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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
OLD PIPELINES
TO BE USED TO
SUPPLY COAST

A plan to dig up and relocate more
than 400 miles of secondhand line
pipe and relocating it from East Texas
producing areas on eastward has met
with the approval of the OPC and
the Petroleum Industry War Council
as another oil mans answer to the
lack of adequate ocean tanker trans
portation and submarine sinkings on
the Atlantic coast.
The proposed projects contemplate
the use of varying amounts of g. 10,
II and IA inch line pipe which can be
obtained from existing facilities, now
either idle or operating between points
which can be served by other pipelines
or by other methods Of transportation.
Some of this pipe, according to the
report of the pipeline subcommittee,
can be taken up and relocated on new
routes-from the southwest to Illinois
or to Mississippi river points-whence
the oil can be moved on eastward by
combinations Of pipeline, rail and river
barge.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
"CO-OperGtiOn" Is
Ickes Request to
State Officials

WASHINGTON - OH CO. ordinator
Harold L. Ickes called on officials Of
the % oil producing states to provide,
through voluntary cooperation, suf-
ficient oil to maintain the vast fight
ing machine of the United Nations.
Gov. Leon G. Phillips, Oklahoma,
chairman Of the interstate oil compact
commission, was unanimously elected
temporary chairman Of the conference.
Ickes called upon the state officials
to back strong, active, effective state
laws" for conservation Of all petroleum
liquids. He said he regretted that every
oil producing state has not co-operated
IN this respect to date.
Ickes treasured the conference that
the federal government does not plan
to take over the oil industry OF to
usurp state regulatory prerogatives I'M
necessarily but he added:
Just as war requires national mo-
bilization Of all resources, the govern
ment has been forced to assume some
over oil production and con-
servation for purposes of efficiency"
He emphasized, however, that the
OPC to date has "requested'-not "or-
dered state cooperation with its
efforts.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
"GAS" DEALERS
I'm WASHINGTON
GET INCREASE

Gasoline dealers in Oregon and
Washington have been permitted to
adjust their prices to a level that will
yield them 3 cents a gallon above cost
in the event that they are not already
operating at a Scent margin. by the
OPA.
Thus far nothing has been done to
make allowance for increased trans
portation costs, now that the Pacific
northwest must get It's motor fuel and
fuel oil partly by rail and highway.
With proper price adjustments, in
lieu of lowered freight rates, Montana
refiners are in position to move a
large amount of refined products into
Washington but the California market
ers have chosen thus far to ration
gasoline rather than to admit new
supplies. 1t is reported that gasoline
from Spokane refineries has been re-
jected by western Washington market
ers> and an effort is being made to
get new federal ruling permitting
Spokane refineries to ship eastward.
The present rule does not allow the
expectation Of motor fuel out of these
states.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
DEEP WELLS
FIND 63 NEW
OIL HORIZONS

American oil men in 1871 drilled
more than 1900 miles Of hole, the
equivalent of a round-trip through the
earth to China, with 1000 miles TO
spare.
Depths OF individual wells range all
the way from a few hundred feet to
nearly three miles. The number of
deep wells, drilled to more than 10000
feet. has been increasing spectacularly
since the first one was completed In
1881. but the average depth of all
wells has moved only a few feet up
and down from 5000 feet in the last
Is years.
Since 1881 the petroleum industry
has drilled l,O44 wells below 10000 feet,
66S Of them in 1910 and 1871. At the
end Of 1871, so others scheduled to
pass 10000 feet were still drilling.
The industry's heaviest and most
modern equipment and materials are
used to drill these deep wells. Not
only have they discovered SO new oil
producing formations, but they also
have been Of great Importance In
shallower drilling and in the advance
ment of knowledge Of underground
geological structures.
OF particular Importance in the war
emergency is the fact that most Of
the deep fields developed by these wells
produce crude oil of extremely high
gravity, which is most useful in the
of approximation motor
fuels. Thirteen new deep oil-producing
formations were discovered in 1871.
Of the 361 deep wells completed last
year, BAT were between 10000 and |
II 900 feet deep; 81 were in the 1900
foot zone; IS in the 12,O0O-foot zone;
and two each in the 13,O00-foot and
Il, 000-foot zones. The 15,OO4-foot /
worlds record well drilled in 1888 is
The only one which has ever passed
5000 feet.
Two-thirds of the deep wells were
irilled in Louisiana, which had 244
competitions below 10000 feet; Texas
lad "a, California 80, and Alabama,
Michigan, Mississippi and west vir-
,inia one each.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
STOPPER Tells The Singing Truth

Gustav STOPPER, an economist with an
international reputation, writes in
letter to the New York Times regard
ing the policy of soaking corporations"
with excessive taxes "These taxes cut
entirely into the saving fund of the
nation. By thus cutting the reserves of
American industry we may create
CHASTITY consequences for the day when
we shall have to face the postwar
problems. By that time America will
have a huge industry with vastly ex-
banded capacity, and no working cap
ital to run it. Is that what the admin
istration and congress want?
1T is a transparent fallacy to believe
that huge corporation taxes contribute
anything to the fight against initiation.
No industrial corporation today is ca
pable of expanding for any but war
purposes. If any executive would be
reckless enough to think of other ex-
pansion, he would be faced with the
insuperable hurdle of lack of needed
materials and labor !"
That may not be pleasant reading
for those who ignorantly believe that
"the rich can pay for all war cost, but
it represents the exact facts. And think
ing men know that corporations are, for
the most part, made up of thousands
of small stockholders who have CO.
operatively invested their savings. That
is the American way, as against the
new order" way of having the govern
ment do all the investing, giving the
individual no opportunity to work out
his own destiny.
1t serves to point out the narrowing
opportunities for American people to
get ahead" None wants to invest in
a corporation which is to be bled white
Many people-the vast majority-have
no opportunity to participate in the
high wages and high profits of muni-
tions makers and workers. That is es-
pecially true in Montana. If price cell
ings make it impossible for those of
us in the "hinterland" to share in the
high profits of the armament program,
how can we possibly help pay for the
war when it is over?
We are hesitant about investing Our
money in corporation stocks or bonds.
We are unable to go into any NEW
enterprise, for there is none. Small
business cannot readily expand into
war work, except in very limited fields.
In any case, no opportunity is given
the individual investor.
What are we to do? Sit idly by dur
ing this period of unprecedented war
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18

Here's to the young lady from st. Paul,
Who went to a Birth Control Ban,
She bought all the Devices
At exorbitant prices
And nobody asked her at all.
Amt gonna do 1t for a nickle no more
From now on is cents Is gonna be
my price
And for 20 cents III do it twice
Shine mister2
They tell me that the Blank com
pany's new geologist has a right good
voice Is he cultivating it2"
Il can't say about the cultivating,
but I know he irrigates it frequently
The crushed driller had been lin
gering between life and death for sew
eral days.
II think he's recovering conscious
ness, doctor" the nurse reported. Hes
just tried to blow the foam off his
medicine"
Sign on a truck: ''This truck stops
for all r. R. crossings, redheads and
brunettes-and viii back up one-half
mile for blonde"
A widow is the most fortunate
woman in the world She knows all
about men, and all the men who know
anything about her are dead.
A celebrated lawyer once said that
the three most troublesome clients he
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18

ever had were a young lady who want
ed to be married, married woman
who wanted a divorce, and an old maid
who didn't know what she wanted
Sonny: Say dad, what does argu-
ment pro and con mean2"
Dad: Wei, my boy. pro is your
convincing and unanswerable state
ment, while the con is the contemp-
tible dribble of the other fellow"
The recruit, keeping guard, heard,
through the darkness, the sound of
an approaching horse.
Halt! Who goes thereP" he chal-
lenged.
The commanding officer" came the
reply.
'Dismount, sir. and advance to be
recognized" called the guard.
The officer did so, then he asked,
BY the way, who posted you here2"
NO one, sir" said the recruit, I'm
just practicing."
An old lady kept a parrot which
was always swearing. She put up with
this but on Sunday she kept a cover
over the cage-removing 1t on Mon
day morning. One Monday afternoon
she saw her minister coming toward
the house, so she again placed the
cover over the cage. AS the reverend
gentleman was about to step into the
0arlor, the parrot remarked: This has
0een damn short week"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18

pecting for new fields, and development
of proven fields is already halted in
many sections. This means normal de-
cline with no FLUSH" production to re-
place it. 1t is not impossible that this
country will face a severe oil shortage
before this thing is over.
That means that the man who owns
OIL LAND or an interest in oil land
(royalty) is destined to have participa-
ton in profits from his venture perhaps
during the war and surely after the
war when renewed drilling will bring
it to the fore. On top of that will come
deeper drilling in Montana factor
which may in the future produce $40
to every 81 heretofore yielded by Mon
tana fields.
Let ONE Devonian field be discov-
cred in Montana, and the value of oil
lands on every known structure will
double and treble overnight, for every
field will have Devonian test, there
after
The day of Devonian drilling is at
hand. There are few who are familiar
with the history of the few wells drilled
to the Devonian who do not believe
that the Devonian will prove produc-
tive What happened, as a precedent, in
Illinois can happen in Montana.
Montana is the great land of oppor-
tunity in the oil industry as it serves
a market area that will suffer no great
collapse when defense industries end
Its development thus far has been con-
fined to shallow horizons above the
"big lime" The history of other oil
states tells us that the greatest days
are ahead, when l0,OOO-foot drilling
arrives. Deeper drilling usually brings
oil of higher gravity, finer quality and
therefore more valuable. The best is in
the future-not in the past.
The man who invests in Montana oil
lands today, either in the purchase of
land in fee simple else the purchase of
royalties, is buying as much security,
in our opinion, as is obtainable. 1t is
not subject to excessive taxation and
the landowners share cannot be pro-
duced and sold without his approval.
1t is the one opportunity of which we
know for man to have any control
over his investment, in these days of
uncertainties.
If there is any who wishes to buy
either potential oil lands or divided min
eral interests therein, we will be very
glad to submit properties which we are
currently buying for our members.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
Middleton and
Cobb Meet With
Oil CO-OrdinGtOr

In attendance at a national confer
ence Of petroleum regulatory author
tiles in Washington on Tuesday was
A. B. Cobb, chairman Of the OH Con-
servation Board, and A. w. Middleton
chairman Of the Montana Railway
Commission. The meeting was called
By Petroleum Co-ordinator Ickes who
sought to confer with government rep
.resentatives Of various producing states
in mobilizing the oil resources of the
nation in cooperation with the OPC
for the duration Of the war emergency.
The state regulatory authorities are
concerned principally with problems Of
production and with conservation Of
petroleum at the source.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
TANK CAR MOVEMENTS

Daily tank car movements of pc
troleum and petroleum products to the
east coast reached another new high
Of 525,697 barrels during the week
ended April 4. Petroleum Co-ordinator
Harold L. Ickes announced. This is the
fifth consecutive week that new high
has been established. The previous rec
ord Of SCOOPS barrels per day was
established in the week ended March
"a.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
BOTTLED GAS TABOO

WASHINGTON-In Of new
liquified petroleum gas equipment,
commonly used for cooking and heat
ing in rural areas where gas from
central plants is not available, were
prohibited by the war production board.
installations begun before last, Jan. IA
may be completed, provided the job
is finished on or before May is.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
Carter Oil Is
Taking Leases
On Poplar Dome

Carter OIL Co. Of Tulsa has filed for
record leases on 14.023 acres Of leases
on Poplar structure, in northeastern
Montana, leased from Roosevelt coun-
ty. Considerable other land has been
leased in this county. The Texas Co.
has a considerable block, controlling
part Of the top Of Poplar dome. NO
development plans have been an
nounced.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-18
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS have been definitely proven in
dpensble in Montana. Every wildcat should have both
Madison and Devonan thighs" determined by reflection
seismograph before drilling begins.
DEEPER DRILLING essential write the real history Of
the Montana oil industry. The major source of Mon
petroleum is in formations BELOW THE BIG
LIME Abandonment of wells the Cat Greek horizon
stupidity No we'll should be considered completion
until it is drilled into the Devonian
Evening star., 1942-03-08
ROBERT kErNK STUDIOS

1t stayed in the same family for 1873
years, being added to from time to
time. About 80 years ago it was sold
to Lincoln's son. Robert Todd Lin
coin - and was always referred to
after that as the Lincoln house
When we bought it from the Lincoln
estate. we restored the lines of the
original house, opening up fireplaces
that had been bricked in, replacing
partitions that had been torn down"
In connection with the house, Mrs.
Woods demonstrates her practical
organizing ability. Money is not 30
plentiful in her household nowadays
and she has turned a west wing, built
by Lincoln's daughter. into separate
house - but you would not suspect
it. The old coach house was also
turned into a separate house. And
both have been satisfactorily rented.
Evening star., 1942-03-08

THE RECIPES which she gave US.
Mrs. Woods says, are nothing special
except that they are great favorites
among the household and guests.
These recipes are not everyday
ones, however, being inclined to the
luxury side; but they are exception
ally delicious. The cheese soup for
six, which in some sections of the
country would cost fifty-three cents,
can be combined with fruit salad
to make a complete and whole meal
and very good one. In that case
it becomes an economical luxury.
T.oenty bro,cnies, made by this
recipe at an approximate cost Of
sepenty-Gre cents, iriiI keep spien-
didly. If you scant to be a little
extraposant for your boy at camp,
try them: They ,giH not deterior-
ote on the spoy.
The vegetable stuffing is unusual
costs thirty-three cents = but it
is more wholesome than all-bread
stuffing because the vegetables con-
tribute special vitamins and minerals.
Mrs. Woods uses it for turkey; but
we have cut the recipe in half. in the
thought that our readers would find
it more practical as a stuffing for
chicken.
Evening star., 1942-03-08

number Of people staying for din
ner, sOhen one Of the boys turns
up Unexpectedly sCith his friends"
Two of Mrs. Woods's boys are in
the service, John the Oldest being an
ensign f1ier in the Navy while Alex
ander, the youngest, enlisted some
months back in the Army Medical
Corps. The middle boy Leonard,
senior at Dartmouth, and fourteen
year-old Carolie, are in school. The
girl is the artist of the family. II like
to watch her strong young hands at
work." Mrs. Woods says. and points
to an excellent head of one of the
boys - sculptured by Carolie.
The Woods house is old and inter-
esting. ''And love to have people
here who like old houses" Mrs.
Woods says. This house was built
in 1870 by Scotch tobacco merchant.
Evening star., 1942-03-08
CHEESE SOUP

n cup grated carrots
quart chicken stock or bouillon
u pound sharp American cheese,
grated
Salt and pepper
u cup light cream
Add carrots to stock and heat.
Add grated cheese and stir over low
heat until smooth. Season to taste.
Just before serving, add cream.
Approximate yield: 6 portions.
Evening star., 1942-03-08
SUGGESTED For SOLDIERS
Send them brownies.
Here's the recipe Of
Mrs. Arthur B. Woods
% 8s<zoe !&1.,.ea
NE of the u. S. Treasury's
hardest working volunteer

NE of the u. S. Treasury's
hardest working volunteer
~ promoters of Defense Bond
sales, is Mrs. Arthur 9. Woods. great
granddaughter of Alexander .Hamil-
ton. first Secretary of the Treasury.
A tall. willowy. golden-brown woman.
with chestnut t-colored hair and search
ing brown eyes, Mrs. Woods can do
many things well - run her house,
work for the Treasury Department.
and take an active part in our War
resef and defense programs. She is
also an excellent example of how to be
a wartime hostess, with a preference
for very simple menus and spontane-
Gus entertaining in her historic
Georgetown house.
There couldn't be more inter-
esting place than Washington is now."
Mrs. Woods says, Nearby her. in
charming houses with gardens at the
rear and the fronts opening on old
fashioned, brick-paved streets. live
some of Washington's most important
or interesting people - justices of
Supreme Court, the Librarian of Con-
gress, members of the State Depart
ment. The Woods house is haven
where they can come in informally.
"We're all oses," Mrs. Woods
ssxss. "We don't sesresate the
young people from the older ones.
There may very probably be a
Evening star., 1942-03-08
GLAZED BROWNIES

squares "a oz.) unsweetened
chocolate
cup butter
cups sugar
3eggs, beaten
Il teaspoon salt
teaspoon vanilla
cup broken nutmeats
cup sifted -four
u cup sifted confectioner's sugar
tablespoons lemon juice
tablespoon boiling water
Melt chocolate and butter together
over hot water. Remove from heat.
Add sugar, eggs, salt. vanilla and nut
meats; mix we'll. Add flour gradually,
mixing well. Bake in creased square
pan in moderate oven (35O0 F.) 45-5O
minutes. Mix confectioner's sugar.
lemon juice and boiling water until
smooth; spread on brownies while
warm. Cut in squares. Approximate
yield: 20 brownies.
Evening star., 1942-03-08
VEGETABLE STUFYING ron
POULTRY

VEGETABLE STUFHING ron
POULTRY
small onions
u bunch celery
green pepper
3 carrots
n pound green beans
tablespoons bacon fat
2 cups soft bread crumbs
~ teaspoons salt
n teaspoon paprika
~ teaspoons poultry seasoning
u teaspoon pepper
Put all vegetables through food
chopper. using next to finest knife.
Cook onions, celery and green peppers
in bacon fat until soft but not brown;
remove from heat. Add carrots, green
beans, bread crumbs and seasonings;
mix well. Approximate yield: enough
stuffing for 6-pound chicken.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-05-21

gram we're: Haydena Sherrard, Gwen
Oakley, Billy Jones Campbell, Erna
Amann, Margaret Dubard, Doris
Meeks, Jack Tucker, Mildred Sher-
rard, Rosa Wyse Forde, Annie Lloyd
Knight, Robert Cahoon, Mary Edna
Brown, and John Miller.
Holmes Junior College freshmen
and the eleventh grade, with the
aid of Miss Lottie PEBBLES and Miss
Martha Turner, sponsors, entertain
ed the college sophomores and higi
school seniors at a formal party and
dance in the college gym on Satur'
day evening at eight o'clock.
For the occasion, the gym was
artistically decorated in many gay
colors. Ar arbor, trimmed chiefly
with Dorothy Perkins roses and 9th.
err colors which blended, marked the
place where the punch bowl stood.
The eleventh grade, twelfth grade
freshman, and sophomore class of
ficers, with their sponsors, the stu
dent body officers, and President K
NJ Branch formed the receiving
line. After everyone assembled in
the gym, Miss Martha Turner de-
signated some of her physical edu-
cation students to lead the Crane
March, in which everyone participant
ed. After this some formed a circit
end the dancing began; others join
ed in various card games, and som,
chatted with their neighbors.
Sunday at noon, at the college
dining hall, all students finishing eli
Their high school or junior colleg'
and faculty members were honore'
at a dinner supervised by Mrs. Der
nice Rodgers, dietitian.
On the center tables vas a lara'
vase of white gladioli, white roses
and larkspur of various colors de
corated the other tables.
The menu consisted of buttere'
peas, creamed potatoes, fried chik
en-, stuffed eggs, rolls, salad, ice
tea, cake, and ice cream.
The text of the forceful messag'
brought by DR.. D. M. Nelson, o
Mississippi College, to the gradual
ing classes of Holmes County A. II
S. and Junior College on Sunda.
evening, May II, was Jesus Chris
the same yesterday, today, and for
ever" He applied these words to tn
time, and his message was beautiful
consoling, and inspiring. He told hoy
individuals, towns, cities, and eve
hills and valleys change, but tina
the Christ has ever been, and al
ways will be, the same. He sal
nations have tried Arbitration, In
| ternational Law, and the League o
Nations. and none of these hao
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-05-21

worked They should try the Ser
mon on the Mount, and the Law
of Christ to bring the world out OF
its chaos now.
Other numbers on the program
we're: Processional-"Narch', Men
delssohn, played by Miss Jean Bar
ton; Invocation, Rev. +. w. Ford;
America the Beautiful, Ward;
"He is Blessed, Soderman; Cher
ubim", Trach, by college choir; "Al
Hail the Power, Holden, by aud
fence; Benediction, Rev. f. c. Dris-
kell.
Holmes Junior College Music
Department, with Mrs. Martha Nc
Kie as director. presented the piano
students in a recital on Monday
evening, May is, at eight o'clock.
The program consisted of solos,
duets. and ensembles. Five pianos
were used in playing the ensembles,
america" by Carey and Hungary
Rapsodie Mignonne" by Koelnng.
The students who performed were:
John Howard Douglas, Jean WhaleV,
Virginia Wilkes, Grace Lucas. Es-
Their Helm, Louise Dunlap, Jane Will
burn, Rosa Wyse Forde, and Edith
Mcdaniel.
The regular preaching service of
Goodman Baptist Church on last
Sunday morning, May 3, vas devot-
ed to the ordination of Clark Nc
| Murray, a student of Holmes Junior
College.
On Saturday evening McMurray
went before a council of Baptist
ministers from nearby churches and
was questioned by them in preara-
ton for the service on Sunday
morning. DR.. P. l. Lipsey, Of Jack
son, Miss, preached the ordination
sermon, in which he explained brief
ly, but clearly, the literature and
teachings of the Bible. He stressed
the Importance of mans being the
master of his profession and said
if he were, he was an artist in his
chosen field. The Rev. M a o n
Flowers, pastor of the Goodman
Baptist Church, very impressively
conferred the holy orders. The SER
vice was closed by the laying on Of
hands by the two ministers present
and the deacons of the church and by
McMurray's many friends shaking
hands with him and wishing him
well.