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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

BY NEA Service
CARLISLE, Pa, Oct. 8 -
Americas soldiers who are
wounded in battle are going to
get the worlds best medical
care, and they're going to get
1t with a speed which their faith
ers who fought in France would
not have believed possible. You
know this after only brief visit
to Carlisle Barracks, the medi-
cal "West Point" of the United
States Army.
The know-how of these service
doctors is not a result of mere
book-learning. At q recent field
demonstration for the benefit of
visiting press contingent, these
medicos showed that, under con-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

The medical soldier in the arc
tic rescue unit hurries to a cas-
ualty on skis. Then he puts on
slower, steadier snow shoes,
which he carries with him, fits
folding litter onto his skis, and
pulls the wounded man across
the snow to the nearest medical
installation.
In mountain warfare. the
much-maligned Army mule gets
another chance to prove his
worth. He becomes a plodding,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

ments awaited the nimble fin
gers of the service doctors. In a
nearby tent, dentists stood rea-
dy to give immediate service.
Here the daytime demonstra-
ton ended. But that evening
there was a blackout evacuation
to train these doctors in the
techniques so often necessary in
actual warfare. Litter carriers
struggled over rough, black ter
rain. Ambulances crept to the
collecting station with the aid
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

sure-footed ambulance by means
of a fire hitler that can be fit
ted securely onto padded
wooden mule pack. Mountain
medical equipment also includes
block and tackle in case the
wounded must be moved over
otherwise impossible cliffs.
For open field stretches and
deserts, the standard canvas lit
tiers can be fitted on new style
jeep frames. Huge new ambu-
lances make mass evacuation of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

the Army, he = SEaduu3od
the field. -
Since the establishmeat q =
Medical Field Services \ -
here on Sept. !. le3o. pee1 -
$4,000 medical man have
through the courses. Inssdd4
to this direct training. NJ c.
Isle Barracks produces allI e.
Army's movies dealing VIM ~
itary medicine. S:s..''
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

the wounded possible in q min
imum of time.
ARMY MEDICAL 80
MOVIES MADE HERE
The doctors at these bar
racks are both students and
teachers. Here the civilian doc
tor who is called to service gets
the special training and indoc-
trination necessary to fit him in
to the modern military machine.
A month after his induction into
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08

ABOVE familiar football training gadget Army medical
officers comfortably rough ground
In photo BELOW: War
old Army mule still plods along
This Ambulance Is equipped with
wire litter for carrying wounded men over mountain
trails.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Belt Mountains
Fertile Field
For PrOsDectOrS

B. G. Hines, oldtime prospector of
the Yogo county. out Of Windham
Judith Basin county, was a visitor in
Great Falls this week. He has his own
assay outfit and does his own engineer
ing, prospecting and development
work. He is anxiously awaiting some
development Of the Running Wolf
iron ore deposits.
That iron range is "a miles long
and II miles wide, he said. ''It ex-
tends from Sage Creek to Kings Hill
asd I believe that iron ore will be
mined throughout that area"
He says that the Little Belt noun
tainS are rich with strategic minerals
including quantities Of copper which
are awaiting the prospector's pick. In
addition, he says, he has found
bismuth, tungsten in garnet ore, some
tin and other indications of critical
materials which can be made available
to the war effort only by an army of
oldfashioned prospectors who are will
ing to work.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
EXPECT MINERS TO
BE RETURNED TO
THEIR OLD JOBS

It is rumored that there win shortly
be many more miners at work In
strategic mineral mines Of Montana as
a result Of orders of the War Man
power Commission which plans to re-
store men to their former Jobs. This
is said TO be in addition to the order
freezing" miners In non-ferrous
metal mining, milling, smelling and
refining In Montana, wyoming and
other western states. Under this latter
order, migration Of workers is ended
and "pirating" of workers by other
war industry is forbidden. A worker
can get a certificate Of separation"
from the q. S. Employment Service If
he is competent to perform higher
skilled work than his current en-
ployer is able or willing to provide, or
when he is. employed for a substantial
period at less than full time, or when
the distance between his residence
and place Of employment is unreason-
ably great.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
HOUdry Designs
Quick Process
To Make Rubber

WASHINGTON-Using less than 25
percent of critical materials, enough
Houdry quick butadiene" process
units, of 15,000-ton capacity each,
could be constructed within nine
months to make 100000 tons of buta-
diene which could be converted into
100000 tons of synthetic rubber, ac-
cording to Houdry Process Corp ex-
ecutive vice president, A. E. Pew, Jr.
Advantages of these 15,OOO-ton units,
he said, are: Elimination of charging
stock transportation; elimination Of
additional plants for manufacture of
butylene used in thermal quick buta-
diene" process and much refinery
equipment already built is adaptable.
Houdry has designed a STANDARD
unit" to produce $4,000 tons yearly of
butadiene and considers this most ef-
ficient Of large-size units, but it re-
quires more critical materials than
the 15,000-ton quick butadiene" unit.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Transfer of Oil
Equipment Talked

With the materials problem growing
more critical the Office Of Petroleum
C0-ordinator Is now considering shut
ting In wells IN some areas and trans
ferTing equipment TO other sections
where more oil could be produced per
unit Of equipment, according to re-
ports from Washington.
The production division Of OPC is
planning a nationwide survey Of the
possibilities Of reclaiming oil field
equipment for more important war
uses.
The plan involves the production Of
a field allowable by as few wells as
possible, with the equipment from
other wells In that field transferred
to other producing areas. G. n.
Vaughn, formerly Director Of Produc-
ton for District 3, win have charge
If the survey.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
RGtiOning of
Gasoline Isn't
So DANGEROUS

Montana refiners expressed no grave
concern over the proposed national
gasoline rationing this week although
they joined in protest against any such
stringent curtailment for western
states as is in force in eastern states
where there is an acute shortage Of
gasoline. Owing to long distances
people must travel to get anywhere in
the western states, and the utter de-
pendence of all essential industries,
mining and agriculture, on autotmo-
tive travel will not greatly alter the
gasoline market, they say.
1t means, however, that Montana
representatives will be called upon to
present the situation to the rationing
authorities, whenever the proper
authorities are designated. The Baruch
committee referred to a new" type Of
rationing. A battle is already under
way between OPA and ODT. 1t is the
purpose of Leon Trotsky Henderson
of OPA to restrict automobile use and
the idea of the Baruch committee
and ODT to provide civilian trans
portation by private automobile. On
the radio Sunday, Henderson over
looked the recommendation of the
Baruch committee that tires be pro-
vided for civilian driving and disre-
garded entirely the criticism of failure
TO provide for tire requirements in the |
tire rationing program to date.
There is none who believes that the +
four gallon weekly program proposed +
BY OPA viii ever be brought into the
West. The state Of Texas and other
large oil producing states are yet to
be reckoned with, not to mention the
Office Of Petroleum Coordinator which
win not allow the oil industry to be
wrecked by hair-brained schemes.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
RFC Will Pau
Losses on Oil
On East Coast

WASHINGTON-T is the RFC
formula for compensating oil compa-
nies for war-added costs of supplying
the east coast:
RFC viii pay the difference between
ID the product value at actual origin
(that is. the sellers price provided it
is not above applicable ceilings or pre-
vailing market), plus the cost of sub
stitute transportation to a destination
in district 1, and (2) the value Of a
similar product at the Texas gulf
determined by OPA's ceilings, plus the
cost Of moving such product to the
same destination in district l by trans
portation facilities which would have
been used when tankers were operat-
ing normally-that Is, by the normal
method of transportation"
Claims for extra costs may be filed
by any person who produces, manu-
features, acquires or purchases crude
Dr. compensate products in districts 2
0r 3 and imports the same, by substi-
5ute method of transportation, for
or sale within district l."
Any consumer who, for II months
prior to June 80, 1941, regularly inn
'orted" products for his own use may
lie claims for extra costs. However,
10 governmental agency, either fed
raj, state or local, may file claims"
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
ReUiUGL Starts
AtDeL Bonita

Revived interest in the Del Bonita
field, on the Twin Rivers fold on the
north side of the Montana-Alberta
border has followed the discovery Of
oil on the Montana side In the
Reagan-Tribal No. / well. Alberta
Washington Oil Co. has erected steel
derrick and is drilling on LSD IL of
Sec. l8-1-21W-4, half a mile west of
Terminal No. /.
Oil from the Del Bonita producers
is being trucked to Lethbridge to be
refined in the Huff refinery, and there
is q market for all the oil that can
be produced.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Montana Has
Materials for
The Plastic Age

With its vast deposits of coal and
oil, the state Of Montana faces the
industrial future with a smile because
coal and oil are the basis of new
materials which will serve thousands
of other purposes than heating and
propulsion of motor vehicles.
The loss of our natural rubber is
leading to the creation of a vast new
synthetic rubber industry. Some kinds
of synthetic rubber are made from oil
derivatives. Other kinds are made of
derivatives of coal. All the various
synthetic rubbers have special and
important uses. And the chemists are
certain that, in time, we will have an
abundant supply of artificial rubber
which will be superior in all ways to
the natural product
We are just on the verge of what
might be termed the plastic age"
Again, coal and oil enter prominently
into the picture They are the basis
Of long list of plastics which viii be
used for an astonishing variety of
purposes in the future Plastic autos,
plastic airplanes. plastic window glass,
plastic furniture, plastic home utensils
these are but few of the revolu-
ionary chemical developments of the
ime.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Airport Site in
DOOdLebug Pool

The Tarrant-McPheter wildcat well
near Kalispell, reported to have show
ings of residual oil last week, adjoins
the site of the Kalispel airport on
which work is progressing as part
Of the governments plan of satellite
fields along the Canadian border.
The well has been drilling In quick
sand from the start and Is now down
to 5-3/16-inch hole. It is a doodle
bug" location promoted by local land
owners and drilled for them by Tar
rant, and the operator of the magic
oil locator says the airport as well as
the McPheters farm is oil land. The
showings found were petroleum and
not swamp oil, observers say, but the
formation is not capable of carrying
oil in commercial quantities.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Western States
Voice Protests
Gas RGtiOning

AUSTIN, Tex.-Gov. Coke Stevenson
of Texas and the highway commission
ers of II western states joined to fur
ther their protests of projected extern
sion of gasoline rationing.
State Highway Commissioner r. L.
Bobbitt of Texas, president of the
Western Association of Highway Of
ficials. said the organization would
appeal to the president and members
of congress.
The organization which Bobbitt
heads includes Texas, New Mexico,
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah,
Idaho. Nevada, Arizona, California,
Washington and Oregon.
Blanket and drastic rationing in
these regions viii almost wreck the
general economic situation essential
to successfully carrying on our war
effort" said Bobbitt.
'These sections of the country lack
adequate transportation facilities ex-
cepting private automobiles, and the
distances people must travel in es-
sential business greatly exceeds ne
mileage in the east and north"
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Tells How to
Save Your Tires

President Roosevelt made public
prepared by the Automotive
and Rubber Industry Tire Committee
of the Society of Automotive Engineers
showing the normal life of tire is
doubled when the average driving
speed is reduced from 40 to 20 miles
an hour, and tires of car driven at
80 miles an hour have life of 14O
miles-an-hour figure as equaling 100
in the life of tire, also showed
driving speed of so miles an hour cuts
the life of a tire to 20 percent, so
miles to so percent, 10 miles to 80
percent, and 80 miles to IS percent Of
normal life
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
u. Is PULLING
HEAVILY UPON
CRITICAL FIELDS

The drop Of 9,200 bbl daily in Oct
ober's recommended production rate
for Illinois is due TO the inability of
Illinois fields to produce, according to
the OPC Illinois is producing at ca
pacity and has been allowed a special
exception to the WPB M-68 rules but
production continues to decline at a
critical point where it is most needed,
in the Chicago area
Drop of Illinois production leaves
Canada with virtually no crude from
a nearby source excepting Montana
Montana was given an increase to "a
400 bbl per day for october but pro-
ducers fear that this state also viii be
unable to make the recommended
amount Of oil. Producers point out that
there is little new drilling and there
fore not much probability of flush pro-
duction to bring up the October pro-
duction which was intended to help
supply the Canadian market as well
as care for the Dakota markets which
are the most distant western points
away from the midcontinent. Tank
car diversion deprives the Dakotas Of
motor fuel and fuel oil from the mid
continent.
Montana produced %, 300 Dbl. per
day in October, 1941 and had a recon- I
mended rate Of 22,800 bbl per day in
September. To increase the September
rate by 1900 bbl per day, to 24,400, 1t /
would be necessary to bring in num-
Der of new wells. It is believed that
Kevin production could be increased
500 to 900 bbl by allowing all leases to
operate at capacity Whether this is to
be done has not been announced by
the Texas company. principal buyer.
Wyoming production in october l941,
was 84,7OO Dbl. per day and the recon-
mended September 1912 rate was 49,
400 Dbl. Wyoming's October recon-
mendation is 10000 bbl.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Hatch Asks for
Suggestions From
Montana Oil Men

Senator Carl Hatch NJ M, has asked
Montana oil men to send their sug-
gestions to him by mail regarding the
problems of the oil industry. Senator
Hatch was with the ONfahoney COM
mittee which toured the west studying
the oil industry On his return to
Washington, Senator Hatch an
nounced: I'VE can't win the war with
out oil production"
The committee was told in Texas
that wildcatting in the future will cost
three to five times more, since ex-
plorations must be made at greater
depths and Chairman Thompson of
the Texas railroad commission recon-
mended a 25-cent per barrel increase
in crude prices to assure wildcatting.
Price is the only language wildcat
ters know" he said. '"The present price
isn't getting the job done They don't
understand this planned economy.
oil is becoming more diff
ficult to find"
Hatch may be addressed at Senate
Office building, Washington, D. c.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
TANK CAR SHIPMENTS

Tank car Shipments Of oil to The
east coast shattered all previous rec
ords with an average Of 838,440 bar
rels daily for the week ending Septem-
Der II, it was announced today by
Petroleum Coordinator for War Har-
old L. Ickes.
This Is an increase Of 1880 barrels
daily over the volume moved in the
previous week, when car loadings
averaged 824,850 barrels daily.
The former record was 83O,820 bar
rels daily, established in the week end
ing August IS.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
AherEl Goes to
SEC LGIU Position

HAVRE@E v. Ahern, well known
local attorney, has been appointed to
a position with the securities and ex-
change commission in the legal de-
partment of the public utilities divi-
sion at Philadelphia. Ahern was for
two terms county attorney and repre-
sented Hill county in the last legis-
lature, having been renominated in the
recent primaries. He is commander Of
the local American Legion and past
exalted ruler of the B. P o. Elks of
Hayre.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Most of Steel
For Munitions

More than rs percent Of the current
steel output of 100000 tons monthly
is going into direct war use Ordinance
munitions, ships, facilities, Army and
Navy construction), and the remain
der to such essential industries as rail-
roads, machinery manufacture and the
like. Eighty percent is delivered on
ratings Of ALA or higher. Production
Is far ahead of the best that Axis ma
tions can do, but supply is still behind
demand.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03


In keeping with the astonishing
threat, related by Brown in a letter
to Frank Buttram, president of In
dependent Petroleum Association, the
Treasury Department is now propos-
ing an amendment to the tax bill the
effect of which would reduce the pre-
I sent percentage depletion allowance
by about so percent. The proposal is
to deny any depletion until the ac-
cumulated depletion amounts to more
than the accumulated amount Of in
tangible development and drilling
costs that had been previously charged
to expense.
Said Mr.. Brown:
why we should be thus singled out
for Incorporate consideration seems
strange to those of us familiar with
the history of the industry. The in
dustry has operated under the pre-
sent tax laws for a number of years.
With all the time they took before the
House Ways and Means and Senate
Finance Committees, the Treasury
Department failed to show that, as a |
whole the industry had profited ex-
cessively on account of this tax pro-
vision. They did not show where in
exceptional cases benefits had been
excessive, but not for the industry as
a whole. That condition could be
shown in relation to any similar law.
They failed to show that the in
dustry had not paid its proper share
Of our taxes.
They failed to deny that our earn
ings as an industry were below the
average Of all industries.
They did not deny that, operating
under this law, we had furnished a
improved quality of pro-
ducts at a constantly decreasing price ]
20 consumers.
The one division of industry that
vas ready to meet all war demands
without special aid from our govern |
nent was selected by a few in govern
nent to be the object of organized ef-
ort to hamper its future operations
Of course, they were not successful Z
md should not have been; but it is =
iiscouraging when in our nations :
greatest need we, who are a part of .
me of our most essential industries, )
must constantly be aware of the fact :
hat while we fight to implement our
r
onstantly aware that some in our
have armed to "get us If =,
takes ten years" This is disturbing Z
o the thousands of small producers
1 the industry who feel they should :
OF need to use their diminishing =
.rength to flight" with their own r
overnment. .
1T should be said to the credit Of P
lr Congress that although great A
-oups from the Treasury Department
rgued for weeks to have Congress lay
side a long established policy, they
Id not do so.
Before the outstanding committee 4
each branch of Congress this en- {
re subject was presented. The COM 4
ittee members we're patient and \
borough in their consideration of this ~
'opOsal There are 46 top ranking
embers of Congress on these two N
mmittees and yet, according to the q
ported vote, only 10 members ever pl
any time agreed to vote with the H
'eaSury on this fl-considered sug- m
stion." II
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
SchrOth Handles
Salvage Drive

BAKER-Harry A. Schroth, man
ager of the Montana-Dakota Utilities
company, has been appointed chair
man of the Montana Industrial Oil
Salvage Committee, which covers a
territory of ten counties. In the course
of the next week or two MIR. Schroth
will appoint chairmen in counties un-
der his Jurisdiction to assist with the
salvage drive.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
TIP FOR DOG LOVERS

Here is tip for dog lovers, coming
from mining man who has spent
many hours plucking porcupine quills
out of his dogs nose:
Porcupine quills can be easily and
painlessly removed from an animal If
they are clipped off about a quarter
Of an inch from the end and thereby
debated. Thus deflated, they can be
easily removed without the use of
pillars.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Big Wells In
Cut Bank SWeU
States AUerGQe

Montana oil production felt the ef-
fects of the flush production of big
wells in Cut Bank field during the past
week, the daily average jumping to
49, ,158 bbl per day as compared with
22,247 bbl per day in the previous
week. The Cut Bank field showed the
important gain, from 1886 bbl. per
day average to 1884 Dbl. per day.
The production Of the fields for the
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Ohio Oil Company
Drilling Report

Sarah OPC No. s.
Sec. 32-51-1OO, Oregon Basin
Testing production S678
Lavender OPC No. g.
Sec. S0-51-lO0, Oregon Basin
Drilling 3707
Lavender OPC No. s.
NWa sWs SEA Sec. sO-51-1OO. Ore
gon Basin
Drilling 1853
4. ID. Wilson A No. B.
Sec. 4-5O-100, Oregon Basin
Testing production, S779 #.
Custer Petroleum No. A.
Sec. 32-52-I00, Oregon Basin
Shut down 312
Ora SOnners Acct. 2 No. B.
Sec 8-51-1O0
Drilling with rotary tools, 1856
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
ALBERTAOL NEWS
TABER WELL

ABANDON TABEH WE'LL
LETHBRIDGE- Standard Of Brit
ish Columbia subsidiary Of Standard
Of California has abandoned its No.
well In the new Taber crude oil field,
east Of Lethbridge. The well proved
duster. The company, however, win
90 ahead with additional wells.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03

WHITNEY is CHAIRMAN
Gale D. Whitney of Billings is chair
man of the regional committee of the
Petroleum Transport Industry Ad-
visory committee and H. F. johnson
Of Laurel is one of the committeeman.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03

An italian born Oregon stonecutter
contributed $500 pounds Of fine steel
stonecutting tools to the local scrap
campaign.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
WATSON RIG SOLD

WINNETT.-Tools and equipment of
Watson Oil Co. at Rattlesnake Butte
were sold at sheriff's sale and was bid
in by H. H. Hawk, who bid it in at
81 500. Hawks and Kelly, drillers, had
secured judgment for wages due.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
MOrgenthau IS Out to "Get"
Oil Industry, Henchman Says
e win get you yet if it takes ten years. !"

We viii If It years"
Russell
departments
- ~ ~
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
The Texas Company
Drilling Report

COLORADO
Rio BlancO County
Wilson Creek Joint with Calf. Co..
Unit No. g.
SE4 SW1 35-3N-94W
752
WYOMING
Sublette County
Labarge-GOvt. O7674B No. TX
34-27N-1l3W
Drilling GAS Ran 10A inch casing
Montana oil and mining journal., 1942-10-03
Sinclair Wyoming
DriLLinq ReDOrt

LOST SOLDIER NO. 1Os-
Cellar completed
o. S. PETROLEUM NO. 10
Drilling 5400
MARY CARTER NO. 2 (Sherard)
Building rotary derrick
WERTZ NO. 2S-
Drilling 5118
WERTZ NO. %
Drilling 6055
SAND DRAW NO. I3-
Drilling 3452