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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
SHORTAGE OF
CASING Is UP
TO COMMITTEE

Many serious problems will COM
mand the attention of the defense
set-up for the oil industry, IN the
opinion of G. E. Buchner, executive
manager Of the Independent Petrole-
UNI association, here to attend the
Montana meeting at Cut Bank One
of the problems that remains unsolved
is that of adequate provisions Of steel
for validating and oil field develop
ment. From many sections comes the
statement that various supplies such
as casing and tubing are not avail
able to the independents who had not
laid in a generous supply in advance
1t has been publicly asserted that
many Of the larger companies have
large stocks of these materials on hand
while those who do actual validating
and bringing in of new fields and pools
are without necessary supplies.
The newly organized committee is
expected to act through Secretary
Ickes to get priorities for steel for oil
fields maintenance. The association is
giving every cooperation to the COM
mittee in the belief that it will be
a powerful factor in stabilizing the oil
industry, Mr.. Buchner stated.
He pointed out that the plan Of
abandoning $4,000 stripper wells in the
q. S. is being strongly opposed. Such
steel as might be salvaged, he said,
is in most cases badly deteriorated and
as rule it is outmoded and of no
value in deep wells.
Mr.. Buchner has pointed out to the
secretary that stripper wells account
for about 20 percent of the total
proved underground reserves in the
United States. Major companies own
less than one-fourth of all oil wells
but produce more than half the OIL
The abandonment Of wells owned by
the Independents would not contribute
to national economy. Independents
drilled 70 percent of the new fields
discovery during the year, Buchner
stated.
There are % federal agencies con-
cerned with petroleum, Mr.. Buchner
pointed out, but Of these only two have
made public announcement Of their
intention to cooperate with the in
dustry through the petroleum CO.
ordinator.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
DRILLING NEARS
FIRST HORIZONS
IN BAKER TEST

Drilling resumed this week at the
Little Beaver dome test of Carter Oil
company south of the town Of Baker,
after setting 95s Inch casing at 6548.
The well is now approaching the Big
Snowy lines in which oil was found
by Montana Dakota Utilities Co. in
tests drilled in 1887. The Carter ex-
poets to go to 1000 feet, if necessary,
to test the Devonian and possibly the
Ordovician.
While this test is in SW4 SEA Sec
18-4N-62E, in Montana, the outcome
viii largely guide the future opera
tions on some 100000 acres leased
In the Dakotas and eastern Montana
by a dozen of the countrys largest
oil companies.
The hole is now being carried down
with 4a-inch drill pipe and the next
string Of casing will be SFs Inch. Two
new geophysical crews have arrived
at Baker during the last few weeks,
as an indication that new companies
are following the Baker test
Save a Life-Be Careful Driverl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
ASSOCIATION
TO BE REVIVED
NEXT WEDNESDAY

The Rocky Mountain OH & Gas as
ISOLATION will be revived at meeting
in Casper, Wyo., next Wednesday,
July 80, according to announcement
received by r. P. Jackson Of Great
Falls. The association has long been
dormant and is being revived at this
time to serve to advise the regional
committee selected by Co-ordinator
Harold Ickes of the petroleum indus
try in the defense program.
Only two Montanans are named as
possible candidates for places on the
board. They are Phil Forth of the
Yale refineries at Billings and Kali
ispell,, and E. B. Coolidge Of Great
Falls. Fred Goodstein, who has prop
critics in Cut Bank field, is also named
as a candidate for a place on the
board.
The Journal is in receipt Of letter
from Ex-Governor B. B. Brooks, who
for years has headed the association
at Casper, saying that in all prob
ability the one association at Casper
will carry on for the entire Rocky
Mountain region, rather than the for
ner method of having individual as
5ociations In each state. Montana for
merly had an active branch of the
association, devoting its efforts to the
protection Of the Montana industry
when interstate affairs were involved.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
HISTORIC COOKE CITY ENTERTAINS MINERS
Production of
Minerals Higher

SALT LAKE CTTY-Frederick Last
Of New York, general metallurgical
manager for the Anaconda Copper
Mining Co. and vice president of the
International Smelling g. Refining
Co., reported here today that the ma
TONS mines were rapidly increasing
production.
He said the defense emergency had
not only caused increased production
in existing facilities but was encourag-
ing research for new deposits Of min
erals and refinery methods. Laist
pointed out that prices now were far
below those prevailing in the World
war, which he attributed to increased
efficiency in the industry.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26

actual copper ore, from Wnlch an aV-'
erage of 100000 pounds Of 99.75 per-
cent pure copper viii be extracted.
Construction for the job includes a
smoke stack 500 feet high, the tallest
in the world; power plant, Smelter,
mill, electric, carpenter and machine
shops and a warehouse.
Opening operations have been set
for Nov. l, six months ahead of
schedule. BY Dec. the mine will be
in full operation, producing $3.50 tons
of copper a month.
Unusual engineering skill was re-
uuired to smooth out the problem Of
low-grade ore as the copper runs only
20 pounds to the ton, the light per-
centage being due to earlier opera
lions.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
CANADIAN OIL
PRICES CHANGE

I The price of Turner Valley crude
was advanced q cents a barrel and
at the same time the price Of gasoline
in Canada was increased cent Der
barrel by permission of Oil Controller
Cottrelle effective July 16. Turner
Valley crude now brings $1.55 per bar
rel as compared with Cut Bank crude
at S1.20 per barrel
Kerosene and distillates used in
tractors also advanced cent as Of
July IS.
Effective last Monday, July q. the
sale Of gasoline in Canada win be
prohibited from z p. m. to z a. m.
daily and all day Sunday, as a part
of the governments effort to cut
gasoline sales so percent.
The increased prices will make it
possible for Canadian buyers to use
Montana products, as the rate Of ex-
change has in the past made difficult
the delivery of Montana products at
current quotations. The new Canadian
price will Just about offset the ex-
change on Montana refined products
Canadian buyers approached north
Montana refiners early In the spring
with proposal to buy 100000 barrels
of refined products, giving each re-
finer an opportunity to take any or
all Of the contract. The Canadian
prices then prevailing made it inn
possible for small refiners to take the
business. The recent Montana price
increases made it even more difficult.
The Canadian price increases have
been expected for the past go days
but were apparently delayed by the
Canadian government.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
Great Low-Grade Copper Mine
In Arizona to Start Up Nov. !

MORENC Arz-An open pit copper mine great national de-
Tense aid and one Of the largest privately financed development prof.
Equipment toang $OO0OOO will be provided $1,000
every "a hours Of this amount $4,000 will be
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26

mining going stop they
go annual mining convention this year. meeting City
Segate MOntanas newest vacation the BeaOOh
Rocky mountains Cooke City
mining inaccessible until comparatively
completion the Cooke City highway It has long been noted for its
deposits largely undeveoped although wild speculative
enterprises have been financed the basis of Cooke City This
of the town. located basin surrounded by gigantic
which their sharp upward climb the very
The convention will be held Friday Saturday. Sept
Many mining will take their families and spend day
in Yellowstone park enroute.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
MINERAL HEARINGS

WASHINGTON - Senator OMaho-
ney, democrat, Wyoming, said that a
senate subcommittee to investigate the
development Of the nations mineral
resources would begin hearings In
Washington July %. Later, he. said,
the group may go to Denver or Chey-
enne or some other central point" In
the field.
No other angler has ever been able
to beat Jonah's fish story.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26

save IAfe-Be a Careful Driverl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26
Strategic Minerals and u. S.
Defense Program Are Theme OF
Convention on Friday Saturday

Strategic minerals and the defense program win be the keynote OF the
at Cooke the northeast
Of
effect the
mining will discussion
in identify them
School staff
discussion
will the subject of by
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-07-26

Dr. Francis A. Thomson, president OF
the School Of Mines, who viii tell of
the survey conducted by state and fed
eraI agencies and of the development
work that is being done on chrome.
manganese and other minerals which
are important to the defense program.
DIR. Thomson will also deal with geo
physics as applied to mining.
Cooke City is the home of one OF the
most unusual mining operations in the
west and many members Of the con-
vention will take trip up Daisy Pass
to visit the McLaren mine as well as
visit the mill above the town. There
are many historic old mines in the
district that will prove Of interest to
the visitors.
OF prime interest to everyone is the
remarkable Cooke City highway which
most of the mining men will inspect
during this convention, either coming
or going. Those who wish to go in on
the highway will go to the convention
town by way of Red Lodge. Others
will go by way of Livingston and
Gardner. through Yellowstone park,
returning by way of the "skyway,"
through Red Lodge. This will make
UOSSlOiC q fAoAb " AAAN SA~A ~%@-~N~ 49,
positS close to the highway.
The business session will hear the |
first report of the Workman's compen- /
sation committee Of which Stanley r.
Moore of Wilborn is chairman. Like /
wise, first reports will be given by
]. c. Archibald, Helena, chairman OF !
the gold committee and John Schroe-
der, Helena, chairman Of the placer
committee.
The sessions start Friday morning at
the Gorham chalet, a large convention
hall located near the Yellowstone park
entrance. The speaking program will
continue Friday afternoon with a
dinner-dance Friday night in the
chalet. The main program and bust
ness session will be Saturday morning
and afternoon and the visits to the
mines will probably be at the close
of the afternoon session and Sunday
Others on the speaking program In
clude DR.. L. NJ Farmer, director, and
H T. Walworth, engineer, Of the Mon
tana Department of Industrial Hy-
Riene, who viii outline the work and
aims Of their organization.
Livingston and Virginia City are
both striving for the 1912 convention.
Virginia City gave the association one
Of its most entertaining conventions
and there will be many who will want I
to go back to the famous gold camp
to see what the natives" will spring
another time.
The Cooke -Silvergate conven-
ton will be most economical session
inasmuch as the delegates will be J
housed in the SO cabins afforded by /
greater Cooke City, making it possible j
for miner to entertain his whole
family for the normal cost of a city
hotel room. The cabins are new and
modern, rating as some Of the finest
In Yellowstone park area.
Arrangements are being made at ]
Cooke City by william Thayer, presi- I
dent of the Cooke City Commercial /
club, Lyman H Brooks, Jr. and Tom !
L. Pittman and P. r. Gorham. {
A machinery, mineral and mining
supply exhibit will be held, probably
at the convention hall. The Saturday /;
night banquet will be followed by |
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
SOME TALK IS EXPENSIVE

(San Rafael independently
Senator Burton X. Wheeler is quite a
talker-orator in fact. but oratory doesn't
always pay dividends.
The experience Of an Oregon COM
mittee sponsoring Senator Wheeler's Am
erican First speech recently indicates
that the chief OF the iSolationistS is liable
to leave his hackers in the red" and is
upsetting the old adage that talk is
cheap
1t seems that Wheeler is travelling
about the country talking for his eX-
penses only but even 50, he left the Ore
gon committee with a 800 deficit. 1t
appears that while the cost of the Whee-
Ter talk was 1927, the take" at the audi
torium was a measly S446.
Included in the expenses (this is just
for reference in case a similar propagan-
dist might be booked without some good
Angel standing in the wings) were 1924
for rent Of the hall-not S70O as was
announced from the stage; S135 for
printing, including a reproduction of the
Iindbergh speech, membership blanks
and badges s28 for radio time Che could
Mt have been very long on very much OF
a station) s35 for public address sys-
tenn; SIG for advertising in a shopping
guide (maybe if they'd used the news
papers they'd have turned that deficit
into a profit as countless others hava)
$3.50 for an armOted car; S25 for two
hotel rooms and six meals for Wheeler;
81 for song leader; s. for an organlSt
and 50 for usherS.
Those figures are good to keep in mind
Just in case
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
POLITICAL
WINDS AGAIN

lTurlock JoulnaD
War, pestilencr national defense, world
series and football cannot halt prepara-
tons for America great game of politics.
Especially IN California,
Consider this political dish: Municipal
elections in April. primaries in August
general election in November Yes. 1912
promises t. offer Us considerable diver
SION, to say the least.
StraWS in the political winds have been
noticed fer some time. but very definite
indications came out Of Sacramento lust
recently to let Us know we're in for an
interesting political campaign next var.
The Squabble between Governor Cul-
bert l.. Olson and the economy bloc is
one that promises many an interesting
phase as the campaign develops
Lines of the campaign also are begin
ming to take shape. For instance. Gov
ernor Olson. whose veto Of the sO-called
hot cargo law was overridden by the
Legislature now refuses to call special
election so that the people themselves
may decide whether or not they want sec
ondary boycotting. This refusal def
nitely ties OlSonS campaign on the side
OF the unions who fought "hot cargo"
CONTROL because by this action the Gov
ernor withholdS from the public any
recourse for more than a year against
a very dangerous weapon. Another indi-
cation Of OlSon'S coming campaign is
seen in his public statements preparing
the way for pardon Of three maritime
shipyard shay -rS-men who formed
.goon' squad by Olsons own admission,
killing their victim because he had the
courage to oppose gangStersm. And now
the Governor feels those convictS "have
been punished enough.
Californias great game Of politics is
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
Cranium Crackers
PAGING JOE MILLER

There's nothing like an old joke
tc bring a new laugh. II you've
| card them often enough, you prob
ably know the funny last line to
each of the following bits OF humor.
Il you don't. tune in on your favor
i.e comedian sCme night and hear
them aGain.
/ Who was that lady saw YOU
with last night?
.. What is experience?
8. Nice place you've got here
DO they ask much for rent?
4. Are those pearly white teeth
really yours?
5. Would you shoot horse with
Il broken leg
6. Why do you call those Frankie
and Johnny problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
ANSWERS

!. That was no l&dy. mat v
my wife.
,. Experience is what you n1Fo
left when you've lost everything
else.
3 Yes, they ask all the time
1. Yes. I just gave my dentist
the last payment on them.
). No. I'd shoot him with Il gun
6. I done EN- wrong.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
AND TIE KITCHEN SINK

An amazing ST., remarkable for
it, deceptive effect and its prac-
tical detail. has been built for
Frank Capra@ filming of Arsenic
and Oh lac" Tic whole pictu"
will be made III one sound stage,
but the dcaianers have put in
everything from the ErookIyn
Bridge to Il graveyard.
Dead leaves tall from tue trc.,
anlyua tne aecd hradst0ne= IN the
church cemetery, and one OF tn
markers bears the name Of Arcni-
bald leach. Car CH;Ht& I,u!
name On the other eidr of tie
churchyard IS the home OF ;ht
two crazy sisters and the scene
of most the action IN The com
cdy. And that tWo-St0ry building
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

German-Americans do not par
tlclpate in great masses in our
movement because they fear the re-
venge of Hitler's Gestapo upon their
relatives in Germany.
DR.. Frank Bohn. chairman, Ger
man-American Congress for De-
mOcracy
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

Charles Iaugnton ana iu5 wife.
Elisa L@uchestcr are appearing
in one of the seqLcnccS of Tar
OF Manhattan and it's the.r first
American picture together.
SpoIkine ON some Of 'ho picture,
they dij together in Ea4land -
Henry VII "Rcmbrauat1 and
The Btachcombcr' Lut-hton
recalled thai their first films were
a series of II G Wells shorts In
those, Miss L3nChcstn Was he
star, and Lau2hton played only
Walk-On bits.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
by Paul Harrison
HO|IywOods Fads, Fancies and FOibIes

is somesnn. new III staga archi-
lecture.
II You could take il olt and put
it on q foundation. il would out
liye manf iobs they are putting up
thee cay. Tie lower iloor Is
comr.e1a 10 thr lasl detail. The
plup,ti2e W." -. 1Ec iircplaceS
WDlh and the Kitchen is stocked
with hom"-caunae, GOOD. condi-
meutS 0nu ."'tiHs.
TIE rLAY'~ IIt THING
Sam Wood. Nuo mas ben hay
ino a tGu-u Job Assembling the
cast ef Fu. Whom the Bell Tolls
described some troubles hr has had
with other pictures And Ior 4 con-
traatin. cNampic. T. mentionedd
Goodbye. Mr Chips. which was
made in ENGLAND and which offers
an Indictment o. tha short sight
malerialism OF HOLLYWOOD actors.
The director lid ne cpHld not
have ca>t tho picture IN Holly
WGsd. l. urau Wiz iour success
>'va p.r.ods an had to have an
almost conplrtciy c1lrTrnt set OF
"'tors for each Part. Consequently
thr iadlldI1l ~ 3 Warc small.
B'tt III tnohnu. IL foIs don't count
tho closeup. ,.nN. De given, OF
the nuab" # Iia.s tacy havc 10
..s.ak. y p.aH.u u. pia5tr TliI a.
ttro :. cit in, biz IL eoad
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

EDITORS NOTE: The fOIiOping edit
oridlS ore presented as interesting opin-
ions UOiced BY editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
Did You Know?

More easily acolimati2od to tenn
Ecratures Of the United states are
Arctic animals than animals of the
tropics.
Taep az, 25o bcd., ObIHct and
bIuWa1 IN Ford1.
S,yin. thal II i M longer 4
sig, ol friend hp. the southwest
rm Indians have banned the SWaS-
ttka in their drIpns.
EarthX1.me help enrich the Soli
by E,dlih- leave mto ther burrows
Sound travels through air ap-
prozimatcly one thousand feet
second.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

HOLLYWOOD. Nov ). All
the lot: Richard Arlcn and Phillip
Terry play a sequence in Torpedo
Beat" for which they were sched-
uled to work Two days Sopping wet.
They got pretty tired of the prop
man slo>mns a bucket Of water
over them before each take, and
they also hcsan to resent the Ill
concealed pleasure with which he
cid the dousine.
So after lunch on the second day
as they were retWning to the set
in dry clothes Arlcn said. Lets
jump in the pool I never went
swimming with n nice new suit on,
and this is a good chance" So lhry
did. and proceeded, shivering and
dripping, to the sound stage When
they told jhe prop man how they'd
cheated him he howled. They've
finished all the dunkiug scenes
except the clGseups. You Guys
would only have had to Wet yoW
faces and haIr.@
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

We burn up as much property in
this country accidentally every five
years as has been DESTROYED in
Great Britain since the war started
Harry K Rogers honorary chief
Chicago fire department.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
So They Say

We must never underwrite the
error of the democracies 100 little
and too late.
Rear Admiral Harvey G Bowen
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

John L. Lewis holds every branct
of the federal government in Wash
ington in his vest pocket.
Congressman E. f. Cox. Georgl.
Democrat.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

Probably we won't be m any wa
until Hitler DEGREES that we shall.
Secretary Of State Cordell Hull
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
MEMBER

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
a | Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
Thought for the Day

Iron shaIpenctl lron ~ a maa sha9Ng"e,h ,ae cean-
e0ance Of his friend Proverbs = l..
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05
Famous Sayings

Friend more divine chan all dlqnitics George Eliot
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

(San Rafael independently
Senator Burton X. Wheeler is quite {
in fact, but oratory doesn'
ALWAYS pay dividends.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-05

California : great game OF polite
getting underway.
La gaceta., 1941-12-31
Una MORADA DE HORROR
FL campo de concentration de Oswiencim
PoR S KALMER

listo, por haber obtenido dos
platos de sopa, vas a ser libra
do. La puerta sera alberta y po-
|dras salir. Seras castigado, sin
embargo, por tn robo. Para ga
mar la libertad tendras que CO.
rrer entire las dos hileras de
guardias Y veremos 81 eres tar
listo ALI como en- la cocina.'
"LOs guardias de la SIS for.
maron su hilera y ell desgracia-
do fue obligado a correr entire
ella, acosado por las culatas de
s fusiles, a correr por 10 que
el creia, su vida. Mientras CO.
| rrfa, una lluvia de golpes cay6
sobre SUI cabeza y piernas. con
TODD, Sc las arregl6 a mantener-
Sc hasta ell fin de la Inca. PerO
EN- ell momento de pasar la puer
ia, son6 un tire y ell infeliz ca
y6, con I'm balazo en- ell est6ma-
go.
"Los guardias de la SIS orde-
naron a un prisionero que ira
jera una carretilla. Ell pobre
heridO, con la cara ensangren-
tada y perdiendo sangre rapida
mente por su herida, fue puestc
en- la carretilla y en- ella lleva-
do al crematorio. Aunque NOR
talmente herido, no habia per-
dido Ell sentido y saba donde lie
conducian. Critic y llor6 pidien-
do misericordia. Los guardias
negros de la SIS soltaron carca-
jadas.
EN- ell crematorio la puerta
del incinerador fue alberta y el
moribundo fue arrojado sobre
dos cadaveres a medic quemar
La gaceta., 1941-12-31

La Inca de bataila, en- su
sur, Sc halla a 80 minutes de
Ia capital, por autom6vil, Sc
gun un periodista americana.
La nota Official, dada en- la
manana de hoy, dice: e. enc
migo avanza con gran fuerza
desde ell norte y ell sur. Sus a.
viones de bombardeo practi-
camente controlan los caminos
Usan los japoneses grandes
candidates de tanques Y uni
dades armadas. Nuestras II
meas son empujadas hacia a.
tras.
Arreglos Sc hacen para E.
vacuar a los heridos en- I'm bar
co con la lbandera de Estados
Unidos y la ensena de la Cruz
Roja.
Complete reserva Sc guarda
sobre 81 la caida de Manila
s~ignificara ell fin de la lucha
en- las Filipinas.
Otras fuerzas filipino-ame-
ricanas combaten en- la isla
de Mindanao, 600 millaS al
sur de Manila.
La mas cercana Inca de de-
fensa Sc encontraba, en- la ma
mana de hoy, a 80 millas de
la capital filipina,
Ell mando japones reptile la
noticia, por la Radio, de que
Sc propone entrar manana en-
Manila.
Dos columnas japonesas a.
tacan en- ell sur, una lego a
Dolores, a 35 millas de Atimo
nan, Y la otra sc encuentra en-
Luisiana, Is millas al oeste de
Mauban.
La Inca del norte ha sido
acortada y Sc extiende desde
Ell este al oest, en- I'm punto a
.65 millas de Manila.