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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16

Kelvin operators feel that this field
will be called upon to provide either
the oil or an equivalent amount OF
oil for the initial operation of the new
Calgary plant in 1912 However local
officials OF The Texas company. ques-
toned about the situation. denied any
knowledge OF a plan for The Texas
company to supply the new plant
It is known that oil is being pur-
chased and stored In Cut Bank field
for the Canadian market, and it is
understood that $4,000 barrels or more
are now available to the Canadians.
However. there has been no reported
movement Of oil northward through
the Toronto Pipeline system II is re-
ported that one Of the major Cut
Bank producers was asked to divert
500 barrels per day to the Canadian
market and that the request was re-
fused Cut Bank operators say that
there Is no over production Of crude
IN tl.at field and no likely accumula~
ton that will supply the indicated
demands Of the McColl-Frontenac
plant.
However, 1t is generally believed that
Cut Bank crude Will likely be used IN
the new refinery while Kelvin field will
be called upon to supply The Texas
company plant at Sunburst which now
runs about $500 barrels of Cut Bank
and 1000 barrels of Kelvin oil per day.
Canadian reports say that construc-
ton work is starting as soon as mate
rails arrive The priorities board has
given approval The refinery will spe-
cialize in production Of aviation gaso-
line for the commonwealth air-training
plan It will cost 81 900 900, occupying
a 60-acre site in the Bonnybrook dis
trict of East Calgary and will employ
from rs TO 100 workmen. The company |
has large eastern Canada plants at
Montreal and Toronto and is affili-
ated with the Texas Corp. whose out
lets in the Canadian west 1t took over |
two years ago
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
Fresh Water in Signal Butte
Is Not Coming With Sulphur Oil

and 41O6 was lost 1t is believed thai
the water was coming from this hori-
ION. No water showed in the cores
which carried saturation Two Of tht
cores were bleeding" cores from which
the oil dripped. Experienced Keyir
operators who saw these cores de-
clared that they were more richly
saturated than most Kelvin formation
and the lime was as soluble in acid
as Kelvin lime.
Maximum solubility in the sigma
Butte we'll was at 41l8 where the lime
was 10 percent soluble in hydrochloriC
acid. The entire saturated area aver
aged above so percent soluble.
The oil was under sufficient pres
sure so that it came up through the
column of water. 1t is black oil heavily
laden with sulphur 1t is however. a
decidedly live" oil rather than a
dead" residual oil The principal
showings were from 412s TO 4132 and
from ABB to 4146.
When acid was applied the water
increased from one barrel an hour 70
six barrels an hour. It was fresh water.
containing no sulphur.
Had the water been coming with the
oil it would of necessity have been
sulphur water. Therefore the water In
crease did not result from the acid
penetration into the producing forma-
ton. Instead, the acid penetrated the
water horizon, which offered less re-
sistance than did the saturated oil
formation.
Hanlon believes it might have been
possible to drill out the liner, plug
the hole back to 4110 so as to pro-
tect the producing formation, then &C.
ment off the water with 500 sacks
Of cement and thereafter clean the
face of the saturated formation and
acidize with from 1000 to 1000 gallons
Of hydrochloric acid.
Cobb is moving his rotary rig TO
Cut Bank on account of pressing need
for drilling on newly acquired Tribal
leases In the new south pool E. L.
Cobb, brother of A. B. Cobb, manager
OF operations, stated that the fact
that this well did not produce should
not be taken as an indication that oil
win not eventually be developed In the
structure. Likewise, the prospects Of
Devonian production, 800 feet deeper
than the total depth Of this well, are
improved by the fact that oil was
found at the contact.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
AFRO Moves in
Pump to Test
MOsby Oil Show

Showings of oil in AFRO Oil 81 Re
filming company's deep test on Mosby
dome east of Cat Greek oil field are
to be tested, possibly with acidization
during the next two weeks, according
to Ed L. Allen Of Lewistown. The AFRO
carried the test to the lime and Cali
fornia company took it over to secure
"a record Of the formations to the
Cambrian, completing at 5705 feet.
The showings Of oil In the Ellis
were between 1855 and 14l0 feet. It
win be necessary to install pumping
equipment TO ascertain whether the
amounts of oil were commercial
The rotary equipment Of the Cali
fornia company has been removed
from the well and a small rig will
be used to complete the AFRO test.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
Cobb UndergOes
AppendectOmy in
Local Hospital

A. B. Cobb, prominent Cut Bank
producer and owner of Home Oil &,
Refining Co., was taken to Columbus
hospital in Great Falls on Friday for
an operation for acute appendicitis
Tie had been suffering for some time
but under the stress of pressing bust
ness matters, including the recent
purchase of the Home refinery, he re-
fused to take the necessary time to
have it attended to- When a severe
attack overlook him at his home in
Cut Bank his plane was dispatched to
Kalispell to pick up Dr. Ivan Alfred
who was there on vacation and the
plane then picked up Cobb and
brought the two to Great Falls. He
is reported well on the way to recovery
irritated by the interruption
Of his work in the busiest period Of
the year
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
Shortage of
Aviation Gas Is
Seen by Ickes

WASHINGTON Petroleum
Co-ordinator Harold L. Ickes predicted
there will be a shortage Of aviation
gasoline in the United States unless
refining capacity is expanded to fiji
increased American military demands
and orders for friendly countries.
Ickes said aviation gasoline viii be
shipped to Russia IN four American
tankers that will be placed In Rus
sian service soon and also win be
shipped In drums aboard Russian
merchantmen.
The United States also Is supplying
aviation gasoline to Britain and west
ern hemisphere countries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
RESUME WORK
IN TEST ON
PENDROY FAULT

r. c. Tarrant's test well on Pendroy
structure, west of Pondera oil field
succeeded in pulling frozen" eight
inch casing this week, after week OF
work to free the pipe from caving
Kootenai shales.
The hole now bottoms at $500 feet
but it will be necessary to drill out
several hundred feet Of cavings, 1t is
believed, before any new hole can be
made. The plan is to clean out, cement
off the shales and carry the 8-inch
down to the top of the Cut Bank
sand, expected at around 2700 feet, the
first likely oil horizon.
The Sunburst sand is absent in this
district. The upper Sunburst or Moul-
ton horizon was only sandy Shale in
this well whereas it showed oil in the
zodiac-Kellogg discovery well. The
Moulton horizon in the Tarrant well
carried no oil but considerable show
ing of gas A driller ignited the flow,
coming up through l0-inch casing, to
indicate the volume 1t blazed up sew
eral feet into the derrick and was
extinguished with difficulty.
The principal oil flow in the Zodiac
discovery well was at the Ellis-Madi-
son contact with a reported initial
production Of 20 barrels per day from
a 3-inch rotary core hole which was
lost when water broke in. The Tarrant
well is $50 feet south and slightly
higher on structure than the Zodiac.
It is on the low side of the Pendroy
fault, major displacement of over
800 feet. The lime contact IS expected
in this location at around 1900 feet
Location of the Tarrant-Kellog NO
l now drilling is Sc NWs NEa Sec.
33-28N-5W.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
WishfuI Thinking in
Kelvin Sees Outlet
In M'COII Refinery

building 35OObaTel refinery
While the intention McCOI FrOntenac develop Canadian
The plant Of British American Oil
American plants using practically all the
u0ut
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16
Gasoline
Must Bring
The War Home

In the current issue of the Sat
urday Evening Post is a picture
of a boy with his girl in car,
parked beneath a tree, with APP
prOpriate moon and scenery. He is
saying: Lets be patriotic and
park and conserve the nations oil
reserves"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-16

Gasoline dnstead of food will win
this war and the rationing of gasoline
throughout the country;s no matter
what the adequacy of supply, is freely
predicted in Washington.
Oil Co-ordinator Ickes is considering
two or three curtailment plans, he
said, but declined further comment
this week.
one plan believed to be under con-
sideration involves requesting suppliers
to curtail deliveries to all reSellers and
commercial consumers by an equal
percentage, based on past takings, and
with exceptions for essential and emer-
gency service.
This would leave to the reseller the
matter of prorating his reduced sup
plies among his customers. Probably
some plan would be suggested to the
reseller. This is the alternative to the
gigantic administrative task involving
ration cards.
WHEN AND IF COMPULSORY
RATIONING COMES TT PROBABLY
WILL BE APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY" says the Washington re-
port. REDUCED CONSUMPTION IN
OTHER AREAS WOULD RELEASE
TANK CARS FOR THE WEST
COAST AND THE EAST COAST"
Inasmuch as the curtailment Of Cali
fornia shipments to the East Coast
and to Japan have left California de-
luged with oil and refined products,
there is going to be some difficulty
in bringing the war home to West
Coast people. But the oil co-ordinator
may be able to curtail California pro-
duction to a point where the scarcity
of oil will give California gasoline
less Sundays" That is by invoking
priorities as a weapon against waste.
California has no proration law and, |
like Illinois, is one of the bad boys
of the industry. So California and II
linois may be curbed in their oil de-
velopment by the REFUSAL of Ickes to
allow them casing and supplies.
Says a government announcement:
"All applications for priority aid
made by the petroleum industry for
materials and supplies viii be con-
sidered by the petroleum co-ordinator
Continued on Page Five
Evening star., 1941-01-19

EAR ME:
Last January you drew up your
- annual ambitious plan for self
improvement BY following it you hoped
to add to your culture, your bank account,
your physical prowess and your self
esteem. A whole year has now gone by
and you will note that you have failed
magnifcently to do any of the things
you intended. Why?
Last year you started out listening to
all the news broadcasts, treasuring all the
commentaries reading dozens of papers
morning and evening and arguing vio
ently with everyone who would listen.
Being reasonable sort of chap you found
good reasons for being reasonable on all
sides of all questions. You found yourself
unable to distinguish between rumor and
fact propaganda and lies, and wound up
confused, bewildered, unsure. Which made
you desperately unhappy, and accordingly
depressed everyone around you. You
couldn't eat, you couldn't sleep, you
couldn't work, which wouldn't matter if
you we're doing any good for anybody any
where.
But one day, from sheer fatigue, you
stopped worrying about Life, stopped try
ing to remodel the world and reforming
the leaders thereof - and almost imme-
diately you started on your work again,
which is the only thing you know anything
about anyhow. You also started to eat and
sleep and be good to your folks; the babies
ventured out from under the bed once
more and you began making few dollars
50 you could contribute to the Red Cross,
the War Relief and the Community Chest
none of which got anything from you
while you were busy saving the world.
DO THIS year l want you to start right
off shrinking that world outlook of yours
Scale it down through the nation, the
state, county, township village, neighbor-
hood, the house next door, your own house,
and finally - but right away please -
to YOUi
Aoo diS iiot W "oiiy youi h|IS iiCcu
about taxes, budgets imitation, defation,
barter or all that gold we have buried away
in the rabbit hole in Kentucky. There is
nothing you can do about any of these
things except worry, and that won't help.
Relax comfortably in the assurance that
taxes will be higher before they're lower,
that YOU can't paw out more than YOU
make, that nobody knows any more for
sure about tomorrow than you do - that,
Evening star., 1941-01-19
luem@

SHOOT If you think that flying fighter
plane or a dive bomber is the most hair
raising job in modern warfare, read
THIS WEEKS article ''The Eyes of the
Army" 1t describes the thrills and dangers
of the Air Corps aerial photographers,
whose job it is to win battles by shooting
the enemy - with camera.
Incidentally, camera fans may well mar
vel at the elaborate and costly equipment
required for aerial photography in modern
war. Special camera planes complete with
flying darkroom, cost $528,0OO. The fam
Gus five-lens T-3A camera costs about
$1,000. The camera for nighttime flash
light shots costs $1,000. And flash bombs
cost 500 each!
ON ICE. Don't miss the ice-hockey story,
Grab Little Glory" in this issue.
Charles Spain Verral, the author, skates
as expertly on ice as he does on paper. He
was born in Ontario, Canada, and learned
to walk and skate at practically the same
time. The last of seven children, five girls
and two boys, he progressed from one pair
of girls skates to another, and it was a long
time before the glorious Christmas morning
which brought him pair of real hockey
tubes. Even at an early age he liked to mix
writing with skating, and at the age of
Evening star., 1941-01-19
A LETTER TO MYSELF
by J. p. McEvoY
bY ]. p. McEvoY

in brief, the only nut the squirrel can feel
sure about today is the one that's in
his cheek.
| want you to stop stewing about our
international relations. Most relations are
difficult to manage anyway, and the only
ones you can do anything about, if at all.
are those near at hand. want you to stop
worrying about the national budget and
balance your own. want you to stop
gripping about how much the government
owes and pay up those instalments on the
car, the refrigerator and that last baby.
And you can let the national program of
soil conservation and reforestation take
care of itself while you mow that frowsy
lawn.
DO YOU want farm program that
you can handle? Plant garden and raise
some vegetables for the kitchen. Stop
grousing about the extravaganza of this
generation compared to the thrift of
our pioneer ancestors - fix those leaky
faucets. turn off those lights. The nation
is getting soft, and it worries you? Take
a couple of those spare tires off your own
waist. The new generation needs disci-
pline? Help yourself first, then pass it
along.
Who said, Cultivate your own garden?
A French philosopher. Who said, Know
thyself''? A Greek sage Who said, Mind
your own business? did.
You will be told that Democracy is
something you should be eager to rush
out and die for. Don't argue the point
The time and energy is better spent living
for Democracy than arguing about it.
Democracy is vague generality as long
as you think of it in terms of everybody
else; it is very definite and personal when
you realize that Democracy is You. There
can be no honest government without an
honest citizenry National government is
the sum total of local governments. And
local governments are fashioned out of you
and your neighbors. Narrow your horizon,
draw circle around yourself How is your
local government - your county, your
township, your village, your neighbor-
hood? How are you? If you must have
crusade for l941, don't try to save the
world for Democracy You tried that be-
fore. Save Democracy - by saving your
self.
With renewed assurances of my highest
esteem
Faithfully yours,
Myself
Evening star., 1941-01-19

eleven his first story was published. He
calls it "a spine -tingler about woodpeckers
and chipmunks. He's been writing spine
tinglers ever since.
WAkDERER. We don't recommend that
all would-be fiction writers Immediately
take to riding the rails, but it is true that
hobo excursions have often furnished the
background for good stories - after the
wanderer has settled down.
An example is L. E. Ernenwein, who
wrote the story Rival" in this issue. But
even he couldn't be described as real
hobo, since in his travels across the coun-
try he was never allergic to little work
if it could be found. He was telegrapher,
stooge for newsreel cameraman on the
Mexican border, sports writer at the
Saratoga race track, horse -wrangler in
Wyoming and gold prospector (unsuc-
cessfuD in Arizona. Marriage caught up
with him at last, however, and now he
lives, thoroughly domesticated, with
wife, two daughters and typewriter, at
Tucson, Arizona. M.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Mg@;M%>b

WALTER A. LOWEN, New York en-
ployment expert, believes in putting words
to work. mo one" he says, has
monopoly on words They are a common
heritage, available to us ALL And often the
right word will prove magic key to sue
cess" He tells these three stories to
illustrate his point
"StiIkE, MISTER7" One Saturday a
friend of mine looked out his office window
at a group of boys with shoeshine kits. He
noticed that one Of the boys was con-
tinuously busy. AS soon as he finished shin
ing one pair of shoes, he shared another
passerby and was back at work. The other
boys landed a job only occasionally, but
this particular boy never seemed to lack
customer
His curiosity aroused, the businessman
decided to investigate. This is what he
found: The other boys were merely inquir-
ing: "Shine, mister" The busy boy smil
ingly interrogated each passerby with:
Shine Tor sunday mister!
The two words "for Sunday" were all
that stood between genuine success and
mediocrity. They touched a responsive
chord, for we all like to look our best on
Sunday
SIGN LANGUAGE. A man physically
handicapped by deafness and serious
speech defect went into the forest literally
to carve his living from the trees. He be-
came adept at making birdhouses, sent
them to the city and was earning bare
existence from their occasional sale. when
friend came to visit him.
What you need" said the friend, 'is
something to go with your birdhouses -
something to make them distinctive. Some
thing to make them catch the eye of your
prospective customer - to appeal to his
imagination" And this is what he wrote
on a card - which the woodcarver forth
with lettered on each of his birdhouses:
TO LET FOR A SONG
Is it any wonder that the woodcarver
was kept so busy that he could not supply
all his orders and had to hire helper?
The birdhouses were just the same as
they had always been, but five words
skillfully put together had turned the trick.
HITCHHIKER. A friend of mine driving
toward Toronto one Saturday afternoon
last summer passed an Army training
camp soon after the soldiers had been
granted leave. The road seemed filled with
tho men vigorously thunbing each passing
; auto for lift to town.
My friend had always made it his prac-
tice never to pick up stranger on the
road, so he drove past about hundred
soldiers. Then he drew abreast of smiling,
redheaded little fellow All by himself he
stood - about thirty feet apart from his
campmates He was doing no thumbing 1t
wasn't necessary.
Is it any wonder my friend succumbed,
and what is more, all the way to Toronto
found his passenger generously living up
to his promise?
On his chest in large letters he had
placed a placard on which he had simply
lettered these two words:
COED COMPANY!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
SICILY RAIDED
 BY BIG BOMBERS
Italian Planes Struck Back at Raiders; Rome Had
 Alarm Saturday

Rome, Sept. g. (UP) - British planes, attacking Palermo, chief town of Sicily, heavily and in waves, killed 16 civilians and wounded 25, 8 high command communique said today.
 One British plane was shot down in flames by anti-aircraft guns, the communique said.
 British planes also bombed Beng ha-i, Lbya, and Colonial villages along the Libyan coast, the com munique said, and two of the raid CTS were shot down.
 Italian planes made low level at- tackS on the British air base at Sibi Barrani in the Egypt Libya frontier area, the communique said, and set fire to five grounded planes.
 Italian soldiers killed 100 British troops and captured arms, ammuni- ton and food supplies in raid ir the Lake Tana area of Ethiopia, il was asserted.
 Rome Alarmed
 Rome had an air raid alarm Sat- urday night and anti-aircraft bur fire was heard on the outskirts oi the city.
 The air raid alarm came when ail raid listening posts reported planes approaching, 1t was announced.
 Many persons were in restaurants when the sirens sounded. They weni quietly to shelters. some taking fruit cheese and bottles of wine witt them.
 (Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Nazi Submarine Is Smashed By American-Built Bomber

til WaFsbips arrived.
 The weather was SO bad when the wTashlps reached the crippled u- beat that t was impossible to loser R iIfe-boat for several hours, The WaFshlps stood by Eith guns trained on the sub until the weather Hi0deF. ated,
 4 party then boaHded the submaE. inc. removed the eFew and the craft was taken ill tew,
 The Admiralty said;
 sIEndson aircraft Of the coastal e0mmana recently sighted aild af. iaeked a n~laoat ill the Atlantic,
 "As result Of the attack, the us b0aE vas forced te the surface iF badly damaged condition ed eilf' Fen4ered,s 4
 (Thn Amegieanshulit k0aGhaee EB-tlD is oailed Hudson ~ tlle nfa'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
ELETHEN STOKES
 HELD IN BOND
COIOred Youth, Who Tried Stabbing in Fight, to Be
 Put on Trial Sept. l2

Elethen Stokes, is, colored, of 8 Lafayette street, was ordered held by Judge T. E. Conway in $5,000 bonds when he was arraigned In municipal court today on c charge of assault with 6 dangerous weapon. The case was assigned for trial to September l2 pending the outcome of the victim of the assault, Alex ander Sasnoskas, 50, of IS Lafayette street, who was stabbed early Sum- day morning.
 Elethen was one of five men ar. raigned on charges of assault and breach of peace and their cases were assigned to September i2 after bonds of $500 each for the four other acused was set by Judge Conway.
 The men are Asper Stokes, 24, col- ored, of 33 Lafayette street, brother of Elethen; Joseph Hunter, IS, col- ored, of IA Lafayette street; John Lewis, 20, colored, of 26 Lafayette street; and Joseph Didzvicius, 24, white, of IS Lafayette street.
 The men were arrested by Ser geant Joseph Petit, Motor Patrol- men Thomas Bedding, Walter Ogri- sek and Supernumerary Patrolman
 (Continued on Page N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

London, Sept. e-luP) A German submarine, severely damaged by bombs from an AIneTiean.built Loekheed plane. surrendered in the Atlantic yesterday and has been brought Into a British haTbor, the admiralty announced today,
 British warships, summoned to the scene, t0wed the damaged u-boal Into port, a c0mfnuniqsle said.
 A Loekheed Ed.lsB bomber, eau. ed Hudson by the British, spotted the submarine during 6 fili gale, Badly damaged iu the attack, fhe li-boat Bas forced to the surface and surrendered. 4 heavy swell was runs ming at the tlSae, There were ne ships in the vicinity,
 The L0ekileod wae relieved bE A9s other American -bililt plane, . CasRs lina flying scat of fhe coastal eolns mands shAeh pntEolled evesheAd nn'