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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
THEY FORGOT ONE THING

resolution passed by directors OF the Montana On 5ev
that the most important factor IN wg % @ in
Of it.
much OIL as Then
large industry was
plenty OF Oil and the AFFINITY 70 denver II
Tonga
Of seemed merely 1ootpau LOT
kick around because was so easy LOT
industry function
enees will slow down many VIII
gasoline which can't be used o any
cessation of refner VIII stop m
diesel oil which the machinery
without taking off the ganeJ
production OF oil must slow down.
lifetime
and they Will go to- new JOBS on
drilling
to pillow under the OIL IN
OF OIL as OF Se
fields worker and tell him to stick TO
cannot
be
refine this nations hebood
o
the world but they can't win
Likewise the oil industry
behind That would
rationing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
City of Seattle
Closest Point If
jap Bombs Drop

WASHINGTON 49, Secretary Of
War Stimson said the army was
making active preparations TO fend
off an almost inevitable" Japa-
nese return blow for last months
spectacular air raid ON Tokyo and
other japanese war production
centers.
Pacific coast cities are considered
the most likely target Of attack,
the war secretary indicated, but
added that q raid on the national
capital was not inconceivabIe, de-
spite the distance involved.
Whatever happens, we shan't
relax our most effective defense,
the preparation Of a major offen-
sive," he promised.
'The United States, through
Brig. Gen. James H. DOOIittIe in
flicted a singing, humiIiatfng sur
prise blow ON Japan" he said.
ITO anyone who knows oriental
psychology, that meant a most
serious loss Of face, which TO orien-
tails can only be wiped out by a
return blow, and a greater one If
possible.
THAT Is Of paramount interest
to us tOday-tO set our house In
order for what seems inevitable"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
BGckhGuL Rule
VIII Not Work
In Montana

Gov. Sam Ford has wired protest to
the Office of Co-ordinator of Trans
portation at Washington against the
backhaul rule for trucks in Montana
The order, effective July 1, will be
a great detriment to the distribution
Of food in Montana as there is very
small tonnage available for backhaul,"
said the governor. The rule is that no
truck shipments shall be made for a
distance of more than IS miles unless
the truck can return rs percent loaded.
The idea is to conserve rubber.
Wired the governor:
MANY communities have no ade-
quate railroad service and truck de-
liyeries are essential for fresh fruit,
vegetables and food supplies Especial
ly now that government demand for
increased production of fruit and
vegetables and the nutrition depart
ment demand more fresh fruit and
vegetables be consumed, unless order
No. is modified it will defeat both
purposes
May I ask that you give your earn
est consideration allowing our whole
sale food dealers limit of $50 miles"
Coal miners around Great Falls, all
of whom haul more than Is miles, ap-
peared before the Production for Vic
tory Council in Great Falls to ask
for support in fighting the backhaul
rule There is no possibility of a back
haul to these isolated mines, they said.
IF the rule is enforced, we are out
Of business" said one. There will be
suffering in Great Falls next winter
and the rubber will rot off our trucks
as they stand idle beside the tipples."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13

fame when the following turned up In
his write-up:
The auditorium was filled with ex-
pectant mothers, eagerly waiting the
appearance Of their offspring"
Some girls keep their love letters
forever,
While other girls love letters keep
them forever.
The trouble with lot Of marriages
is. Hubby is so busy bringing home
the bacon that he forgets to bring
home the applesauce.
what's repartee, Dad?"
"Repartee, son, is the clever CONVEX
sation a man thinks up on the way
home from the party"
Everyone should own a comfortable
bed and comfortable shoes because
he's in one or the other all his life.
Cob: MY wife's an angel in three
ways"
Pal: How remarkable. How's thatP"
Cob well, first she's always up
in the air; second, she's always harp
ing. third, she never has an earthly
thing to wear"
Father came downstairs carrying his
Jacket over his arm. He looked hard
at his wife and then at his son.
That boy has taken money from
my pocket" he stormed.
Henry" she calculated, "how can
you say that? Why, it might have been
mel"
mo, my DEAR" he replied, at wasn't
you, Some was left"
First Aviator: "Quick; what do I
do now, INSTRUCTOR"
Second Aviator: Goodness. Aren't
you the Instructor"
A newly indicted private wrote his
family some few days after he had
arrived at camp:
I've gained so pounds since I came
aere-2 pounds of flesh and So pounds
If equipment"
A young man and his fiancee had
we'd and were spending their honey
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13

west of the 'high" We thought all of our
Midway royalty investments were losses and
we charged them all down to 81, for book
keeping purposes. Now it develops that the
tough competition Of those early days drove
us a considerable distance away from the
test weIl-a considerable distance EAST. So
IL is that we find our worthless" royalties
back among our more priced possessions
That is true Of landowners royalties. OPP
orators may come and operators may go
but the landowners interest goes on for
ever. A field may be drilled and fail to find
oil In one horizon and years later new
test may go to a new horizon and the once
~disprOven" royalty becomes something of
great value. BY like token, structure or
a farm may be drilled with negative results
and the royalty property may go into dis
card. Years later another operator may drill
a wen and get big producer. Sometimes
the royalty property that looks the worst
proves to be the best.
One Of the most successful royalty invest
ors we have ever known was one who used
to say, when there came q choice: II viii
take what's left. would rather let the
other fellow do the choosing. He is most
frequently wrong"
The rule is not one to follow In our ex-
perience but In his case he was right so
many times that It was notable. He was
particularly fright" In Pondera oil field.
Content on having a royalty some distance
away from the discovery well, he ended mp
with one Of the best royalties In the field,
for the discovery well was nearly off struc-
ture.
The permanent nature Of royalties recon-
mends them as an investment at this time
Of uncertainty. Few of us have any idea
what we win have left when this war Is
over. The owner of royalties is pretty certain
to have something on which ne can base a
new start If necessary. The last depression
taught us that royalties are the one invest
ment that Is depression proof It is true
that the market price may depreciate, but
the value Of royalties Is not the trading
value but the amount Of recoverable oil in
the ground represented by that royalty. If
and when the Oil is brought TO the surface,
no matter when or by whom, the royalty
owner gets his share. So long as the world
continues to use internal combustion motors,
there viii be a need for oil and out of
every 100 barrels of oil produced, SOME
ONE-farmers or investors, or the school
fund or the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS win re-
ceive 12l barrels, representing the Iandown-
er'S share.
Production in any horizon at all at Mid
way structure will revive investments we
have considered dead" for the past IL years.
However, we are hoping that Midway test
win go on down to the DevOnian, to provide
the reserves so urgently needed for the war
effort, for to MS this wen win mean proving
not alone Midway but the DevOnian
throughout northern Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13

The salesman whose pants wear out
before his shoes is making too many
contacts at the wrong places.
A chemist says that the first alcohol
was distilled in Arabia, which may ex-
plain those nights.
He: II think I've got flat tire"
She: It think that makes us even. I"
A man had cello with one string
over which he drew the bow for hours
at a time, holding his finger in one
place. His wife endured this noise for
seven months. One night she said
quietly, II have observed that when
others play that magnificent instru-
ment, there are four strings over which
to draw the bow, and the players move
their fingers about continuously"
The man stopped playing moment,
looked at his wife wisely, shook his
head, and said: "Of course the others
have four strings and move their fin
gers about constantly. They are look
ing for the place. I've found it."
Suppose you heard the one about
the Girl Scout who got deferred? She
stepped over the campfire.
The cub reported who was assigned
to cover the class plays of the high
school came in for his share of literary
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
Make ButGdiene
From Gasoline in
Present Refineries

WASHINGTON Existing refineries
may be called upon to convert dis
tress' motor gasoline into butadiene
for use later on in making synthetic
rubber, after the butadiene plants are
completed. in about "a months, Wight
Gary, OPC refining director, told the
Cole oil committee
Any hydrocarbon can be made into
butadiene, said Gary, but the most
practical means is to make it from
petroleum which is also the most
available raw material.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
SPEAKING OF MIDWAY

drilling into the lime for some distance and
brought in wells in one or two Of these
upper breaks" but it remains for someone
to determine whether similar breaks" far
Their down to and including the Turner VAL
ley horizon will produce. The Turner Valley
horizon, carrying showing Of OIL was found
on the Kitchen farm In the east central
part of Kelvin field. That was before the
days of acidizatiOn and therefore the show
ing meant nothing.
1t is apparent why we hope that the Mid
way well shall not stop short of the De-
vOnian. We would like to see a DevOnian
test drilled In Kelvin field, close to the spots
where we KNOW there Is oil In the De-
vonian, but the test on Midway will serve
to give us much needed information for our
future guidance If the Midway well gets
oil either In the breaks of the Madison
lime or the DevOnian, we win not be sur
prised. We fully expect it. Like everyone
else we want to see a commercial well in
a new horizon before we go far In capital
izing what we believe to be true.
The instant Midway gets oil, there viii be
a mad rush for leases and for royalties on
Midway. That Is always the case. We hope
that all of our members will have enough
Midway royalty on hand to SELL SOME
when that time comes. A new oil strike is
always accompanied by skyrOcketing prices
because the average person cannot see be-
y0nd the flowing well or the proven struc-
ture. Many will pay too much for properties
just TO get close to the scene of the excite
ment.
Our members have royalties all around
the well now drilling on Midway and should
this well come In, we hope that they will
take advantage of the opportunity to take
a cash profit. Their royalties cost so little
that they can sell part at a cash profit,
retaining the balance of the royalty with
no investment. We win recommend paying
no high prices, because we know that If
the DevOnian is productive In Midway, it
win be commercially productive in Kelvin
and in other known oil fields. There will
be many opportunities to purchase lOw-price
royalties where we viii be almost CERTAIN
of prOductiOn--Once the horizon is estab-
Hshed as OiI-bearing.
Back In the days when MOntana-P Pacific
leased up Midway, when Ralph Arnold,
noted geOlogist, sanctioned tests on five
structures in the Sweetgrass Arch, including
Midway, we bought a number Of royalties
ahead Of the drill In those days we paid
much higher prices than we now pay. We
were competing with a dozen active royalty
brokers and with such individuals as H. b.
Chessher who had money enough to outbid
us on any amount Of royalty. He bought
farms in fee simple while we were trying
to buy or percent Of landowners royalty.
The first wen on Midway was failure.
AS a result Of geOphysics we now know
that it was pretty well off structure to the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13

moon at large hotel. When bedtime
came the bride went TO bed and the
bridegroom sat by the window and
gazed at the moon and stars. The
bride called to him and asked:
why don't you come to bed2v
He replied: MY mother told me
my wedding night would be the most
beautiful night of my life, and I'm
not going to miss a minute Of It."
do you know why Hitler always
closes his eyes when he goes into the
bathroom2"
Cant guess"
Because he always wants to lick
everything in sight"
Rubber conservation is a natural
for the thrifty Scots. The story Is GO
ing the rounds about the Scotchman
whose wife presented him with trip
lets. He wanted to give one Of them
away so he would not have to buy a
rubber nipple.
Boss: ben, wish you wouldn't
sing at your work"
Ben: Il wasn't working, sir; was
just singing"
Running after women never hurt
anybody-it's catching them that does
the damage.
Where does this inviting shady
lane lead TOP" asked the motorist.
without moving from his contented
rest upon the fence, the farmer
launched a jet of tobacco juice with
deadly effect upon a grasshopper 10
feet away, then scratched his stumbled
chin thoughtfully.
well, stranger" he drawled, "It's
led morn half the young folks around
these parts into right smart heap o.
trouble"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13

Never before have we been guilty of hop
ing that a WELL approaching the Madison
lime, would NOT get oil
The reason is that we want this partic-
uIar well to keep on going on through the
Madison lime to the DevOnian.
Few people can understand this situation.
Operators from the MidcOntinent take 1t as
a matter of fact that we in Montana drill
to the Ordovician. The OrdOvician is the
famous 'WiIcox" horizon Of the MidcOn-
tinent. Most Montana production comes
from the top of the Madison lime of Mis-
sissippian age. Below that is the DevOnian;
below Devonian is the Silurian and below
Silurian is the OrdOvician. In Kelvin field
the OrdOvician could be reached at around
$500 feet We don't even drill through the
Madison lime.
To us, $500 feet is very deep drilling, but
not to other oil producing states. That is
the reason that outsiders do not understand
us. They cannot see why Montana wells
are not carried to greater depths and they
cannot understand why Montana is not pro-
ducing oil from the DevOnian-when every
one knows that there is oil in the DevOnian
almost everywhere in known oil country.
The well we are "hoping about" is the test
on Midway structure, southeast of Conrad.
This must not be confused with the Mid
way district between Kelvin and Cut Bank
fields where Big West has recently opened
up new gas territory. That is known as
the Midway district. Midway structure is
new territory far from Kevin-midway be-
tween POndera and Bannatyne oil fields:
thus its name. 1t is on this structure that
two geOphysicaI surveys have been made
and the well now drilling is on a known
Devonian "high," as determined by geo
physics. Thus we think it unfortunate IL
this well is not carried on down 70 the
DevOnian-which will require only the drill
ing depth Of Cut Bank field Thus 1t Is
no great hardship II the operators ON Mid
way have to go to the Devonian.
There is the possibility that this wen win
get oil at the Madison cOntact-the same
as POndera and Kelvin. In that event It
is improbable that the owners will continue
the Devonian test at this time. There Is
the danger" that one of the breaks in the
lime win carry oil. 1t is known that there
are soft spots in the Madison limestone 1850
feet thick at this pOint) which may contain
oil Located near the base of the Madison
lime is the Turner Valley horizon from
which Turner Valley gets its remarkable
production. The Turner Valley horizon does
not produce In Montana for the reason that
1t has not been adequately tested. 1t is
pretty safe guess that If Turner Valley we're
In Montana, the Turner Valley oil horizon
would not be producing today, because Mon
tanans pride themselves in knowing when
to quit drilling. The quitting point in Mon
tana is the top Of the Madison lime.
Occasionally drilling crew has kept on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
GASOLINE SHIPMENTS

Oil shipments from California TO
Oregon reached a new record Of 1886
barrels daily in the week ended May
is. The old record was 29,429 barrels
in the week ended May 2. Seven COM
panies loaded 922 cars as follows: Cen
eral Petroleum, Sc cars; Richfield, "a;
Shell, 233; Standard Of California, $50:
Texas Co., So; Tide Water Oil, ri;
Union Oil, 76. There are 2,225 cars
engaged in Pacific Northwest service.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
CAN DRILL MORE WELLS

Illinois operators have been prom
ised exemptions from Conservation
order M-68 by OPC, recognizing the
proximity of the Illinois fields to the
important war industry centers of the
midwest and eastern seaboard."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS have been definitely proven in
dispensbe in Montana. Every wildcat should have both
Madison and Devonan highs determined by reflection
seismograph before drilling begins
DEEPER DRILLING is essential write the real history OF
the Montana oil industry The major source OF Mon
tana petroleum is in formations BELOW The Bio
INF Abandonment of wells at the Cat Greek horizon
is stupidity No we'll should be considered a completion
until it is drilled into the Devonian.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-06-13
PRODUCTTON OF ATRPLANEs

President Roosevelt's goal of $1,000
planes by the end of the year will be
surpassed "by a substantial margin"
and tank and ammunition production
are keeping pace with schedules, IN
dersecretary of War Patterson stated
in New York city.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Misuse of Court OrderL Laid
10 LondIody in Eviction Case
Prosecution Asserts
She Rerented Rooms
At Higher Rute

Testimony that the rooms at 312
e street NV, from which a couple
and four children assertedly were
evicted, were occupied by other
tenants within four days after they
lett, was given today at the Munich
pay Court jury trial of Mrs. Helen
Hougasian, operator of the rooming
house. who is charged with evicting
the family Illegally.
Mrs. Hougasian is accused of
evicting Allen Joy, his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Joy, and their children by
court order obtained on repre-
sentation that she was going to use
the rooms herself. Instead, it is
charged, she rented them to others
at higher rate.
Under questioning by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Milton Kor-
man, Mrs. Sally .Greenan, another
roomer at the house, said that one
OF the three rooms occupied by the
Joy family was rented by another
person within two days, and the
other two rooms within four days
after the family was forced out.
Two other Government witnesses
were scheduled to testify before the
Government closed today. They are
Betty Kincaid and Norma Shannon.
The case, first of its kind under the
present Rent Act to go before a
jury and the second criminal pros
ecution under the Districts wartime
control law, opened yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. Joy Testifies.
Mr.. Norman, in his opening state
ment yesterday, said Mr.. and Mrs.
Joy had been paying $3.50 weekly
for three rooms, but that after they
left, Mrs. Hougasian got $40 weekly
for the space by dividing the suite.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

Mrs. Joy appeared yesterday to
testify as the complaining witness,
her husband being at work. She
said that on May /, she received a
note from Mrs. Hougasian, who had
just bought the property, asking
her to move. When she did not
move voluntarily, Mrs. Hougasian
sued for possession in Municipal
Court. Judge Ellen K. Raedy found
for Mrs. Hougasian on her repre-
sentation she wanted the rooms for
herself and her three children, At
that time, Mrs. Hougasian was liv-
ing at a rooming house at AIS Fourth
street NV, operated by a relative.
Mrs. Joy said she received an eyic-
ton notice from United States dep
uty marshal on August Is and that
she moved on August n. She testi-
ned that she had been unable to
Evening star., 1942-10-16

find other quarters in the city and
moved temporarily with her children
to a beach cottage at Cedarhurst,
Md.
Rent Counsel Testifies.
Ernest F. Henry, general counsel
for the District rent administrator,
testified concerning an investigation
his Office made of the case.
Judge George D. Nelson permitted
Defense Attorney Jack Politz to put
one defense witness on the stand
out Of turn because he is a physician
and would find it difficult to have
returned to court today because of
his practice. He was DR.. James
WhiSman, who testified that on two
occasions he had advised Mrs. Hou-
gasian, because of her health, not to
move to third-floor place, where
she would have to walk up> long
flights of stairs. She had bee al Hv-
ing in a basement apartment 90
Fourth street. Mrs. joys apartment
was on the third floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joy are now living
at 3415 Eastern avenue. Their chill
dren, ranging in age from to 10, are
Johnny, Charles, Jimmy and June.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Excess Sole Leather
Held for Reserve

By the Associated Press.
The War Production Board said
today excess stocks of sole leather
frozen in the hands of manufac-
turers, tanners and other sole cut
ters, would not be released for
civilian use, but held in reserve as
a contingency against a shortage of
hides and feathers in the future.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-07
Forms Printed as
Precautionary
Measure

u,. ,,.~
" "'"''' : '0''' nus ''> vi a
OFFICIALS disclosed today that ra-
lioning DOCKS and forms were be-
Ing prepared on SHOES clothing
ana fuel oil, but warned that the
preparations were merely pre-
caullonary step.
Paul NJ. oLeary OPA rationing
/ chlel' declared that there was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-07
Network Will
Detect Planes

Plans are being made for a net
work OF control centers throughout
the United States by which warn.
ings Of approaching enemy planes
could be flashed from any one point
to all other parts OF the country.
Prof. Joseph Kelly said Thursday
night in a talk to public utilities
men Of the Civilian Defense Corps
The system would work so eff
GENTLY that warnings to all parts
Of the United states could be given
before the enemy could begin a
bombing. he explained.
The local control center expected
to 70 into operation soon. was eK-
planned by knowell Hart assistant
city engineer in charge OF the ciiy's
communication system.
Next weeks meeting will be held
from 1880 10 Q p. m. on "Wednesday
night rather than the customary
Thursday evening. At that time a
first aid course will be started un-
der the direction OF a supervisor
furnished by the Red Cross. The
meeting viii be closed before the
blackout set for that night
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-07

to famiiarize the public with
blackout requirements; to test the
adequacy OF the public warning
system; and to provide an oppor-
tunity for the necessary divisions
of the Citizens Defense Corps TO
act under blackout conditions.
Control centers will be manned
for the purpose of staff training.
By August 20 all local command
ers OF the Citizens Defense Corps
will submit to the state command
er a detailed written report cover
ing the effectiveness of the black
out.
County violators, according to
Sheriff John l.. Osborn. will be
warned. and court action will fol
low for wilful violations.
A county control room and a
district report center in each Of
the seven districts into which the
county has been divided are be
ing set up by Sheriff Osborn and
his staff of SCI auxiliary deputies.