entirely |
absent. The hard sand from 1905
o 1920 showed oil but no fluid
anne into the hole. The Ellis was
1t 2940. IT was shot with 200
quarts of nitro glycerin, to no avail.
The south offset has normal sands
70. 7-inch casing was run and the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

Anyone who has ridden on the
slow train between Casper and Great
Falls knows the mental condition of
the harried oil man VINO grew more
and more nervous as the train
stopped at every whistling post and
time dragged on So to quiet his
nerves he procured from his suit
case bottle of liquor and began
taking a drink each time the train
stopped Arrived at Stanford the
train again stopped and the engine
was uncoupled.
How long are we going to stay
here?" he asked of the porter.
"Oh. half or three quarters Of
hour" replied the porter.
The oil man glanced out the
window and saw. just off the right
of-way a COW having a calf. The
oil man took another drink and
looked again. but his eyes did not
focus properly, so he drank the
last of the quart left the train and
walked over to the fence to get a
better view. Then he crawled
through the fence. took the calf by
the hind legs and pulled it onto the
ground Brushing his hands. he
addressed the calf: Next time.
look where you re going"
Then there were the two opera
tors who held joint interest in a
dry hole that had just been com
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

pleted. As they rode silently away
from the scene OF the disaster. they
looked definitely worried but neither
of them spoke for a long time.
Finally one heaved a deep sigh.
whereupon the other studied him
lntently for a few minutes and
then remarked disgustedly. YOU'RE
telling me. Rig & Reel.
Artist: I'll sell you that picture
for $50.
Village Playboy: No you won't
But I'll give you $40 for the ad-
dress of the model.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

"HESE words are written for the
benefit of those who received
our bulletin of the past week.
Others who read may or may not I'M
derstand, but to the understanding it
is apparent that we mean when we say
that courage has again been rewarded.
Seneca said; Fortune can take
away riches, but not courage" and
to that we add that ONLY courage
can bring fortunes.
We are told that courage multiplies
the chances of success by sometimes
making opportunities, and always
availing itself of them; and in this
sense Fortune may be said to favor
fools by those who, however prudent
in their opinion, are deficient in
valor and enterprise.
We are inclined to say that the man
who goes far out on the edge of an
oil field and makes am investment,
only to have it turn into a fortune, is
LUCKY. Luck is something that
comes from COURAGE. True cour-
age is the result of reasoning. A
brave mind is always impregnable.
Resolution lies more in the head than
in the veins. The truest courage is
always mixed with circumspection
this being the quality which distin
cuisines the courage of the wise from
the hardness of the rash and foolish.
Those of us who are today getting
our chief income from royalties know
that the investments which have paid
the greatest returns are, in every in
stance, the result of acquiring low
priced royalties in undrilled areas
where our faith has led us to believe
oil was present That faith was based
on the process of careful reasoning.
When acidization came to Kelvin
Sunburst field, it opened up new
avenues of investment opportunity.
Acidization gave us the great Rim
rock pool and the Rocky Ridge pool,
on the extreme outer edges of the
field. 1t revived abandoned proper
ties in the center of the field, such as
the Engemoen farm where we had the
courage to buy royalty after a major
company had abandoned the lease and
the producing wells on it. Acidiza-
ton made it one of the most profitable
properties in the field because our
members bought the royalty so cheap
ly, under the circumstances, that the
production resulting from acidization
pays large return on the investment
Had we paid five times as much for
the royalty the investment would not
have been so attractive today.
The purchase of that royalty in
volved the simple mental process of
reasoning that what acidization has
done in one part of the field, it will
LIKELY do in another part of the
field; that producing wells although
abandoned before acidization was
known, are adequate evidence of the
presence of oil; that the drainage
could not have materially lowered the
future recovery obtainable through
modern production methods; that al
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10
COURAGE WINS AGAIN

though the property was abandoned
and idle, its location in the heart
of the field justified the investment;
the investment was so low that the
production of 200 barrels per acre
would pay a profit; that developed
areas of the field had produced an
average of 20 times 200 barrels.
The purchase Of the royalty on this
farm involved more than money; it
involved COURAGE. 1t is a strange
fact that it was difficult to find
enough people of courage to take up.
that Engemoen royalty. Now there
is none in the organization who does
not wish that he had mOrtgaged the
proverbial homestead to buy all the
Engemoen royalty available.
The same facts apply to the Nc
Curdy royalty. The McCurdy roy
atty is on a government permit on
the west side of the field where one
of the big wells of the field was this
week being completed. AS this is
written we are informed that the hole
stands full of oil and stopping over
the top of the casing-IN NATURAL
PRODUCTION. That is taken as in
dication of a large well, should it
respond to acidizatiOn in proportion
to the other wells of the area.
The name of the permittee is well
known to members of this organiza-
ton All of the royalty on this per-
nit, excepting that held by the Emitted
States government, is held by members
of this organization Our members
had to be courageous enough to be-
Ieve that this tract would yield 5000
worth of oil per acre, to pay them
out, naturally they reasoned that it
could possibly pay them five to fiji
teen times the cost.
A NY who bought the McCurdy
- did not hazard their money
without fear, but every one was
resolutely minded that this undrained
area would respond to acidization.
The first well on the McCurdy looked
like a good well when acidized but it
was completed at a time when there
was no market for the oil. It stood
idle for a long time and, as is notably
true of all acidized wells which are
not Immediately put on production,
it did not produce much oil when
put on the pump. Later it was drilled
deeper-that was during last summer
and it showed an initial of 240 bar
rels per day after re-acidizing.
Before it was acidized, this well
had small showing of OIL In con-
trast to that we'll is the No. 2, a
quarter mile north of the No. /, which
has not only a showing of oil but
hole standing FULL of oil. This
would seem to prove that the great
est failure was with those who were
fearful to buy the McCurdy royalty
when it was available at wildcat
base price.
Investments today are a difficult
matter. Royalties are one of the few
open to the public Roy
alties are a part of the landowners
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10
URGE AGAINST POLITICIAN

UIttTE ltUhINSI IUIIIIJIAN
Observation-Disclosures of the
Mining and Metallurgical Society
of America are being asked to ratify
a resolution passed at the Society's
annual meeting which would bring
professional pressure to bear on adj
ministration officials to prevent the
Bureau of Mines from being saba
tagged by partisan politics. through
appointment of a politician as di-
rector to succeed DR.. John w.
Finch, recently resigned at the re-
quest of Interior Secretary Ickes.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

share of the minerals in a piece of
land The royalties are a part of the
land title and the investor OWNS a
given portion of all the recoverable
oil and gas by virtue of a deed which
is filed for record in the county in
which the land is located. Since the
or his assigns, it is a PERSONAL
enterprise. If Nature. is generous, the
ownership of a very small royalty
may bring a tremendous return on the
investment. If the investor chooses
not one but SEVERAL royalty pro-
perties with due thought, he is likely
to make a profit, through the law of
averages, especially in such broad
fields as those in Montana.
Aside from royalties we see little
opportunities for investments today.
Government bonds are about the only
investment a man can take today,
otherwise. They offer little oppor-
tunity to the man who hopes to Sc
cure an income from the savings out
of wages or salary. We quote from
the Congressional Record, state
ment in this regard:
"A New York investment firm
recently showed that Treasury OBJ
legation maturing in a little more
than 2 years now afford yield
of only one One-hundredth of
percent. At this rate Of return, it
was pointed out that tan investor
would have to hold more than $144,-
900 par value to provide income
sufficient to buy his morning news
ha IN
hold 1858. 900 to provide enough
funds to buy a daily package of
cigarettes" As the average interest
rate on all Federal obligations is
lowered, those having money In saw
ings accounts and insurance policies
which represent their personally
saved ''sOciaI security" have their
interest earnings also reduced, as a
large part of such funds are invested
i'm Government bonds. This
means that If, for example, you
were trying to put in the savings
bank enough money TO give YOU
$2,0OO-a<year income, You VIII now
have to save 100000 or more,
where when savings banks were able
to invest your money safely and pay
YOU 4 percent you would only have
had TO save $4,000 to get this same
incOme.''
All this adds up to the conclusion
that FORTUNATE is THE MAN
WHO HAS AVAILABLE THE OPP
AFFORDED BY
INVESTMENTS which
may bring him an income from saw
ings of HUNDREDS of dollars rather
than thousands of dollars 1t takes
no courage to invest in bonds, but the
return is in proportion.
Emulation of the methods Of those
who have been successful in the past
is the surest way to success in the
future. Those of our members who
received our bulletin this week are
convinced that our seventeen years of
experience in the royalty business is
a valuable asset to every member of
his organization. The nature of our
attest success will become apparent in
coming weeks and months.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10
Dear Badger

Dear Badger
There was mailed at our county
post office in Deer Lodge valley
over so years ago a letter adj
dressed as follows:
PAT MALONE. the webfoOt scrub,
To whom this letter wants to go,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

nIL is the blood of the earth folOing through for
{ fumes field only to enrich the courageous It
- sometimes re7odyds the nOntbinking business
Stacker bh it lifts the burden from the back of
business coagard Its pins marks of generally
go to those lo combine degree of thought 2eTt
action.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

Doctor (after bringing victim
to) How did you happen to take
that stuff? Didn't You read the sign
on the bottle? 1t said Poison .
Ebenezer: "Yessah, but All didn't
believe it. Cause right underneath
il, was sign dat said 'Lye.'
. su~
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10
Is chopping cord wood for his grub,
Az SILVER CITY. IDAHO.
Yours truly,
G. L. EMMONS.

q
AZ SILVER CITY. IDAHO.
Yours truly,
c. L. EMMONS.
Great Falls has had quite a crime
wave: 16 burglaries in one night.
II is also related how an old maid
ripped an oil man and beat him
I'd the ground.
We viii have to print it, because
every one insists:
DEFINITION: Mirage place
where the little man who wasn't
there keeps his car.
Confucius says He who kisseth
III ass must expect to get a crack
in he face.
ii happened in one Of the Help
YOURSELF joints where the honor
system is supposed to prevail, but
where they have spoilers to watch
YOU You eat what you want and
feu the cashier how much Our
hero walked up to the receiver of
the filthy lucre 1.-TWO bits" he
said. Just then he felt a tap on
4is shoulder. How much?" said
he cashier. Zone buck" said our
hero. and then turned around.
Gotta mateh?" said the fellow be-
hind him.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-02-10

Confucius says: He who kisseth
an ass must expect to get a crack
u The face.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-08-30
A Recommended Business Directory
SMOKE SHOP

GEORGES SMOKE STo5-.
George Schnorr = Hunter Dim
Cigars = Cigarettes = Ril1ia.!'
124 West Bay Street
Evening star., 1940-11-12
Nazis, Turned Back
From London, Raid
English Coast Towns
Stormy Weather Restricts
Operations; R. A. F. Hits
Germun Channel Bases
By the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Pres.
LONDON, Nov. 12-The German
air force, turned back from London
in a brief morning raid, smashed
at Northeast coast towns early this
afternoon.
The daylight attacks which seemed
widespread over England, followed
a night of comparative calm in
which the British capital was un-
disturbed after 8 pm.
Stormy weather restricted air op-
erations on both sides A wild
southwesterly gale howled through
the Strait of Dover without abate-
ment today, with heavy seas, inter-
mittent showers and visibility al
most zero. The weather prevented
any British bomber raid against
Germany last night.
British bombers were reported,
however, to have attacked the Ger
man submarine base at Lorient,
France, and airdromes at Brest,
St. Malo and st. Brieux in daylight
raids yesterday.
Rescuers Comb Ruins.
Rescue squads, meanwhile, still
were digging in ruins of buildings
wrecked by bombs in yesterdays
raids. notably in the debris of a
blue print shop which housed a
public shelter in which an unde-
termined number of persons had
taken refuge.
The Channel gale kept axis war
planes grounded most of last night
and early today, giving Britons a
night of rest unbroken by air raid
alarms.
The last of a few lone raiders
headed homeWard at 9 o'clock last
night, joint communique issued
by the Air Ministry and Ministry of
Home Security reported, and the
storm m-swept sky over England still
was clear of invading planes when
daylight came.
Such attacks as were made up TO
pm. the Communique said, caused
very small number Of casualties
and slight damage.
Places raided included the Lon
Evening star., 1940-11-12

don area. Southeastern and Eastern
England and the southwest.
Berlin sources said a large
number of German bombers and
fighting planes attacked military
detectives yesterday in London,
Birmingham and other industrial
centers in the Midlands. A num-
Der of Birmingham gas tanks
were set afire, they added)
British Press Rejoices.
The British press, meanwhile, re-
joiced over the r. A. F.'s reported
victory yesterday over Italian planes
which attacked shipping in the
English Channel.
The banner line in the Daily Ex-
press read:
Thirteen italian Raiders made
of Wood Hurricaned. Ancent
Rome's Ancient Planes"
One British fighter pilot reported
he shot down an italian bomber
then attacked an Italian fighter
His guns jammed at this point, he
said, so he rammed into the Ital-
ian's wing, sending the latter down
The R. A. F. pilot landed unhurt
The Air Ministry's score in yes
terday's air fighting was 26 axis
planes-13 Italian and 13 German
against the loss of only two British
both lost in combat with Germans
Evening star., 1940-11-12
Deoths Reported

Lille b Grant. IS, 21O E St. ne.
Michael j. Cox. II. 1872 w st.
Nelson Kent 50. Garfield Hospital
James A Powell. A, $3.50 Wisconsin ave
Bernard D. Reed, 81. under Calvert Street
Bridge.
Infant Hancock Providence Hospital.
Luxe Allen, 81, Freedmen's Hospital.
Lulu Washington. a., Emergency HOSPITAL.
Infant Ernest Proctor. Galllnger Hospital
infant Pauline Chaddock. Chldrens Hos
Infant William McAvoy, Ga!Iinger Hos
pltal
Frank LivIgni. 90 Gallineer Hospital.
Herbert I. Ayl0r. so. Sibley Hospital.
Luther w Kelley, 20, St. Elzabeth's Hos
PatTick Cronin, -, St. Elizabeth's Hos
James Mayhugh. 6s. sibley Hospital
Ross H. Miner, 50. 1850 Wisconsin ave.
OrlS L. Coffin, 81, Gallnger Hospital.
Florence DuWell, 90, Emergency Hospital
josephine D. Torcetts, 81 1851 H st. ne.
Thomas G. Martin. A, 1888 South Caro-
Mary Litaritz ~ Georse washington
University Hospital
william J. Knockey. As, Providence Hos
pltal.
Infant Davidson, Providence Hospital.
Infant Linwood D. Honeycutt, Children's
HOSpital
Evening star., 1940-11-12
Births Reported

Richard and Catherine Latimer, boy.
Ernest ana Annie Sale. girl.
Philip and Anne Needle. girl.
John and Marie Spielman. glrl.
Calvin and Pearl Byrd, eirl.
Cleveland and Sarah BraXton. girl.
Allen and Alberta Christian, boy.
Cornelius and Alice Duarte, boy.
George and Alberta Gross, girl.
Richard and Mary James girl.
Ernest and Fannie Paige. girl.
Berjley and Laura Smith. boy.
Leon and Maude ViCkS. girl
Melvin and Sarah Bray. girl
Lawrence and Susie Chichester gil.
Lowell and Elizabeth Cyrus. boy.
Hames and Ayy Graham poE
Clarence and Florence Hawkins, ElTi
Daniel and Rosie Kltrell, girl.
CASTOR and Marie Powell, boy
Howard and Ruth Thornton boy
Wilbur and Katherine Clssel girl.
Ceorge and Evelyn Harris. boy.
Chester and Dorothy JuStus, boy.
Jacob and Jennie KIavan. girl.
Harry and Gertrude koeSnlsSDeTE, boy.
Oliver, Jr.. ana Elnice Patton. boy.
Frank and Ruth Place. boy.
solomon and Dorothy PCkTasS, boy.
Robert and Elizabeth Robson. glrl.
Donald and Alice Shook. girl.
Bernard and Viola ThornberE. boy.
Richard and Ella Waterman. boy.
William and Evelyn wilson, boy.
Herbert and Mildred Diamond. girl
James ana Alice Gallagher. BOY.
Georae and Dorothea Henderson. Flrl.
Martin and Rose Kelley. boy.
William and Mary Knott boy.
i Eugene and Esther Kraft. girl.
James and Mildred Payne boy.
Afanasij and Katherine POdlegayer, girl
John and Geneva Rhodes. boy
George and Willie Schmidt, girl.
Stiles and Cleo Simmons. girl.
Reuel and Doris Warmer. girl.
Eli and Lee Welner, boy
Nathaniel and Alice Austin. boy
Henry and Annette Blackwell, boy.
I LTor, = hal
Marshall and Lucy Hawkins, girl.
Lester and Eleanor Hunter. girl.