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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
PRIORTTTES ARE
BECOMING LESS
OF A HEADACHE

Cut Bank operators were this week
breathing more easily as they began
to function under the M-68 and the
P-98 rules laid down by the OPM for
securing supplies. They now prepare
their orders for equipment for presen-
tation to the supply house, with proper
endorsement, mail them to the Denver
office of the OPC for approval and
in three days they are back via air
mail. The order is then delivered by
the supply house in the regular order
of business. 1t is necessary that the
well for which the equipment is need
ed is located on 40 acres on which
there is no other producing well, in
the oil district, and on a 640-acre tract
in gas fields.
Thus far there Is no requirement as
to spacing. The well is supposed to
conform to uniform spacing" At
present the spacing arrangement varies
in fields and pools. There are three
methods of spacing in different parts
of Cut Bank: centers Of 40-acre tracts
In the north end; 40 feet from the
line in central Cut Bank and $50 feet
from the line in the new Tribal pool.
Thus far, OPC has not interpreted the
pm dioC I4h4O4AA oPAOAA5 040 IVA
tions are going through in all three
patterns, in the respective pools.
Featured in this weeks news is the
continued flow of the Santa Rita
Tribal No. Is well on the north end
of the Lander trend" continuing to
flow SO barrels per day. 1t started
With I'm initial of 557 barrels in the
first "a hours, swabbing and flowing.
It is the best completion thus far of
the year 1912.
Two competitions were registered:
TexacO- Bonnet No. 5, CIVIL SEA SCI
7-32-5W, which had an indicated "a
hour swab record of 100 barrels. 1t is
expected to be an average well. 1t
bottoms at 1898, with 7-inch pipe ce-
mented at 1887. It had fluid level Of
1900 feet and win be shot with nitro
glycerin before it is put on production.
Frances OiI-Tribal 201 No. 2, Sc
SEA NEa 3O-32-5W, is the second COM
pletion. It swabbed 95 barrels in "a
hours, from a fluid level of 1900 feet.
It was shot with 40 quarts of nitro
ylycerin. With 7-inch pipe cemented
1t 1859 it had Sunburst sand from
1926 to 2875; upper Cut Bank from
1880 to 1908 and lower Cut Bank from
1908 to 2911. Ellis, 2911; hole bottoms
It 1928.
Cobb-Jeffries-S Stuff No. 2, NE SCI
YEA 3-35-6W, is still cleaning out. The
Continued on Page Four)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
Cut Bank Producer IS
Chairman New Oil Board

A. B. Cobb, Cut Bank producer
and head Of Home OIL Co., was
elected chairman of the Oil Con-
servation Board of Montana at the
first meeting Of the newly appoint
ed board chosen by Gov. Sam C.
Ford.
Lee J. YeaIey, Shelby producer,
was named vice chairman and r.
p. Jackson of Great Falls was re-
elected secretary.
Present at the meeting were
four Of the five app0intees, includ-
ing Cobb, Yealey, NJ r. Wagner,
Cut Bank producer, and Dean
Chaffin, Bozeman business man
who represents the governor and
the public on the board. Casper +.
Oien, the fifth member, is in Call
fOrnia and viii not return until
spring. Meantime, however, he has
filed his acceptance Of office with
Governor Ford.
The board spent five hours In dis.
cussing the regulation of production
under the rules of the Office Of Pc
5roleum Co-ordinator. Secretary Jack
son reported that the January produc-
ion was approximately 21,5O0 barrels
as recommended. The February allow
able is 2O,400 barrels although the
BOARD recommended 81 500. No order OF
has been issued to pro-
ulcers, since competitions have been
'ew and there is little flush produc-
ion in the principal fields.
In fixing allowables, the state board
expects to maintain the status OF
'stripper wells" as defined by the
,oard in 1884. OF the 1913 wells OPP
rating in Montana in December, 1871,
bout 80 percent were in the 'stripper'
lass as defined by the boards Cir
;ular No. 3, and a large percentage
# the remainder would be only slight
Y above the "stripper" limit.
Pipeline companies are now furnish
ng the board weekly reports Of oil
'uns by leases and the board hopes
or the present to supervise oil runs
o there will be no disturbance of eS-
ablished producing and marketing ar
to any extent detrimental
D the defense producing program.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
Urges Rail Use to
MOUe Products
To Puget Sound

Petroleum Co-ordinator Harold L
Ickes acted recently to stimulate raj
movement of petroleum products into
the Pacific northwest by authorizing
! the formulation of plans which will
result in all elements of the oil in
dustry on the Pacific coast sharing
alike the added costs Of tank car trans
portation.
The authorization was contained In
formal recommendation mo. $50 adj
dressed to the industry transportation
committee for district Pacific COAST
It's issuance followed the co-ordinator' IS
earlier request to oil companies oper-
ating in the Pacific northwest to in
tensify their use Of tank cars as a
means of offsetting wartime Interrupt
tions in the normal method Of supply
ing that area by tank ship from Cali
fornia.
Specifically, the recommendation di-
rected the transportation committee
l. To prepare a plan 'for the equit-
able distribution, among all persons
affected, Of the excess costs Of trans
portation Of petroleum and petroleum
products in, to, or from the Pacific
coast area by railroad tank cars or
other alternative means of transpor-
tation, or any combinations thereof,
over transportation by tanker under
the maritime commission charter rate
ceilings"
2. Upon approval of the plan by the
chief counsel, office of petroleum CO.
ordinator, to carry 1t into effect in
cooperation with all persons engaged
In the petroleum industry who are or
may be affected by an increase in the
cost Of transporting petroleum in, to,
or from the district.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14

Mountain Chief gave a long prayer
in dedication Of the drilling operation
and in this prayer he related dream
| of his father, Mountain Chief, whose
declining years saw the once rich
tribe impoverished as the white men
took over the great buffalo ranges
which the three tribes, Blackfeet. Pie
gans and Blood Indians had success
fully defended from all other invaders
With the loss Of this range, the tribes
men became impoverished.
While lamenting the sad fate Of his
people, the venerable Mountain Chief
had a dream which he described to
his son who was to succeed him. He
saw in his dream his impoverished
people, when suddenly there appeared
wealth rolling out Of the ground. Again
his people we're the richest tribe Of
the plains and he awoke with the
shouts of the Blackfeet tribesmen in
his memory.
That was many years before oil was
known to the Blackfeet Indians, and
the younger Mountain Chief, then 70
years old and totally blind, said that
he knew that the vision Of wealth roll
ing from the ground meant liquid gold
or oil
The ONeil well did not find oil and
none was more Saddened than Noun
tain Chief but he stoutly maintained
that the vision would come true-as 1t
did. He lived TO know that wealth
rolled from the ground and this same
Tip" ONeil was the one who brought
the dream to fllfillment.
The writer was present at the his
toric start Of the first well on the
Blackfeet Indian reservation and the
prayer was interpreted for the writer
as the venerable chieftain spoke.
came the ceremony Of con-
ferring blessings on participants in
the operation. Among those blessed"
and made members Of the tribe were
Dana Hogan, whose blessing has
brought him the ranking Of a million
aire and one Of the leading independ-
emit producers of California. Another
who was taken into the tribe was
Bill" Mccullough, veteran contractor
and producer Of Cut Bank.
Mountain Chief passed away at the
age Of "a years, happy In the
that the royalties from
5lackfeet Indian lands viii insure his |
people against future want
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
FRANNIE FIELD
WELL SWAPS 300
BARRELS PER DAY

CASPER-Kirk Oil Co.'S Govern
ment No we'll in Frannie dome, NV
SW4 SW3 24-58N- 98W, is now going
on production after swabbing 300 bar
rels in initial test. 1t bottoms at 2844
in the Madison lime.
Continental Oil-N. P. No. 8, Sc NWa
NW4 23-58N-98W, is nearing compile
ton at 1894 feet.
Husky Refining Stump NO 2 wen
at Cody dome failed to find oil in
Embar lime. even after acidization with
1900 gallons. Location is in SW4 SW3
21-53N-101W. Drilling continues to the
Tensleep, now at 4545 feet. The Embar
horizon which showed no porosity was
at 1895
The Frannie wells were the only
competitions of the week in Wyoming.
Byron Dome
Ohio-Hoskins NO. 1, NE SWa SEA
15-56N-97W, drilling, 2648.
Circle Ridge
Continental Oil-Shoshone Indian No.
2, Sc NE4 SCI 1-6N-3W, is still shut
down at 379.
East Ferris
Sinclair wyoming No. CSC, Sc SEA
NW3 25-26N-87W, drilling, 1900.
Garland Field
Ohio Utah wyoming Con- No. 8, Lot
81, Sec. S3-56N-97W, drilling, $3.50.
Lost Soldier
Sinclair Wyoming No. 104, SW NW3
NWa 11-26N-9OW, drilling, 3410.
Dome
Sinclair-Unit No. ga, c NW4 NE4
34-26N- 88W, deepening after showing
30 barrels in the Tensleep at 4521 feet.
1t was treated with 5000 gallons of
acid.
Lance Greek
Mackinnie-Taylor NO. 4, SW SW4
SW3 25-36N-65W, is spudding This
is one of the locations released by the
act which compromised the
suit to invalidate leases
arising out of oil placer claims. Forty
wells will be drilled in the formerly
disputed area, giving some needed high
gravity oil production.
Buck Greek -Rodeo-lease 4 No. 8,
NE SCI NE4 35-36N-65W, bottoms at
400 in the Sundance.
Buck Creek-Apex lease l NO. 6, G
0W3 NE3 34-36N-65W, drilling, 1865,
lbove Leo horizon.
Cow Gulch-Nelson No. 1, G SEA SWa
9-35N-65W, drilling, $500, nearing Leo
and.
Sinclair Wyoming Unit No. "A, G
SWa NEa 34-26N-88W, has rig up
IBrien Springs
Continental-Jo Johnson Govt. No. /, Sc
;Ea Sws 1-24N-ssW, drilling, 5000. in
sand.
'ilOt Butte
Superior Oil-Tribal No. /, Sc Sci
IVA 15-SN-1W, drilling in Embar at
$50.
ihawnee Structure
Harry Free ct al-Jeffryes, SW SWa !
wa 26-32N-69W, preparing to install
eavier equipment to test Frontier
ands.
herard Dome
Sinclair wyoming Carter No. 1, NE S
E4 SCI 31-26N-88W, shut down at
BOT waiting for rotary. !
Vertz Field I
Sinclair Wyoming Unit No. 25-A, NE {
Ea Swa 6-26N-89W, is testing Ten
eep at 1914.
Sinclair wyoming Unit No. 24-A,
w NW1 SW4 T-26N-89W, drilling, ]
ITO. ]
Sinclair Wyoming Unit No. 27-A, Sc ]
wa SW4 6-26N-89W, drilling, $3.50. {
Sinclair Wyoming Unit No. 28-A, NE {
wa SEA I-26N -90W, and Unit 29-A. I
"a NEa 1-26N-9Ow, are sti1 locations. I
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
Asks More Fuel
Oil On East Coast

WASHINGTON-Ralph Davies, dep
uty oil co-ordinator, demanded that
the oil industry take immediate action
to build up stocks OF industrial fuel
oil on the east coast by converting to
its transportation available facilities
now used for gasoline and like products.
Davies said he had telegraphed the
heads Of is oil companies calling at
tention to the declining stocks Of fuel
oil on the east coast needed by war
and other heavy industries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14

Here picture snapped by Dana Hogan showing the participants
from right and at the end Of the vaky his tool Between
oil field at MCuIughs right Hughes who had hand getting the
younger beside interpreter.
o he dream of his true
prayer spudding L
Zine In
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
Gas Production in 1941 in
State IT Billion Cubic Feet


OF
considerable Of
totals
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14

The second United States census
In 1900 showed the nation had pop
ulation Of 5000. 483, compared TO 81
929 ,214 ten years earlier. The increase
rate was 351 percent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14

A. A. Oil Co.. drilling north OF the
West Butte of the SweetgrasS Hills,
is understanding casing. preparing to
test gas flow in the Bow Island
sand, and to shut off caving shalea
In the sandy member above the sand.
There is now a gas flow Of about L.
100000 cubic feet per day.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-14
RATION RETREADs

WASHINGTON ationing Of re-
treaded and recapped tires win begin
Feb. 10, Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson disclosed.
Evening star., 1942-05-04

definitely that he believes in a
Nazi victory and that a Nazi
victory would revive France and
make her again one Of the fore
most powers of Europe.
Admiral Jean Darlan, head of
all French armed forces, has ar
rived in Paris and established
his temporary headquarters
until the whole government moves
back to the historic capital-in
the Elysee Palace, former resi-
dence Of French Presidents. He
will shuttle back and forth be-
tween Paris and Vichy until the
seat Of government is trans
ferred.
French Police Organized.
During his last trip to Paris
Admiral Darlan had . lengthy
interview with Field Marshal
Karl Rudolf Gerd Won Rundstedt
and Prince Eugene Won Waldeck,
the new high commissioner in
charge Of all military and
Gestapo police in France.
The French police are now be-
ing organized under the author
ity Of CASTOR Bousquet, under
secretary Of the home depart
ment, who will work in close CO.
operation with the Nazi Prince
Won Waldeck, who is q cousin
Of Queen Wilhelmina Of the
Netherlands.
The new Vichy secretary Of
aviation, Gen. Jannequin, has
been dispatched on an inspection
tour to North Africa. He COM
manded the French Air Force in
Syria before that mandated ter
ritory was occupied by a British
Free French force and 1t was
he who precipitated the conflict
in that area by placing the air
fields Of Syria and Lebanon at
the disposal Of the Luftwaffe.
Gen. Jannequin is now reported
to be at Dakar. inspecting the
Evening star., 1942-05-04

impulse to break of diplomatic
relations. In other countries
Nazi propaganda is to the effect
that America Is 50 weak it does
not dare break OH relations for
fear of the consequences.
Our own arguments, particu-
larly that continuation of diplo-
matte relations with Vichy means
the French fleet will not go with
the Nazis, are also being ex-
plotted. The Nazi propagandists
tell the recalcitrant conquered
Europeans that the United Ma
tions, with their alleged huge
naval power, are scared to death
Of the addition Of q small fleet
like the French to the Axis.
To us in the United States all
this is without consequence. We
know our strength. But in Eu-
rope that propaganda may have
dire results for our cause. ...
Evening star., 1942-05-04
Emmons Warns Hawaii
May Be Bombed Heavily
By the Associated Press.

oS VIC ASoOClAIcd freSs.
HONOLULU, May 4.-The Hawa-
Ian Islands may be bombed again
and again by strong enemy forces,
1t. Gen. Delos c. Emmons, COM
mander of the Hawaiian depart
ment, told 1000 afraid wardens at
a massed review yesterday.
"War has come very close to the
civilian he said. Battle lines no
longer are remote but Immediately
around us. The civilian must as
sumo duty along with the soldier
and it is gratifying to see you men
and women have accepted response
bility.
'We must not be complacent and
assume we are immune to attack.
The strategic location and impor-
tance of these islands indicate that
we may be bombed again and again.
and in strength.
Our defensive forces are well
trained and constantly on the alert.
They will inf1ict heavy damage on
the enemy, but it Is too muchi to
expect we will escape damage.
Among the things you can do to
limit the success of the enemy are
to give warnings, look out for the
safety and welfare of the civil popu-
lation, bolster their assurance and
confidence, care for the wounded
and assist in discovering and con-
trolling fires"
Evening star., 1942-05-04
The Great Game of Politics
Overstoffine Of Federal Offices Held
Hundicup to Notions War Effort

tween the size Of the establishment
and the efficiency of the effort
should become somebody's business.
Up to now, it just has not been
anybody's business The heads Of
all the agencies, boards divisions and
commissions have gone steadily
ahead manning their organizations
without regard to expense, number
or the possibility Of overlapping.
There is no coordination and there
is no co-ordinator. In consequence,
there is bewilderment and incom-
potency almost beyond belief. Sem
ators and members of Congress,
taking advantage of the open door
and the unlimited money, have put
thousands of constituents in jobs.
AS priorities and shortages squeeze
out small business and create un-
employment, hordes Of the idle come
here and the pressure for places is
very great.
Publicity Corps Criticized.
Particularly is this 50 with the
multitudinous propaganda, infor-
nation and publicity agencies, which
are the haven of all sorts of alleged
literary, journalistic and artistic
gentlemen supposed to be doing
war work." but actually in each
others way doing nothing worth
while at all
1t, Of course, is impossible for the
President to know much about this
situation or to bother personally
with it II he did. Yet it is a detri-
ment to the war effort. 1t not only
diminishes efficiency, but wastes
money at time when we need
every dollar of revenue we can get
from any source.
There are always exceptions, but
it is literally true to say that, in
general, every war agency in Wash
ington is overmanned and that the
whole business would function bet
ter II this were not the case.
In the peaceful days of his first
two terms, Mr.. Roosevelt from time
to time used to appoint a represent
ative whose job was to bring order
out of the New Deal disorder and
coordinate its activities. The pres
ent Postmaster General, Mr.. Frank
Walker, made three distinct efforts
Of the sort with no success what
ever, largely because he had no real
authority.
But this is war and coordination
is infinitely more vital than before.
At the moment there seem few
things more important than check
ing the waste and confusion here
before it becomes completely un-
controllable.
If the President could be induced
to name an able, qualified man and
clothe him with full power he could
make a very great contribution
merely by wedding out and co-ordi-
mating. The need grows with every
week. ...
Evening star., 1942-05-04
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Only after the arrival of Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, Amer
lean Ambassador to France who
has been called home for CON
sultation," will the administra-
ton decide the nature of our
future relations with France
that is, whether we will continue
to be represented by q Charge
d'Affaires in Vichy or whether
the entire diplomatic mission will
be withdrawn and all relations
broken OF.
Policy trainers in the State
Department are reluctant to take
any drastic diplomatic action
against the government headed
by "Gauleiter Pierre Laval.
The Vichy Premier has fol-
lowed his Berlin bosses policy
Of utmost frankness. In his
speeches he has, told the world
Evening star., 1942-05-04
This Changing World
LovoIs Cooperation Expected to Give Hitler
All Men and Material France Possesses

defenses of that important naval
base.
AL these movements, together
with the reported appointment OF
the former French Ambassador
to Washington, Georges Bon
net, a strong Lavalist. as Am
bassador to Ankara, IS indica-
tive of how Laval Is preparing
to cooperate with the Nazis.
An incident which occurred in
France the day Laval made his
principal speech was reported to
Washington last week. Loud
speakers were placed in every
small town in Occupied and Un-
occupied France to enable the
inhabitants to listen to the new
Premier. Posters, bearing the
inscription Don't listen to Laval,
because through him Hitler
speaks" appeared the next day
under these loud speakers.
1t seems obvious to most peo-
ple-except some officials in
Washington-that Laval is pre-
pared to cooperate with the
Axis and will place at Hitler's
disposal every conceivable re-
source in manpower and war ma
terrell which France possesses.
Military quarters discount the
view of some official quarters in
Washington that a break with
Vichy would deprive our intel
1igence services of important
sources of information.
On the other hand, there are
plenty of indications that the
return of pro-Axis Laval is be-
ing exploited by the Goebbels
propaganda machine, not only
in France but also in other oc-
cupied countries.
In France the Nazis paint La
val as a French patriot, whose
honesty of purpose the United
States has so well understood
that 1t has not followed its first
Evening star., 1942-05-04

escaped from Greece and made his
way to Cairo.
Prime Minister and Foreign Min
ister e. j. Tsouderos takes over the
Navy, Air and War Ministry port
folios in the new cabinet. S. Dimi-
trakakis, temporary War Minister,
becomes Minister of Justice. Dimi-
trakakis, will 60 to the United
States soon on a special mission.
Kannellopoulos, former professor
OF sociology at Athens University,
was exiled by the Metaxas regime
but returned and fought with the
army when Italy attacked Greece.
He Is the leader of the National
Union party. 1t was announced he
would remain here to represent the
Greek government,
Evening star., 1942-05-04

ment OF the now existing status
would be. If the offer which
the Free French News Agency
published Thursday is correct,
such a peace would amount to a
tremendous victory for the Fas-
cist alliance. 1t would leave
Germany the control of the
whole of Europe, a free hand in
Russia, and vast empire over
seas.
Such peace is, of course, in
supportable, and of course it
would only be a breathing space
during which Germany could
prepare to strike again in two or
three years for the conquest of
the world And, of course, it
would have huge consequences
inside all nations; for the exist
ence in the center of the world
of Fascist bloc embracing half
a billion people, without the
European colonies, would give an
upper hand to all the Fascists in
Britain and the Americas.
Even the so-called advantages
offered, for instance arrange
ments for trade between the
three empires" would open the
world to Fascist penetration.
For-as Douglas Miller trench
antly points out-you can't trade
in any ordinary way with the
Nazi-Fascist setup, but would
have to organize along their
lines.
Peace Move Analysed.
Now this peace offensive is
unusual in that it is accompanied
by a demonstration, not Of
strength, but Of weakness.
The defeat of Germany in the
last winter campaign on the
western front is not final, but it
is very real. On some important
points, for instance between
Vitebsk and Bryansk, the Ger
man armies are now standing
where they stood at the end Of
July, 1941. And up to now they
have not regained the initiative.
Furthermore, the air superb
ority Of the British appears OBJ
vious, and every forecast for the
development of air power is on
our side. So the German offer
that we acknowledge her victory
comes at an awkward moment
for Germany.
But has Germany any political
weapons, any plan for a political
offensive, which she is likely to
make? t'. sr
I think yes, and I think we
shall go through it this summer.
1t is to be discerned from what
Germany is telling her own peo-
pie and allowing the world to
hear.
For Germany is in the odd situ-
alton Of being able-she thinks