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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-03-01

While oil production on Swift
Current did not prove commercial,
Emmons turned his attention from
mining engineering to petroleum
engineering. He was instrumental
in interesting Ralph Arnold in the
oil possibilities of the area known
as the North Fork"-the North
Fork of Flathead river, and subse-
quently he began a study of the
plains area between the Rocky
Mountains and the Sweet Grass
Hills where he found other oil seeps.
Financed by the Kalispell group, he
again employed Ralph Arnold who
sent in Wayne Loci to examine a
structural condition on Gas Ridge,
north of Shelby.
Wayne Loci confirmed Emmon's
reconnaissance work, mapping a
structure and Emmons took leases
which formed the basis of the Kali
ispell-Kevin fortune.
Because OF mis- earlier study of
source materials exposed in the
mountains, Emmons always con-
tended that the Devonian and Sill
urian were the source beds of the
Kelvin production. The editor of
the Journal began a study of the
deep test possibilities of North
Montana early in 1910 and asked
Emmons to write an article. Al
though he was very ill at the time,
Emmons wrote the article reiterat-
ing his belief that the formations
below the massive Madison lime will
produce. 1t was the last article he
wrote before he passed away.
The article is reproduced here
with as the sixth in the Journals
senes of discussions of the posi-
bility of finding oil below the big
lime" in Northern Montana. Ad- |
dressed as letter to the Editor,
Emmons wrote:
(BY @. l.. ENEMONS)
Complying with your wishes ex-
pressed in a letter OF recent date,
asking me to write an article on
the source of oil in Northern Mon
lana and the possibilities of get |
ling oil from the Devonian. / shall /
be glad to contribute any informa-
lion / can that will help toward the
development of the Oil and gas in |
iustry in Montana, which, be-
ieYe, is yet only in dts infancy.
Proposes New Theory
Before going into the possibili-
les Of production of oil from deep
sr beds, should like to point out
! structural feature that have
lever seen In any geological report.
will start this by asking a ques-
ion: Why do Canadian waters run
,ContinSsa on Page Fivsl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-03-01
SHELL PROGRAM
Is OUTLINED AT
LOCAL MEETING

Northern Montana tank car
buyers and agents OF Shell Oil COM
pany met in Great Falls Wednes
day with J. w. SouthwOrth, mana
ger of the light oil department.
and other officials OF the company,
to hear discussion of the 1941 sales
plans.
SEEKING the tempo Of the prepar-
edness program, the Shell is this
year directing an extensive program
of newspaper and magazine adj
vertlsing toward che subject of
national defense in which Shell is
making a large contribution through
the development Of large quantities
OF 100 octane gasoline and the pro-
duction of butadiene for the manu-
facture OF artificial rubber and toll
uene for the manufacture OF explo-
sives.
Those in attendance at the meet
Ing saw a motion picture review of
the program dealing with the ad-
vertislng theme: THE Science of
Petroleum" The production OF
synthetic rubber of vitamen e, OF
plastics and OF explosives, in addi-
ton to 100 octane aviation gaso-
line, will be discussed in the adj
vertisements.
Mr. Southworth announced that
the company has recently completed
a five million dollar refinery at
Houston. Texas, which Is beginning
production of toluene and a new
refinery at Wilmington, Calf, will
shortly be dn operation, producing
(contiausd On Page Ftvs3
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-03-01
P Pioneer Biologists Last
Report Endorsed Deep Test

Endorsement of the theory
of deep drilling to find oil
below the Madison lime in
northern Montana and par
ticularly DIN Kelvin field, was
the subject of the last geo.
logical report written by
Charles L. Emmons, pioneer
geologist and mining engin-
eer of Northern Montana.
1t was Emmons who founded
the Kalispell-Kevin syndicate
with leases taken ahead of
drilling in Kelvin field, paying
millions from an investment of
a few thousand dollars.
1t was Emmons who was
credited with having started
the Swift Current excitement"
Montana first oil boom.
Working in tunnel in a noun
tain above Swift Current
creek, Emmons noticed pet
roleum gas and crude oil seep-
ing out of the shale side walls.
This led to drilling in the vi
cinity of large oil seeps found
on Swift Current creek.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-03-01
Glacier Gets 3OO-Barrel
Flowing Well On Eastern
Edge OF Cut Bank Field

AS If aroused BY the necessities these stirring times
Cut Bank oil field in Northern Montana continued to give
birth to flowing oil wells during the past week Glacier Pro
duction getting its first flowing well of the year l94l in
district OF mediocre shippers.
Glacier Production-Wiiams No. 2 center NWLNEH
21335W came in with initial of 300 barrels per day
swabbing and flowing Located in doubtful" district
along the gas-o margin of the edge Of the field this
well IS about half mile of the companys refinery and
easternmost producer in the district.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-03-01
LUPTON ON DEEP DRILLING

Writing brief letter in 1926 on the fifth anniver
sary of the Cat Greek oil field the late Charles T
Lupton, dscoverer of Cat Creek, wrote in part
Nearly all fields with which am familiar produce
in the deeper sands if the shaower sands are produc
tive as in the Cat Greek field expect to see some Of
the greatest production in the Cat Greek field come
from the sands still INFESTED
1T is source of qualification to me to see the Cat
Greek field become the wonderful field that it is
Very truly yours,
CHARLES T. LUPTON.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-03-01
OHIO WELLS
14OBARRELS
AFTER ACID

II. s. McCray, superintendent
of The Texas company refinery,
at Sunburst, announced today
Saturday that the company is
making revision Of allOwables of
Kevin-Sunburst producers hav-
ing Texas company connections,
effective March l. The revision
Is due, he stated, to the present
crude situation at Sunburst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
BLAST OF NAZI
 REPAIR SHOPS
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(Continued from Page D lea to make possible any attempt ct veriflcation. He speculated that the German pocket battleship Grat Spec may have used Deception Is- land as a base for raiding opera tons in the South Atlantic before 1t was sunk more than year ago.
 Byrd said that the North Star and the expeditions second ship, the Bear, due here later this month both probably would enter naval service shortly, perhaps in Green land waters.
 Dr. Siple, one of 35 returning ex- plorers, said the group had sur- veyed HOO miles of coastline Byrd explained that including earlier ex- plorations, this gave the United States claim to roughly 100000 square miles. He believed this ter- ritory might prove an important factor in western hemisphere de- fense. Definite claims to the area by the United States, Byrd said, would be oeferred pending conferences with the Chilean and Argentine governments.
 Another accomplishment of tho expedition during nearly two years in the Antarctic was reported by pr r. Alton Wade of Miami University, Oxford, O., spokesman for the grouR that was stationed at the east base. He said meteorological observations made there might revolutionize fore casting throughout the world.
 pr. Wade said that during these observations the expedition record cd what perhaps was the lowest stratospheric temperature yet known--i30 degrees below zero. This reading was taken nine miles above earth.
 About three years will be required Dr. Wade estimated, to correlate the data assembled by the expedition.
 Dr. Siple saw his -month-old daughter for the first time when the North Star docked at Boston army base.
 Walter R. Giles of Conyers, Ga, received a kiss from his fiancee, Miss Evelyn Tanch of San Diego Cal. They plan to wed soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

the administration and to the Senate.
 The milk reform bill, which has started Civil war among Connec- ticuts farmers and dealers, remained in the agriculture committee files and report may not come out un. til next week.
 Several public utilities reform measures also were locked up ir committee desks.
 It was regarded as unlikely the two chambers would agree on any major legislation before May 13 - next Tuesday-the new deadline for gubernatorial nominations for major state positions.
 Even though some of the major measures may be passed this week there was little likelihood of confer ence agreements before the May la time.
 Supervise Merit system
 Hartford, Conn, May 6y--(UP)-- Informed state capitol quarters said today leaders of both major parties were Interested" in q proposal to establish 6 three-man commission to supervise the states merit system
 The suggestion, 1t was said, iS be- ing given strong consideration by high.ranking officials following the report of the legislative merit system investlgationg committee which at- tackled operation of the set-up.
 The three-man commission, it was pointed out, would be assisted by an executive secretary, and would be patterned after tho state liquor con- trol commission, which has three commissioners and secretary.
 One Of the arguments in favor of the proposal 1t was said, was the failure of various merit system examinations to provide an able ad- ministrator Of the personnel depart ment.
 It was regarded as unlikely now that Gov. Hurley would appoint Harry W. Marsh, former personnel director, to his old position because Of the attack on him by the legis- latiye committee. Marsh and Ells- worth Wolfsperger, Bridgeport meri. system director, were the only two who qualified in Q special examina- ton two weeks ago for state per- sonnel director.
 William H. Donning, who was not certified for reappointment by Q board of out-of-state experts, will remain in his present post until some decision was made as to what to do with the merit system.
 The judiciary committee, 1t was expected, will meet this week to discuss recommendation of the irl- vestigating committee. Leaders of both major parties were in agree ment that something had to be done" to correct defects in the oper- ation of the department.
 If the administration and legisla- tive leaders decide to go ahead with the three-man commission idea, @ bill will have to be raised in the judi ciary committee.
 Milk Reform Blll
 Hartford. Conn, May 5.-(UP)- Gov. Hurley's milk reform bill has started a civil war among Connec- ticut farmers. 1t appeared today.
 Farmers were organizing into pro and con groups throughout the state. About $50 farmers and dealers met here Sunday and disapproved the proposed reform bill.
 The group sent q telegram Co President Albert N. Jorgon9en of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
|CONANT DEMANDS
 ENTRANCE OF us.
President of Harvard Uni- versity Wants Nation to
 Take Up Arms at Once

Boston, May 6.--(Up)-Preeldent James Bryant Conant of Harvard University advocates immediate eHl- trance of the United tSateg into the war as . naval belligerent" against the Axis powers.
 "our best hope of avoiding later battle against desperate odds Is to become 6 naval belligerent now" he said yesterday In Q nationwide radio address. Tt is not too late But the hour for action has clearly struck. I believe the nation is ready to join the fight for freedom now"
 Conant emphasized he was ex- pressing his views aS c private citi- zen and not as head of President Roogevelt's special scientific mission which recently spent six weeks in England.
 There is no chance of . Iaegotiat- ed peace, and isolationistS "are liv- ing in 8 world of wishful thinking when they imagine the struggle may soon be over," he said. The ques. tion Is "When shall America fight" rather than shall America Fight"
 ''Fight Now" He Says
 T believe we should fight now" Conant said, flor while there seems little chance that the England island will be immediately overrun, there is another critical danger before us the Atlantic ocean
 "War materials and food must be delivered on English shores. The blockade by the German U-boats, raiders and air force has been all too effective-more damaging per. haps than we have yet been told"
 Conant said the German blockade may reduce England's military ef- fectiveness to a point where ia- vaSion Is possible unless the United States keeps "unimpaired the line of Supply-the bridge of boats"
 Tn the meantime" he said, i've are allowing the outposts of our lib- erty, the front line which defends our freedom, to Dc slowly weakened by an ver-tightening blockade . {. and as we delay, Germany is gain. ing additional power which must prolong the struggle"
 The American people will not al. low Hitler to control the Atlantic, Conant believed, and thus Sooner an active belligsrent. But every or later VIC must enter this war as additional victory by the Nazl forces makes our task that much harder. From now on each month we delay may well mean at least four months added, to the war"
 With the productive help of the United States, he said, Britain could conquer Germany because numerical superiority of war machines would be added to the technical advan- tages England already has over the Axis.
 Tn my opinion" he said, "strat- egy demands we fight tomorrow but whether we fight tomorrow or on later day, VIC shall before long close our ranks and fight to win."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

itary headquarters southeast of Tobruk, causing four large fires.
 "Italian headquarters in Ethiopia was rnachine-gunned by fighters of the South African Air force and q vigorous attack was made on stores, dumps. motor transport and troops all day long between Falaga Pass and the Dessye road.
 "Tt is estimated that over 100 motor transport vehicles were se- verely damaged. Stores and dumps were repeatedly hit by bombs. Two aircraft are missing from all opera tions."
 Budapest, May s --(UP)- The semi official Hungarian news agency INB today quoted Beirut dispatches reporting serious clashes between Arab and British troops near Nablus in Palestine yesterday.
 Several Zionist leaders at Khalirl, Nablus and Tulkarm have been kid- naped by Arabs, the dispatch re- ported, and many Arab Free Corps leaders have been arrested by the British.
 All unmarried Jews under 70 have been called to service by the British and a curfew has been imposed at Nablus, the dispatch said.
 A Baghdad dispatch, quoting an otIlcial Iraq colnmunique issued yes- terday, claimed yraQ forces had Oc. cupied all oil wells and reflneries at KirkulE, Chamaikin and Oayyara and that all pipeline stations were in possession ok the zraQ army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05


 and Qneisenau put in there. This, however, was the first time the Air Ministry had claimed direct hits on the ships, even though 6 pilot had been decorated recently after hay ang been credited officially with 0 hit.
 Communiques on previous raids had said only that hits were ob- served near the ships or that bombs straddled them.
 "Strong forces" of bombers made the raid, the Ministry said today, taking advantage of good weather on the French coast.
 It was believed that the attack was one of the heaviest, fl not the heaviest, since the German ships were first bombed on the night Of March 90.
 No Specific Damage
 TodAy's communique did not claim any specific damage to the ships. Naval experts had long pointed out that even an armor piercing bomb would have to be dropped from a great height to pierce the six-inch deck armor of She ships and blow out the insides. 1t waa regarded as probable that the main damage done by any bombs would be to the superstructure This however or even very close miss, might result in keeping the ships sn port.
 Indicating that the Brest raid was Dn q considerable scale, the Air Ministry said that smallcF forces attacked docks and shipping at Rot- terdam, Holland; Antwerp, Belgium and Le Havre, France.
 Near Antwerp direct hit was made on a German supply ship of about i,600 tons, the Ministry as- serted.
 A German patrol vessel was hit and left sinking by planes Of the bomber squadron in "Very light" sweeps by British planes yesterday, at was added.
 Coastal command bombers started several fires at the docks of St. Nazaire, on the French coast dur. ing the night, and also attacked docks at Cherbourg and an air. drome at Querqueville, the Minis- try said.
 4 German supply ship of about 5000 tons was bombed off the coast of Norway at dusk, the Ministry said, and attacked objectives in southern Norway.
 Differs With Hitler
 London, May 5-(UP)--The fnir- astFy of information, replying to Adolf Hltler's ReichStag speech, claimed today that Germany had used seven divisions in the cam paign in Greece instead Of five de- tachments" as the Fuehrer had re- ported.
 Tt is now established that Ger man troops employed against the British imperial forces consisted Of three arnorcd divisions two molin- tain divisions, an Adolf Hitler divi- son, and one infantry division" the ministry sad Hitler's figures on Nazi casualties in the Balkan campaign "ooviously were given for propagan- da purposes inside Germany"
 TIitler's address was regarded in London as Q tacit admission that he has abandoned hope of knocking Britain out this year, as he had promised the German people in his New Year declaration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
North, South Ireland
 Unite ToSave Belfast
(Continued from Page D

Tn Iraq the British were moving forcefully to win control of that vi- tai middle eastern area. London re- ported heavy air attacks on Bagh- dad military objectives and Istanbul hard that British column of 20,- GOO troops was marching on the 1raq capital.
 Around Basra the British were said to have taken control of all key points and the RAF garrison at Habbaniya airdrome continued to hold out against Iraqi artillery fire.
 The busted Iraq regent, Emir Abdul Illah, raised @ banner of re- volt against the pro-Nazi premier, Rashid All Al.dailani. The British hoped to regain control of 1raq be- ore Germany could give effective aid to Rashid. However, 1raqi forces were said to have cut the Mosul oil pipelines ard Budapest card reports that Arab troubles had broken out in PaleS- tine where fighting was said to have occurred at Nablus. Arab gurillas were said to have Kidnapped num- Der of Zlonists.
 Tn the diplomatic sphere atten- ton was concentrated on two dec- larations--one by Adolf Hitler be- fore the German Reichstag last night and one by President Roose- vt ct Charlottesville, Va.
 Hitler's address gave little clue to his war plans, but the Fuehrer tao. lily admitted that the war Is likely to progress beyond this year. He asserted that Germany would pro- vide her armed forces with better weapons "iext year" and repeatdly emphasized necessity of maintain- ing the superiority of German weapons over those of her oppo- nents.
 An Absurd Lie
 He again insisted that any sug- gestion that Germany had aggres- sive intentions toward c country peopled with Democratic agitators.. obviously the United States nothing but an absurd lie."
 He had kind words for Italy's part in the Balkan campaign, praised the quality of 0reece's resistance, in an obvious bid for the good will of that country, and spoke well of Turkey,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

The administration is working on q program to enable industry to i'll essential civilian needs without conflicting or interfering with de- fense requirements.
 A joint statement by Edward R. etettinius, Jr., director of priorities tor the office of production man. ngement and Leon Henderson, chief Of the office of price adminlStra- ton and civilian supply, said they were seeking to coordinate closely" the activities of their agencies.
 without conflicting with the pro- ductlon of military defense needs, we must provide the necessary sup piles of materials and commodities required for civilian use and for pro- lection Of public health, welfare and safety" their statement said.
 Three Principal Reasons
 Government commodity reports have reflected 3 principal reasons tor recent price increases: Improve Enent in domestic consumer pur- chasing power; large British orders
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

Greek people," Hitler said "It is Q victim of its king and a small dazzled upper stratum, It has, how ever, fought so courageously that its enemies cannot but respect 1t. The Serb people will perhaps learn from this catastrophe the one true lesson-that those officers who led the 'Putsch' are a misfortune for their country"
 There was considerable surprise among diplomats at Hitler's state ment, instead of a fresh prophecy Of victory this year, that If the German soldier already possesses the best arms in the world, then he already in this and the next year will receive still better arms" Ger many, he said, would retain the superiority in armament and "in no circumstances will permit It's ad- vantage to be decreased" ably by the United States.
 He said that the German people would never again experience a year like 1918 but instead would climb to still higher achievements" in all fields of national resistance"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

placed in connection with the lend- lease program; large government buying of surpluses.
 But regardless. you can bet that Leon Henderson will not let food prices get out of hand" said one OPM official. "If food prices come up much more, he's all set to push them back down again."
 Henderson has warned representa- tives of the food industry that while no retail price controls have been established, i've can step into the consumer goods field any time 1t is more important to regulate re- tail prices than to suffer the con- sequences"
 Several spokesmen for the food industry have told government of- flcials that the industry sees no need for retail price controls.
 The British have placed unusually heavy orders for large quantities of butter, eggs, cheese, dried milk lard and canned tomatoes. Informed officials said the British recently placed an order for 20 1000 900 pounds of cheese in his country--an order which the industry could not meet quickly.
 Food for British
 The agriculture department re- ported that Q substantial quantity of dairy products particularly cheese and evaporated milk, will be need- cd for air to the British and their allies during at least the next year tro two" Conservative estimates said the necessary quantity might run to five per cent of our present milk supply used in domestic pro- duction of butter, cheese and evap- orated milk.
 The agriculture department said per capita consumption of seasonal canned vegetables by the armed forces was about 9 Ia to three cases per man per year above United States civilian per capita consump- ton.
 The government has urged to- rnato growers to step up production and the i04i crop was expected to break all records.
 The agriculture department re- gently began to campaign for in- creased meat production to meet increased demand for exports to Great Britain. Prices have been ad- vancing. For example, the average price of hogs ct Chicago In March, i04l, was $7,64, compared with $5.07 in March, l040.
 Meat consumption in the United States last year was the largest since 1924, and increased production dur Ing the coming year was expected by government experts to be sufficient to care for heavier exports, as well as rising domestic consumption.