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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01

former HarVard guard, Into Inc army. Head Coach Foxy" Flumege will have 10 obtain a replacement for stnruski before practice starts next Tuesday,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01

American League Cleveland CBagby i5-6) at Wash ington CMasterson 5-9)-3:30 p. m. (EWT).
 (Only game scheduled)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01

AMERICAN ASSN RESULTS I.0ulsyllle 2. Columbus 1 (i0 inn. Ingsl.
 Tnladn 1. TnAianannlis q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

Brooklyn 5. Pittsburgh { (li inns) New York ', Chicago 6.
 Philadelphia ], Cincinnati (night), lOnly games Echeduled).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01
Gnnen TahnN

Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, New York at Chicago.
 Philadelphia at Cincinnati, Boston at st. Louis (night).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01

YESTERDAYS STAR - Veteran Curt Davis, who won his 18th vic- tory after relieving Larry French in the 10th as the Dodgers shaded the Pirates, 5-4 in il innings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-01
Crumbs from the Doran Dinner Table

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Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
Slim" Parent Brings in His
Second Well Westsof Sunburst

r CSim discovered pool o
Sunbus this added laureB
quarters OF a mile from his Holbrook discovery well
this is
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
KALISPELL-KEV
DIVIDENDS REACH
SI.5OO.OOO TOTAL

Stockholders Of Kalispell- Co.
pioneer Kevin group, this week received
their 57th dividend check, this one for
"a percent on the par value of $10O
per share, bringing total dividends
paid to 81 100000. This company fl
nanced Charles L. Emmons, pioneer
geologist, in his leasing operations in
Kevin field before the discovery of
oil The original group invested some
$4,000 and have since realized sub
stantiaI personal fortunes from the
dividends and from the sale Of part
of their interests.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
new PRODUCER
Is COMPLETING
ON TOP OF RIM

A third commercial producer on tht
top of the rimrock west of KeVin wa.
in prospect this week as Peterson &
Sorenson-G Govt. No. l, SW NWz Sc:
18-35-3W, drilled into the top of tn,
Madison lime. Oil rose 200 feet within
short time, and it was shut dowT
while preparations were being made K
core the formation.
This well is a diagonal northeast
offset to the High Gravity Production
Co.'S No. 3 Horner well which had ar
initial Of 270 barrels per day after
acidization. The Peterson : SOrenson
well gives promise of being an equally
good producer, when 1t Is drilled into
the lime formation. Peterson is a
Judith Basin farmer and Sorenson q
Kevin contractor, operating on 30
acres Of the Sorren permit, now con-
verted into a government lease. This
area produces 38 gravity sweet" crude.
The top of the lime pay" was at
2400. Seven-inch casing is cemented at
2430. This well was drilled in record
time of approximately 25 days, after
setting surface pipe
One new location was announced
this week:
Imperial Craig Martin No. Z, c swa
SW5 17-35-IW. 1t is In the east sun
burst district and is now spudding.
Big West Oil Co. was unable to make
a commercial well from the showing
of oil in its State No. / well In center
SEA 6-34-4W, on the east edge Of the
Cut Bank gas field, and it is being
bridged back from the Madison lime
to complete as gasser.
The well had a considerable showing
Of high gravity Oil and was acidized
with 500 gallons. The acid broke
through behind the casing and it was
necessary to re-cement the casing. The
oil did not come back after the cement
Job and a second acidization was with
put result. There is general belief that
5he area will produce oil in the lime
whenever structural conditions are
found.
YeaIey-Shaw No. II, in the Sunburst
0ool, NE NE4 SW4 35-S6-2W, is drill
ng at IT'S.
PrevOI & Shay-Govt No. 9, Sc SEA
SEA 10-35-3W, is drilling at 430 after
unning surface pipe at $50.
Agen- GOeddertz No. IS, G NE3 SW4 /
,3 3-35-3W, formerly considered the
PATTERN well of the field, failed to re-
pond to acid and has been plugged |
md abandoned. The well gained much
attention as it was the first one spud-
led after Dec. % and even the Denver
,ffice of the OPC considered it the
,attern well. Later it developed that it
vas only 220 feet from the line while
he War Production Board insists on
30-foot spacing.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
EIGHT STRINGS
OF TOOLS WORK
IN CUT BANK

Only eight strings Of cable tools were
! working in Cut Bank this week, mark
| ing a continued low ebb of drilling
activity. despite the fact that days Of
ideal weather are slipping by with
every probability that the peak demand
of the season win find the field run
ming short Of crude, owing to lack OF
flush production in the first four OF
more months Of the year.
Glacier PrOductiOn-van Ormer No. s.
G NE1 SCI 8-33-5W. is drilling at 2730
Glacier Production-G. Corrigeau No
s, C NWa SEA 28-33-5W, is drilling at
173O.
Glacier Production Bennett NO II,
c NE1 SCI 33-33-5W, drilling, 1895.
Par OiI-TribaI 204 No. 2, NV Corner
Lot Sec. 13-32-6W, drilled past lost
tools at 2640 and is now down 1885
feet.
Santa Rita NEiIIer-T Tribal No. II,
CIVIL SWs SW4 3-35-6W, which had a
showing Of oil at 1928 was shot with
go quarts Of nitro glycerin without re-
suit and has been plugged and aban-
doned.
TexacO-Lindquist No. 6. c SWa NE3
2O-32-5W, drilling, 2754.
TexacO-A Miller No. 4, g SEA SET 29
33-5W, drilling, 1850.
Santa Rita Jordan NO. S, c NEa NEa
18-32-5W. rigging up.
Santa Rita Miller No. 2, G. NW3 Sci
20-33-5W, drilling, 545.
Two new locations were announced,
all In center forties:
Santa Rita-H -Hendricks0n No. /, 1920
feet south Of the north line and 1890
feet east Of the west line of Section
10-34-5W, in the gas area, Is the one
and only exception" granted by the
OPC in the Cut Bank field. It is in a
460-acre block whereas the WPB rules
Of M-68 call for $40 acres, which was
not possible in this case. It is a loca
ton
Levi Bird-TribaI No. /, c sWa NWa
18-32-5W, in the Tribal pool, has rig
up
TexacO-ATIIIer No. 3, c swa SCI 29-
s3-5W, showed a Today average Of 81
barrels.
CastIe-Pardee-TribaI 1sS No. sw
yW4 NW3 30-32-5W, is swabbing l80
barrels and win run rods and tubing
.oday.
Glacier Production Thayer No. 2, G
5Wz NEa 28-33-5W, averaged 30 bar
-els during the first 10 days.
Glacier Production milestone No. 4,
; SEA NW4 7-33-5W, averaged So bar
els during the first 10 days.
Glacier Pr0duetion- Bonnet No. 10,
, Lot 2, Sec. 4-32-5w, averaged 62
'arrels during the first 10 days.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
PRODUCERS IN
KEVIN UPSET BY
CRUDE PRICE CUT

( Dissention between producers and
buyers Of crude oil in Kevin field
marked the past week following a cut
of 10 cents per barrel announced by
The Texas Co. following the lead OF
/ Producers Refining CO. The latter
company posts a price only for the
basis OF settlement OF royalties under
! leases operated by members Of Pro-
ducers Refining group as the price
received by members is determined by
the net-back Of refinery operations Of
Socony- Vacuum Co, purchasers Of the
crude, from both Kevin and Cut Bank
fields. However, Texaco has followed
the Producers Refining lead in the
last three price changes.
Producers Refining Co. made its
price cut retroactive to Feb. /. based
on lower net-back resulting from sea-
sonal market decline. The Texas Co.
made a 10-cent cut effective April /.
Big West Refining Co.. which has al
ways paid 10 cents under the posted
field price, In turn cut Kevin crude
10 cents, effective March 30.
E. B. Coolidge. who markets his
crude in Canada but whose price is
based on the posted price, wired pro-
tests against the price cut TO Harold
Ickes. petroleum co-ordinator at Wash
ington, and Thurman Arnold, assistant
attorney general
Meantime there was talk in the
Kevin field that Imperial Oil and
British-American win shortly start
taking Montana crude for the Cana
dian market where a decided shortage
is anticipated IN the spring and that
the lowered price will make possible
the movement Of all the crude Montana
fields can produce, into Canada. This
would mean that Texas Co. connec-
tons, the rIImor has It, viii be able
TO run 100 percent instead Of present
allowables. However, this Is entirely
without confirmation from The Texas
Co., and likewise from western I'm
perial or British American representa-
tives.
There were talks Of strikes" in the
field. some producers threatening to
refuse to sell their crude at the lower
price.
Others pointed out that the s1.sO
Cut Bank price posted last fan by
Producers Refining and The Texas Co.
was not followed by other buyers and
the cut to $120 merely levels off the
market to the approximate rnidconti-
nent base price, Establishment Of that
price before the freezing Of crude
prices makes 1t possible for the price
Of Cut Bank crude TO go up to $1.30
and Kevtn crude to go to 91.l0 when
market demand 1ustifies the increase.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
CUT BANK MEN
GAMBLE ON NEW
WELL PATTERN

Because oil men are gamblers al
heart, Cut Bank fields spacing pattern
under the War Production Board rules
will be the southeast corner Of each
40-acre tract Unable to agree on a
corner, the Cut Bank operators put
four slips in hat, pulled one out and
it was the southeast corner. This solved
heated battle in which a majority
wanted a north corner designated. The
southeast corner was perhaps the least
desired of all those who expressed
themselves-but Dame Fate came to
the side of the minority
A proposal that each operator would
be allowed to choose a location on
each undeveloped 40 acres. so that It
came within the limits of spacing be-
tween producing wells, was submitted
to Washington by Joseph J. zorichak,
assistant production analyst Of the
OPC Denver office. and Washington
rejected the plan. Thus Cut Bank de-
velopment must proceed with one weil
In the southeast corner Of each un-
developed 40 acres
The meeting held in the Cut Bank
courthouse with zorichak and H. A.
Stewart, member Of the regional pro
ask for this spacing arrangement as
against a chance location Of the center
of the west line, which does not con-
form with any field spacing plan here
tofore used. The committee named in
cluded James W. Johnson, J. E. Hupp,
p Postle, r. G. Jeffries, K d. Pardee.
r. A. Kaulberg and F. Henderson.
The man who drew the slip from
the hat was DR.. j. D. Mckenzie Of
Havre, who hoped for the northwest
corner, since he has casing cemented
IN his well, his first venture in Cut
Bank field, in a northwest corner To-
cation AS he stirred the four slips
IN the hat one of them fell to the
floor. 1t was the southeast corner slip.
It was put back into the hat and
several expressed the hope that it
would stay there After stirring the
slips thoroughly. Mckenzie drew one.
It was the southeast corner.
The Cut Bank meeting voted to ask
'or one exception for the rule, on be-
half of DR.. Mckenzie, asking that he
oe allowed to complete his well on
he northwest corner, since his casing
vas cemented before the effect Of Or
Ter M-68 was known and understood.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
FEW WELLS
UP
IN WYOMING

CASPER-A few wells started up II
Wyoming during the past week bu
there was no completion OF importance
BONANZA-BIg Horn County
Carl Merz-Menger No. /, NE NEl
SCI 22-49N-9lW. Is drilling at 1856
BYRON-Blg Horn County
Ohio Oil-Hoskins No /, GEL SWi
SEA l5-56N -97W. rigging up pumping
equipment, $3.50.
BUNKER HTII-CaFb0n County
Superior OiI-Brimmer NO. I, CWI
NW4 NET 32-2TN- -89W. drilling, 3672
CIRCLE RTDGE-Fremont County
Continental-Shosho No. /, SW
Swa NW4 6-6N-2W, found oil sat-
urated Tensleep sand. 530-555 and
bailed 30 barrels per hour from the
Embar at 460.
FOSSIE-Lincoln County
H. S. Harris-Govt. No. /, Sc NW4
NW3 23-21N-1l7W, drilling. $3.50.
GOOSE EGG-NatrOna County
Iba Developing Co. No. Ia, c NE1
SCI 25-32N-82W, drilling, $50.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. County
Vermillion- johnson g. Horton-Gov
No. l CSL Me- NEl 6-l2N-99W. drill
ing. $3.50.
GARLAND-Big Horn County
Ohio Oil-Utah- Wyoming No. 3. CNL
SWa NWl Lot 81, Sec. 33-56N- -97W,
gun perforated the Embar sand. 315O-
1894 and completed in Madison lime,
3747-41l4, acidizing with 1000 gallons
and developed 2li barrels per day
initial.
LANCE CREEK-NiObrara County
-Rodeo / No. 4, SW SWs
SW3 27-36N-65W, drilling, 1e0.
Continental-Rodeo 3 No. 4, SW SEs
Sci 26-36N-65W, drilling, 3671.
Mackinnie oil e. Drilling No
/, SW SW3 SW5 25-36N- -65W, testing
basal Sundance sand, 4344-4366
OREGON BASIN-Park County
Enalpac-Sarah No. 4. NV SE3 SEA
32-51N- -1O0W. drilling, 1912.
Kirk Oil No. Unit No. 4, NV SWl
SET 29-5lN-100W, rigging up
PILOT BUTTE-Frem0nt County
British American Superior Tribal |
No. l. Sc SW4 SW3 15-3N-lW, drill (
ng SO feet In Amsden. 675T.
KIRBY CREEK-HOt Springs County 1
Shot. Sheperson g. Kittleson- DAILY I
Continued on Page Four)
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11

Operators expressed the belief that
the Kevin petition viii be granted
providing Order M-68 is truly intended
as a steel conservation measure, rather
than a plan to curtail the oil industry
Operators are unanimous in the
statement that Kevin field develop
ment cannot be carried on under the
pattern of one well for 40 acres pro-
vided for younger fields which have
dissimilar geological conditions. This
came at a meeting of operators in the
courthouse at Shelby, called by Mike
Foley, director of production, District
No. 4, Of the OPC. Unable to attend,
Mr. Foley was represented by Joseph j.
zorichak, petroleum engineer, assistant
production analyst, also Of Denver, and
by H. A. Stewart of Denver, a member
of the production committee.
The Shelby meeting was attended by
about so operators and A. E. Q,on)
Crumley presided, in the Toole county
court room.
AS a cross section Of the situation in
Kevin, Chairman Crumley declared
that If the rule Of one well on the
southeast corner of 40 acres is enforced
IN Kevin field that he has but one
location to drill. He is one of the
largest Independent producers In the
field, with essential commitments. The
Texas Co., largest operator in the field,
has but one location to drill under
that program, MIR. Stewart, Rocky
mountain manager Of Texaco, declared.
Other operators declared that it Isl
impractical to drill, equip and produce
wells 1890 feet apart In Kevin field
that the necessary duplication of tanks,
pumping equipment, gunbarrels and
other requisites would defeat the plan
of steel conservation desired by the
War Production Board.
The Shelby operators voted that If
there was 70 be only one corner to be
drilled, they would choose the south
east corner 1t was held by Mr.. zort-
chak that the Agen-G -Goeddertz NO 20
well, accepted as the pattern well, was
not in conformity with the 330-foot
spacing requirement and that there
Continued on Page Ffve)
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
Montana Can Supply West Coast
WYOMING AND
MONTANA AWAIT
OPC SANCTIONS

BY -. l. DeSCHON
Lack of understanding else un-
willingness Of governmental agen-
cies to allow the movement OF
Montana and Wyoming petroleum
products into the states OF Wash
ington and Oregon is largely re-
sponsible for the acute shortage OF
motor fuel and fuel oil in those
states, particularly in Puget Sound
cities where rationing Of gasoline
Is at hand, owing TO the shortage
Of tankers 70 transport customary
supplies from California.
Whether it is the unwillingness
Of California to risk the loss OF the
North Pacific market, even at the
risk OF serious injury in the war
effort, or whether It is complete
ignorance OF distances and the ex-
istence Of oil in Montana and Wyo-
ming on the part Of Washington
officials Is not apparent.
The fact remains that while wal
clouds gather on the North Pacific
with the prospect that all tanker serv-
ice to Puget Sound may soon be halted
no steps are being taken to provide
any other source OF supply.
Montana and Wyoming oil fields,
closest and surest source. which should
today be producing at capacity and
drilling hundreds OF new wells, are at
a virtual standstill hopelessly bound
up in red tape Of the War Production
Board.
Montana and Wyoming reflneries,
which should be operating at capacity,
building up storage. and shipping re-
fined products westward, are idling
along at seasonal nOrmalcy." There
has been no suggestion that they
should prepare for increased runs TO
stills, while they are constantly threat
ened with a crude shortage owing to
curtailed production and cessation Of
drilling.
Petroleum is not something that can
be had by merely turning a faucet,
ike city water. It takes weeks and
months to drill oil wells. It takes time
o organize the movement of the re-
lined products. after the crude has
,een refined. When the straits Of San
Iuan de F'uca are under submarine
blockade 1t will be too late TO tell
Continued on Page F1ve)
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
Crude Demand Is
Still Higher Than
1871 Record Runs

The forecast of demand for motor
fuel and crude oil for April, issued
by the Bureau of Mines estimates
that the total crude demand win be
1880 barrels more than the actual
daily average demand for April, 1871,
despite tire shortage and gasoline ra-
tioning in the east Actual demand In
February was 3 percent greater than
February, 1871.
The bureau says that the total is
100000 barrels less than might have
been expected If there had been no
tire rationing or curtailment in civil
ian consumption. April last year had
abnorma1ly high demand. The bureau
contemplates the possible increase Of
exports from this country. Motor fuel
consumption Is expected to be 2 per-
cent less than In April, 194i
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11

Checking almost to the foot with
the discovery well, his Parrent-Davis
No / well in the center of the SEA
Sci 3-37-3W, found oil at 2053.
we happened to come out Just at
that moment and we were surprised TO
find oil on the TOOLS" he related. Il
am sure that we hit the pay sand only
a few times and we Immediately shut
down. The following morning there was
100 feet of oil In the hole and it bailed
at the rate Of about eight barrels a
day"
Parent expects a good commercial
well with acidization. His discovery
well was completed with 2A-inch tools
and the hole was so small that it
was never considered an adequate test.
The well has steadily made from II
TO 20 barrels per day, Of 45.6 gravity
crude.
The Oil in the Davis weIl is blacker
than the Holbrook oil and appears to
be lower gravity although no test has
been made, he says. He Immediately
bridged back to cement his 7-inch cas-
ing at 1882 feet and expects to be able
to drill out the cement today (Satur-
day..
This is the third well drilled In the
West Sunburst area. The second was
drilled with portable rotary tools by
A1ontana-Dakota Utilities Co., south of
the discovery we'll. 1t missed the pay"
entirely and although 1t drilled a con-
siderable distance into the lime it en-
,ountered no water The pressure is so
ow that some observers thought that
The production may have been mudded
0ff and now further drilling Is en-
,ouraged by the Parent well, a short
distance west Of the Utilities dry hole.
This land belongs to the heirs Of
he late w. G.. Davis, pioneer sheep
nan, from whose Sunburst farm came
he name of the town of Smburst He
devoted years Of his life in the effort
o get oil development in Kevin- (
Sunburst area without dreaming that
he had oil under his own land. He I
requently related, however, that Gene
stebinger, pioneer U.S.G.S. geologist.
tayed at the Davis Sunburst ranch
While he was mapping the north end
I the Sweetgrass Arch and he told
Davis: 1T is not impossible that you
ave oil right under this ground. This
) petrolnerous area"
Davis dismissed the statement with
he suggestion that Stebinger was
trying to make him feel good" Davis
ras one Of the organizers of the Sum
urst Oil & Gas Co., which brought in
ne Sunburst discovery well. He lost
verything in the failure Of the Sun
urst and both he and Mrs. Davis
assed away before Parent capitalized
ne theory Of oil west of Sunburst.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11

posits in the Belt mountains, together
with list Of all the many alloy min
eral deposits to be found In the area.
that would be adequate TO supply all
the needed ingredients necessary TO
build any kind Of high quality steel
Continued On Page Three)
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
BeeIer DiScIOseS Plan to
Build Pipeline to Coast

of
o Y. o
10 oil
Is he e
HarlowtOn
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11

With the exception OF the steel pri-'
orities chief, the plan presented was
enthusiastically received. with no OPP
position Congressman James F. O'Con-
nor and Senator Burton K. Wheeler
were made familiar with the plan.
The report referred to included an
engineers report on the hematite de-
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
Order Rati0ning of Gasoline
In Pacific Northwest States

WASFEINGTONA further Of
motorists in the east Pacific northwest
a
Ralph X Davies deputy petroleum OdnaO
20 percent reduction filling station
that the curainent win have to deeper than that"
OIL industry probable
would have be SS
q week.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
Kelvin Operators Offer TO Use
Old Casing to Conserve Steel
With 1O-Acre Drilling Pattern

a drilling
Of
the
prOvidin Northwest
HtI news whc Is In war
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-04-11
By Z. A. BEELER

BHLGsA representative Of Denn Oil Gas Co. Montana
from northern Wyoming oil fields and Montana oil fields has returned
the chief steel industries for steel poe senator
the secretary Of the interior Harold Ick the chief the
Of the Milwaukee railroad plan bud 10000 barrels daily
o oIu1peE
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-02-13
Community Church
Auxiliary To Hold
use Honey" Tea

Members of the Woman's Auxili
airy of Presbyterian Community
Church will celebrate their tenth
anniversary with a "honey for vic.
tory tea" at Community Recrea-
tional Hall on Thursday. February
18th at 2:30
Mrs Clark Wells will be refresh.
ment chairman. Mrs. Kate Morrell
and Mrs. J. w. Hogue will be in
charge of music Mrs. J. ID. Easter,
and Mrs. p B. Mannah will be in
charge of games. Mrs. Eta Covert
and Mrs. Roger Gates have charge
of table decorations.
Hostesses for the occasion will
be Mrs. Dora Wells, Mrs. Bess
Truitt and Mrs. Flora Dunaway.
Matt n Dodge will be the after
Moons speaker Bees will be his
subject. illustrated by Kodachrome
slides.
Decorations will include a bee
hive filled with recipes to be made
with honey. These will be drawn
out by colored ribbons in typical
grab bag" style.