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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
NOTICE no CREpITORs

Estate of j. J. Mcdonald, Deceased.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN by the
undersigned Margaret Fogarty, admins
tratrix with the will annexed Of the
estate Of j. J. Mcdonald, Deceased. to
the creditors OF and all persons hayin,,
claims against the said Deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers.
within four months after the first publ
cation of this notice to the said adj
ministratrix ut 2G1G First Avenue North,
Great Falls, Montana. the same being
the place for the transaction OF the
business Of said estate in the County OF
Cascade.
Dated April 80. 1910.
MARGARET FOGARTY,
Administrators with the VIII
annexed of J. J. Mcdonald.
Deceased.
bate Of first publication, May 4. 1910.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
NORTH FIELDS
lcnntinned from Page Onel

CONTINUED from Page onel
NWH 23-35-3W, in the Ellingson
pool, is rigging up. -
A. Beardslce is moving onto ms
Government lease in NE a SEA 8
35-2W and has rig up in the center
of the south line.
coolidge & COolidge-State A No. q
CIV NV Il NWA 36-36-2W, is drill
ling at 1900, with S-inch pipe SET
at 9S6. ~ >
NV, SW u NWA 36-36-2W, is rig
ging up.
ia. Gel sEASWA 24-S5-SW, is
pumping Is Dbl. per day.
CrunIey & SOns-Frybergcr No.
10, NE NWA SEA 24-S5-SW, is
drilling at 705.
Frazier & Smith-Van Note No. z,
chi, SWA NWA 3O-35-2W, is still
humping Is barrels natural. II
will be produced for some time be-
fore acidizing.
Fulton Petroleum Thompson No.
A. CNL SWA NEA 2S-35-SW.
is drilling at 1870, approach
ing the horizon of the Big
West-Dahlquist No. s, which was
one of the fields largest flowing
wells. The lime contact at 1?15
was dry and there was showing
of very high gravity oil at 1880
feet, the horizon of the offsetting
Big West-Dahlquist No. 16 now
the best we'll on the Dahlquist farm.
The Fulton well is checking 30 feet
higher than the Dahlquist No. 16,
giving new confirmation to the
theory of faulting.
Nepstad-Hugi No. 1, NV SW X
NWH 11-35-3W,, drilling, 800.
Oien-Engemocn No. o, NV NE "A
NWA 14-35-2W. drilling, 720
RimrOck-Schmidt No. @, SW NE a
NWl4 29-35-3W, drilling, 1905
Sunburst sand was at 1903.
Stock Bros. Government No. 1, c
sWASEA 17-35-2W. is drilling al
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

willie" asked the teacher OF
the new pupil, do you know your
alphabet
yes. miss" answered Willie.
"Well, then" continued the
teacher, what comes after Az"
"All the rest of them" was the
triumphant reply.
Get my broker, Miss Jones"
Yes. sir. Stock or pawn?"
Daddy. I want to be an arctic
explorer"
"But, Daddy, want to go into
training at once"
How so?"
"Well, I want a dollar a day
for ice cream so that l can get
used to the cold"
Were you fired with enthusiasm
when you tackled your first job?"
"Was Il l never saw man so
glad to get rid of me in my life!"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
SEVEN TESTS
ARE ACTIVE IN
WASHINGTON

Western washington may figure
in petroleum history during the
present year in the opinion Of Gil
bert Parmelee of Centralia VINO
writes the Journal that seven
drilling operations are in progress.
Following are the active opera
tions:
I. Mathews No. 1, rotary. drilling
six miles west of Centralia.
2. Salzer Valley No. 2, cable
tools, drilling, three miles south
east of Centralia
3. Mottman-Tracey No. 1, cable
tools, drilling, four miles east OF
Olympia.
4. Pelican Oil, rotary, drilling,
two miles east of Bellingham.
5. Sound Cities No. 1 and No. 2
rotary, drilling with showings ol
oil reported, four miles north OF
Enumclau
6. Sims No l. changing over to
rotary, on the Wynoochee.
7. Nulsnown-Aberdeen No. l
reported rigging up at Aberdeen.
In addition, he states, Blue
Light company has bought a second
string of tools and a Sc Star ma
chine in Benton county; First Drill
ling corporation is preparing to put
its we'll on pump for test and there
is more drilling scheduled in Lewis
county where gas has been found.
The johnson discovery well, FAC
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

L notice the Smiths seem to get
along much better these days.
They don't quarrel so much"
Yes, Smith has been a changed
man since he went back to the old
home town and saw the girl he
was so crazy about twenty years
ago"
Teacher: IF you have $40 in one
pocket and SIS in the other, what
have you?"
steve: II have on the wrong
pants"
Sitting in a concert hall waiting
for the concert to begin, a man,
seeing a little boy in front of him
looking at his watch, bent forward
and asked: Does it tell the timer
NO" answered the little boy
you have to look at it."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
CAPITALIZING COMMON SENSE

been the well that it is. We know
that its pressure was not greatly al,
minished by the fact that one small
stripper 220 feet away has been pro.
ducing for many years, and north OF
that was a dry hole. The dry hole
offsetting the stripper was the best
reason, in ordinary acceptance, why
people should not buy royalties on
the Ellingson farm in the days when
they might have been bought at a
reasonable or bargain figure. Now
we know that a well offsetting the
dry hole can be a producer and pos
sibly a gusher.
The same facts may be found to
exist anywhere in KevIn-Snnburst
field. There is seldom a better ptheory
than dry hole to stop drilling IN
a given area. We have observed that
new gusher pools come IN only
WHERE WELLS ARE DRILLED.
One ideal district in which to drill
is in the undrained area between pro-
ducers. Does it not follow that it IS
good business to buy royalties on
farms in these undrilled and idle
districts, with full confidence that
IT. due course of time drilling WILL
come.
For several months past we have
been preaching BUY PRODUCING
ROYALTIES. We know that the low
prices in combination with empty
storage tanks had definite signi-
ficance to royalty investors. We have
bought up every bargain price pro-
ducing royalty we could get during
the past few weeks. With the open
ing of the field at capacity produc-
ton comes an end to the chance OF
buying bargains in producing royal
ties. Some royalty incomes will
DOUBLE under increased runs Nat
urally, owners will be far less anxious
to sell.
The next step of operators will be
into the potential Ellingson and
Dahlquist pools-choosing spots be-
tween producing pools. No wildcat IN
the country could be more attrac-
tive than the possibility OF deNeiOPlnS
such a pool, from the operator S view
point. 1t goes without saying that II
these areas are developed, SOME
ONE is going to make money out OF
the ROYALTIES in them: either the pres
ent owners or investors who buy
them now, before development starts.
Our publication this week gave our
members some idea of the developmnt
program of the future in Kevin-Sun-
burst field. Copies viii be sent to
those who request them.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
on. INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT

There is one industry United States government and the
various states cannot afford have socazd That is the on
industry The industry burden is equivalent TO 9ozo
for aver man woman the United States The petro
em ndusrys than onethrd OF the total
revenue railroads of the United States ana Is
oro than three times their The oil industry pays one
tenth Of all tax revenues equal 81 O6 for each barrel OF crude
itself 49,, ~ oro, or NOT
Ono company which year sustained net loss OF $4oooz
had to paw taxes products and operations oang
Another company reporting that its 1889 taxes were gGa
a taxes paid company ncurs heavy expenses Tor tax
and settlements which III themselves eo'
40 - substantial additional the business
n these DAVIS of dire cash money the government
moods q prosperous taxable oil industry
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
GUN PERF0RATI0N
FOLLOWED BY ACID
In TURNER VALLEY

Gun perforation followed by
acidization of Madison limestone is
being successfully used in Turner
valley oil field. with Arrow Royal
ties No. l in west central Turner
Valley as a notable example of sue
cess. This well finished in black
lime at S1O2 feet with very little
oil. The upper lime was gun-per-
forated and acidized, developing
flush production of 65 barrels an
hour which later settled to 1928
Dbl. per day. Packer was then run
and the lower lime gun-perforated
and acidized, in 20-foot zone
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

To some of us old mossbacks = IN
the royalty business, the news Of the
opening of Kevin-Sunburst field to
capacity market is the greatest news
since the coming of acid How long
this feast is going to continue we DO
not know but those of us who have
our principal royalty investment IN
Kelvin field will enjoy greatly increas-
ed royalty checks during the next
few months. There was a time when
some of us bought royalties only
under leases of Standard operators
such as Ohio Oil company or under
California company or under Texas
Pacific leases, adopting that as
method of getting good geology along
with dependable operator
But those of us who have had most
of our royalties under leases OF the
big companies in Kelvin field have
had some lean years We are think
ing of one income that dwindled from
$3.50 per month down to around $lOO
per month during the time when Inter
national Refining CO., was buying
only its extra requirements from he-
vim after running all Of the Texas
cnmpany's oil from Cut Bank. the
major companies of the field, we felt,
cot the "little end of that deal, ana
orr checks each month decreased be-
ca,se the major companies did no
drilling, no acidizing and did not even
keep their wells in repair, in many IN
stances. Meanwhile, Independent OPP
orators were drilling and acidlzing
and building up their production, and
we have seen some of our nelghbor
ro7alty investors getting much larger
checks than those of us who stayed
with the cold line" operators
An income from 500 to $500 per
month is not a fortune but 1t IS an
income equal to the earning OF from
$4,000 to $4,000 invested IN sc
government bonds.
How many people can accumulate
from $4,000 to $4,000 out OF saw
ings from a salary, wages or the aver
age business?
Yet there are hundreds Of thous,,
ands of people who might have saved
enough to have bought 18o royalty
OH the Ellingson farm any time IN
the last decade before December OF
1899. That Ia on the Ellingson farm
is today earning around $3.50 per
day and will be earning a lot more
when wells now starting are drilled.
|, l.. ., IL.
will be earning the owner OF e
royalty from 500 to 5000 per month
before the present year ends, as there
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

is every indication of a substantial
pool.
The reason that it is so promising
is that it is UNDRILLED TERRI
TORY.
The person who would have bought
Ellingson royalty, as an example,
would have done so solely ON the the
ory that it was UNFRAMED TERRI
TORY amid producers. That IS
theory so simple that child can sit
down with a Kevin-Sunburst devel-
opment map and pick out the spots
where the "Ellingson farms = Of the
future will in all probability be
found. There was a time when dry
hole or a small producer was accept
ed as DESTROYING an entire farm
OF perhaps a half section 1920 acres.)
We have caught ourselves refusing
royalty before now, with the com
ment, "There has been a dry hole
drilled on that farm. F"
It is a safe guess that had acidiza
ton been known in 1922, there would
have been so per cent fewer dry
holes in Kelvin field Any well drilled
in the early days that had showing
of from a few cupfulls to 10 barrels
was usually abandoned, yet today
such wells may be acidized into large
production. So the fact that a dry
hole was drilled is no more signifi-
cant than a well drilled to the Sun
burst sand and abandoned without
completion to the lime. That very
thing happened in several wells in
this field, especially in Sunburst sand
areas where it was generally accept
ed that the Sunburst sand was the
only producing horizon and the lime
contact was not tested. Today that
seems silly; likewise we know it is
foolish to believe that an abandoned
showing of oil disproves an entire
farm.
All such wells are going to be re-
drilled. If they happen to be in "wide
open spaces" between producers then
that means that they are in an UN-
DRAINED area. We know that the
nature of the lime formation is such
that oil does not travel horizontally,
as is expected in sand fields. Oil can
not travel through solid lime and
there is no continuous sand so the
only way oil could be taken out of
the Ellingson farm was by the drill
ing of wells ON this farm. No matter
whether the Aronow- Ellingson No. 3
we're drilled last December or 10
years from last December or 20 years
ago last December, it would have
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

feet deep. has not been testea.
Analysis Of the gas shows S64
btu IN the first Keto horizon at
ESQ and 925 btu. in the sec ~.
Keto horizon at 1000 feet. me
Furlong discovery we'll, drilled Dy
water we'll drillers, had floW Oh
gas that burned with three 1901
flame for four hours and then
turned to salt water. 1t was z4O
feet deep.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
OIL EXPLOSION
CAUSES DAMAGE
IN LAUREL PLAN I

BILLINGS Explosion of two
.OOO-barrel tanks of road oil caus.
ed some damage to the plant OF
Independent Refining Co. at Laurel
on Monday, injuring two employees
C. f. Jackson and Jack Schmidt
The fire was put under control after
80 minutes with loss of about
$500 barrels of oil. with no dam
age to the main refinery.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS haze been definitely pro,
zen indispensable in Montana E0ery 7'ldeGt should
haze both Madison and Deoonian highs" deter'r'H-
cd bv reflection seismograPh before drilling begins.
DFFPER DRILLING is essential to 70rite the real his
tory of the Montana oil industry. The major
source of Montana petroleum is in formations BE-
LON THE BIG LIME. abandonment Of 70eas at
the Madison contact is 7caste Of money :40an-
bidftr No 7ccH should be considered c0mPeto"
until it is drilled into the De90nldn.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28

your Senators and Congressman.
Bills Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5-Protest to
your Senators and ask them to vote
against.
Bill No. 6-Protest to your Senators
and to Hon. Richard B. Russell,
Georgia, chairman of Senate Immi-
grafton committee.
Bill No. Protest to your own
Congressman and to Hon. Andrew
j. May, chairman House Military At
fairs committee.
Bill No. 8-Protest to your Senators
and to Hon. F. Henry Ashurst, Ariz-
ona, chairman of the Senate Judi
ciary committee
Will you help? These bills are in
every way comparable to the in
famous "alien and sedition bills" of
earlier American history. They
should be fought by every loyal
American citizen. Also the desperate
need of refugees from abroad cries
aloud for the maintenance of the
American Open Door," These re-
fugees are fleeing before the perse-
cutions resulting from just such laws
as these, interpreted by totalitarian
governments according to their, own
prejudices.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28

cordingly, and therefore our schools
are not actually getting the benefit
of the balance of the net income tax
collections. We must all work hard
to bring about the actual fulfillment
of the letter and theory of the net
income tax law, if we are to get the
necessary and proper relief and re-
placement of high local school taxes
in our northern counties. Mr.. Mann
should begin to push hard and not
knock.
We agree with Mr.. Mann that our
county superintendent here in Pine
county is one of the best in the state
in his efforts and splendid work for
better schools, more state aids, etc.
We disagree with Mr.. Mann, however,
that our county superintendent, A. E.
Gustafson, or any other active men,
bers OF our various school organiza-
tons are "meddling in politics" or
should keep their noses out of poll
tics or are mixing schools in politics
These false accusations are malicious
untruthS and are unbecoming of any
Pine county citizen.
Many northern counties are organ
iZlng various communities in the in
terests of safe and sound school aids.
Mr.. Mann has tried to throw cold
water on the efforts of the one pub
lie official and leader who dares to
put forth the extra effort to help
keep the public informed and in de-
tense of his schools here in Pine
county.
Let us all support Superintendent
A. E. Gustafson and others in the
statewide educational program to
convince all of Minnesota that aids
should be paid in full so as to save
many schools and homes, and that
aids can be paid in full if our net
income tax rates are upheld and the
entire proceeds from this tax be ac-
tually and directly used for schools
as was originally intended. Under
the 1887 law the 1888 net income
tax returns doubled, but state school
aids were prorated lower than ever
before so as to cut few mills off the
state levy to favor certain large cor
porations at the expense of local
school funds and levies. Is Mr.. Mann
attempting to cover this up? Whom
is he trying to protect?
We should also get back of Mr.. Gus
tafson and others in the efforts toward
getting some court ruling or some
corrective legislation to correct the
present tax delinquency laws that
shift the various bonded indebted
ness onto the remaining taxpayers
when lands revert back to the state.
This is the principal cause of driving
away settlers from our many north
ern counties including Pine, Aitkin
and Kanabec
MRS. A. E. BORCHARDT.
Member of school board, Willow
River
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28
SHOULD BOOST, NOT KNOCK
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
The legislative committee of the
Minnesota Education Association met
in Minneapolis on March 8, and again
passed their favorite resolution, de-
handing the payment of school aids
in full and demanding that all of
the net income tax collections be-used
exclusively and actually for schools
as was originally intended and which
thus far has not been done.
The State School Officers Associa-
ton and other educational organiza-
tons have all passed similar resolu-
tons during the past year.
According to Representative c. C.
Mann, who is the editor of the Hinck-
levy News, the members of all of
these organizations must be all wrong
and asking for something we already
have. According to him the men,
bers of all of these organizations are
''meddling in party politics." ''stick-
ing their noses in politics" and mix
ing schools in politics.
He quotes Mr.. Sande of the State
department and others, but does not
tell the whole story. Those who were
present at our county school board
convention and also at the state con-
vention, will remember that it was
thoroughly explained that regular
state appropriations to the school
aids funds have been reduced ac-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28

tons committee has decided to put
stop to it.
True, there is law prohibiting
the use of government cars for pri-
vate purposes but it has been more
or less disregarded by government
officials, big and small. The APP
preparations committee proposes to
have all government-oWned cars
carry in large letters the name of
credited. If that doesn't stop joy
riding at the taxpayers expense we
will probably have to do away with
official" cars altogether.
l do not have any late figures on
the number of government-owned
cars but back in 1887 it was disclosed
that the Agricultural department
alone, was credited with 4,167 pas
senger-carrying automobiles, "a sta
ton wagons, four buses, $4,000 motor
trucks, tractor trucks and tractors,
626 trailers and semi trailers, 25
motorcycles. The War department
probably has much larger number.
Then there is the Interior depart
ment, the Treasury department, the
Navy department and large num-
Der of independent bureaus, all OPP
Grating automobiles upon which there
has been little or no check 1t is safe
to assume that Uncle Sam owns in
excess of 100000 automobiles. The
items of gasoline, wear and tear and
depreciation run into the millions
each year, and the unorganized tax
payer pays the bill The time has
come to call a halt.
Would Investigate F. B. 1.
There is strong demand for an
investigation of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation by liberals and rad
icalS who fear that j. Edgar Hoover,
its chief, is setting up a secret police
system that may threaten our liberties
The F. B. 1. has been charged with
overlapping and other unlawful acts
Much is made of the fact that Hoover
some months ago caused the arrest
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28

If not that, then 1 surely be a
thinkin' of old Pine county. And
you and you who made my lot here a
happy one for IL short years. Thank
you and good luck to one and ALL
l Would Say is now 81 Have Said"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28
NO POLITICS IN SCHOOL WORK
Editor Askov American.

Editor Askov American:
Representative Mann has written
several articles recently in his Hinck-
ley News and reprinted in some other
Pine county papers that are similar
to the false propaganda circulated
against me in 1888 Now, the Mora
Kanabec County Times paper echoes
these untruthful attacks. These de-
mand reply from me.
Cd 1t is falsehood, without foun-
dalton, to claim that have ever
mixed politics in any of my schools
in all of my q years of experience
My teachers will prove this. Fur
thermore, 1 have treated all pupils,
teachers and parents alike and fair re-
CARELESS of nationality, political be-
liefs or religion. challenge Mr..
Mann or any one else to state diff
ferently.
(2) AS a private citizen, 1 still
claim we all have the constitutional
right of civil liberty to worship as
we please and have our own per-
sonal, social, economic and political
beliefs It is a false statement on
the part of one who knows better
to claim that have mixed in politics
Never, have entered voice in local
or county politics except in self de-
Tense from INSCRIPTIONS attacks by
a few dishonest or misinformed
politicians" Never have I entered
state politics except to get the ap-
proval of a few resolutions and laws
that would help our schools. I have
always refused to be delegate to
any state political party convention
Yet, my 1888 opponent and few
others who have falsely accused me
of sticking my nose in politics" or