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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14

At least n, 1000 wells will be nee
essary to ease the strain upon the
productive capacities of the nations
oil fields, which currently are pro-
ducing an all-time high of more
than 100000 barrels of crude oil
and other petroleum liquids every
day, the Petroleum Administrators
said, of which more than 100000
barrels are crude oil.
Commenting on the 1915 drilling
program, Deputy Petroleum Admin
istrator Ralph X. Davies said:
"The petroleum industry has
fully met the military requirements
for petroleum and its products. The
unprecedented size of these de-
mands has placed an enormous
strain on the productive capacity of
tContinued ON Page ~
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
Texas Wildcct Ne0r
Choteuu CT 800 Feet

The Texas company Is drilling
past 600 feet in It's No. / c. II.
Burke on its Pennington block, in
G SW NE SW 11-25N-4W, about 10
miles northeast of Choteau and
only about six miles northwest of
another wildcat being drilled in the
area by the Union Oil company.
Both locations are on or near the
mapped high of the anticline ex-
tending from the Pondera field TO
Great Falls, in an area previously
drilled by many early-day wild
caters.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14

One of AIbertass greatest oil
booms is apparently In prospect
i'm the area north of the Mon
tama line, with Canadians quick
10 see significance of Deyonian
production opened by the as
barreR-an-Rsour well drilled LIN by
the Standard of California 100
miles north of Montana's Sweet
grass Hills.
Rep ortfng developments, the
Western OIL Examiner of Calgary
says these include:
i. Leasing of approximately ST.
600 acres in the vicinity of the Cali
fornia Standard well, now shut in
after filling all tankage at the well
site.
2. Negotiations between two ma
jor companies and one independent
CONTINUED ou Page 81
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
INCOME COUNTY LEASE
ACTIVITY INCREASING

CTRCTlE--NfOre than SO leases
were recorded here i'm recent
weeks, I'm an apparent indica-
ton of prospective 1916 drilling.
BarnsdaH OH Co. of Tulsa, Okla,
and the Brifish-American Oil
Co., also of Tulsa, are most &C
tive. Texaco representatives
have been In the area, but as
far as Is known have done mo
leasing. Leases are 10-year, with
10 cents an acre bonus, and 10
cents an acre delay rental.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14

In the northern sector, sponsors
of the new tests are the Texas Com
pany and r. c. Tarrant.
The Texas Company Is moving in
for test on the Hovde farm, two
miles northeast of Conrad, county
seat of Pondera county, in c NV
NE SW 8-2S-2W. This Is about five
miles northwest of recent drilling
activity in the Midway field
Tarrant moved into virtually un-
tested area on what has been named
the Basin Coulee structure, ON the
Pugsley farm in c SW NV NV "a
28N-4E. This is IL miles west of
a dry hole drilled some years ago
by the Cypress Petroleum Com
pany, and Is about the same dis
lance southwest of the wildcat now
being drilled by the Texas Com
pany, Is miles south of Chester, on
its Marias lease block, in G NE Sc
SW 26-296E. The Texaco well this
week had made hole with rotary
tools. past 2100 feet Tarrant's loca.
ton Is also only about seven miles
northeast of TexacO's No. ! G. H.
Shepherd, 80 miles north of Great
Falls, in G NE SW SW 22-27N-3E.,
abandoned this week after getting
sulphur water at the ElIis-Madison
contact
The other wildcat was spotted by
Tarrant I'm the Springdale area, on
the Peterson farm in c SW NV g.
2S-12E, about Is miles northeast of
Livingston.
Shortage of rigs and labor this
week was reported by some oper.
ators to have caused delay In the
announcement of other wildcats.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
COBB STILL
HAS 1000
FEET TO CO

Carrying with it the prayers of
Cut Bank business men who are
anxious to see a new oil field
opened on the Blackfeet Indian res
ervation, Al. B. Cobb's wildcat on
the Meriwether structure, a little
more than 20 miles west of the
Glacier county metropolis, this
week made hole with rotary tools
to 1910 feet
This well topped the Colorado
shale at 1857 Dopesters say the
Colorado has thickness of about
1900 feet in this area and the Koot-
enai about 700, with the result Cobb
is expected to have TO drill to
around $500 to test the top of the
Madison lime
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14

The Texas company got dry
hole this week In its No. / G. ri.
Shepherd, on it's Ashmoor lease
block, c NE SW SW 22-27-N-3E,
80 miles north Of Great Falls. 1t was
plugged and abandoned after get
ting sulphur water at the Ellis
Madison contact, 205S It was about
seven miles northwest of the well
drilled more than a decade ago by
the Mortified Oil company, that
had very good oil showing at the
: contact. at 2750.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
CLARKS FORK WELL
DEEPENED TO $500

General Petroleum, operating sub
sidiary of the Socony. Vacuum Oil
Co., has passed the mile mark In
its Clarks Fork No. /, In extreme
southern Montana only a few miles
west OF the Montana portion of the
Elk Basin field, with hole made to
$3.50 feet. The company has moved
in rotary tools and is deepening an
old hole, previously drilled to 4212
by the Northern Ordnance Co.
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ent is being freely voiced in the
nations oil circles.
Down in Texas, at a recent state
wide meeting Of operators, unani-
nous disapproval Of the plan was
reflected IN formal resolution,
full text of which follows later in
this article.
This week, r.. r. Jackson, sec
Rotary OF the Montana OIL Con.
servaffcm board, sent copies of
the resolution 10 all board mem
bers, calling IL TO their attention
and recommending that they
adopt similar resolution.
Said Jackson, in referring the
resolution TO the board members.
Il feel the independent oil OBJ
orators and public should be OPP
posed to our government becoming
Continued on Page y
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
ICKES ASKS MINIMUM OF II, 600
0IL-CAs WELLS DE DRILLED I'M 1o45

Petroleum Administrator for War Harold L. Ickes has
commended that minimum of "a 600 oil and wells be drilled
in 1945 of which 5000 should be exploratory wells.
The 1915 program calls for 5000 wells than schedule
1914 and while would be desirable drill create
number the extraordinary requirements for crude oil cke
explained it thought this would be impossible in the face of
tnung manpower, materials and facility shortages
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
8: tadxx4..
Sometimes they show
which wdY the wind
is blowing)
INCREASED CRUDE PRICE
is STILL VITAL NEED

TULSA, Okla.-The petroleum in
dustry's first postwar job is TO in
crease the oil reserves and produc-
ing capacity of the nation and this
cannot be effectively accomplished
under the present price structure
on crude oil, Ralph T. Zook, presi-
dent of the Independent Petroleum
Association of America, declares in
an article entitled ~0il Postwar
Problem of National Concern" APP
pearing in the October issue of
World Petroleum"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
WILDCAT IN NEW MEXICO
GETS ORDOVTCTAN OIL

Humble OH & Refining Co. has
completed New Mexico's first Or
dovician lime producer, in wildcat
near the Texas line. The well is
getting its pay from II $40 TO ii y891,
in the. Ellenburger lime section of
lower 'Ordovician age. The well is
making 47.grayity Oil, with an mi
tial of $50 barrels daily Location Is
six miles north of jail N. Mex
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
MUCH BAI4LYHO0 BUT
NOTHING REALLY DONE

NEW YORK-Despite all Wash
ington publicity, effective and ade-
quate governmental action has not
yet been taken to facilitate or ex-
pedite the transition from wartime
TO peacetime production, says
George Romney, managing director
(Confinued on Page 81
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
Torrent Mzkes Hole
In Wildcot ot Duitoga

r. G. Tarrant cleaned UP fishing
Job and made hole past 200 feet
In his wildcat on the Emma Hodges
farm southeast of Dutton, In Sc Sc
Sc 31-24N-1E.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
ACID SAVES
WELL THAT
WAS BUSTER

A well that was powder
dry" at the EIlis-Afadison con-
tact was made into the best
completion of the week I'm the
kevin-Sunburst field, when a
was drilled deeper and acidlzed.
The seeming bone dry hole, Da-
kota- Montana-GF 052093 No. q, c
EIk NE NV 19-35N-1IV, got an abso-
lutte blank at the contact, 1856.
Drilled TO 1908 and acidized. Il
started off swabbing four barrels
an hour, casing slightly.
Twelve miles northwest. on the
rimrOck west of Kelvin, an unex-
pected disappointment was Cut
Bank Refining company's well ON a
government lease, in c NV Sc NV
1S-35-3W, which got both the Ellis
Madison contact and a slug of sui.
phur water at 2S48.
Two other compilations were re.
corded during the week, both of
which are acidizing and testing
Nearing a critical stage is one OF
the fields most interesting wells.
Pacific-Western CT 083345 No. 2.
NE NV SW 9-35N-3N, making hole
at IT'S after getting a flow of sweet
gas al from 1860 TO 1875. II will ex-
tend the field producing limits ap-
CONTINUED on Page 50
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
Three 8 ssresting Wildcats Are
Announced During Past Week

Locations for three interesting wildcats in widely separated
announced during the week
in the southern part Of the state about 200 miles apart
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
CUT BANK
COMPLETION
l52 BARRELS

a wei that swabbed 152 bar
rels the first "a hours after
shooting was the highlight of
an otherwise uneyentfuE week
in the Cut Bank field, LIN which
no locations were made Cor the
first time In many months.
The 152-barreier was drilled in by
G. W. Jeffries, his Tribal Contract
10 No 3, on the Blackfeet Indian
reservation, in Sc NV Sc 23-32-6W.
Total depth was 5000.
Second best well of the week in
this field was William Hanlon's
Tribal Contract 226 No. 2. c Sc
NV sW 25-32N -6S. Drilled to 3165
and shot twice, II swabbed So bar
rels the first "a hours after shoot
ing
A. e. Crumley's Tribal Cotract
No 4, c. Sc Sc Sc 29-32-5W, ,
swabbed Is barrels the first "a
hours after shooting 1t was drilled
to 1920.
End of the week found 1S wells
rugged up or drilling The full field
report:
(Continued on Page 81
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-14
MOntanans Asked to Aid I'm Killing
Proposed International Oil Cartel

Very pronounced dstrust of administrators highy-toued
AngoAmerican petroleum agreement being freely
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
PAGE THREE

in Alaskan waters prior to the war.
 The aerial photography prohi- bition invoked at the starr of hos tilities continues. Aerial views may be photographed only by specific authority of the Com manding General, Alaskan De partmen., and only after applica- ton has been made to him for such authority.
 The current Alaskan Depart ment policy on this mater is the same as present regulations on the west coast of the United States.
 The original reasons for pro- hibi'ing pictures in this category after the outbreak of the war was for security of the areas concern ed and to prevent revelation of the geographic location of troops" " General Buckner said. "Inasmuch as troops stationed east of long, itude l62 degrees west may now reveal their location in personal and unofficial correspondence, this restriction is removed
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
THE NOME NUGGET

ing prices for his merchandise as required by OPA regulations.
 MT. Link. also appeared on a warrant and arraignment He was charged on three counts. namely illegal attempt to remove a ten ant from a defense area hous ng accommoda ion, illegal refusal to renew the lease of said tenant, and unlawful reduction of essen tial equipment in the house.
 The affidavit in support of the OpA connlaint charged tha+ MT. Link ordered the tenants to va cate the property after their com plaint regarding sewage facilities had resulted in an OPA order re- ducing the legal rent The affi- davit declared that MT. Link thereafter refused 10 accep' money for the next months rent and la ter removed the water pump from the basement
 OPA Settlement
 The payment of S5,000 into the Federal Treasury by the Tongass rading Company of Ketchikan, marks another step in the en- forcement program of the Alaska Office of Price Admin stration. This is according 10 Walter Walsh, enforcement attorney of the OPA, who has returned to Juneau fol- lowing an official trip to the First City. The payment was made 10 cover violations of price regula- tions by the Ketchikan company through the .scontinuance of dis counts previously given to insti- 'utional users and should consti- tute a reminder to both merchants and consumers, that discounts given during the base period must be continued
 The settlement by the Tongass Trading Company was the third Ketchikan violation to be settled in this manner within the last few months. It was made, MT. Walsh states, to avoid the filing of an Administrator Treble 1 Damage suit against the company. ----------------------
 CS..l--...:l... 4a tI,l.a Al..r11z.4
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
New Rulinq On Alaska Pictures

HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN DEPARTMENT - The sale and dispatch of certain types of seen ic post cards and photographs made on the Alaskan mainland and Kodiak Island are permitted under current Alaskan Depart ment policy, it was announced recently by It. Gen. Simon Bol- ivar Buckner, Jr., Alaskan De partment commander
 Under the modified policy, pie lures of purely scenic views, street scenes, mountains, water and sky line, including aerial views of Alaska cities and towns east of longitude l62 degrees west, may be sold and dispatched providing they were made before the begin n.ng of the war and also provid ing that no military installations or panoramas of extensive shore lines leading into and showing harbors and dock facilities are in- cluded.
 The same policy applies to pie lures of ships, such as the Denali Alaska and Aleutian, which sailedl
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
Settlements Made With Violators

According to an announcement from the Office of Price Admin istration, three settlements have recently been made out of court for treble damages arising from violations of maximum price reg ulations.
 A check for S64833, payable to the Treasury Department, has been received from L. C. Mckay, doing business as Mckay Marine Ways at Ketchikan, Alaska, and is final action. Administrator s treble. damage claims resulted from bis increasing his base per iod charge for services in viola ton of the general maximum price regulation.
 Administrators treble damage claims totaling $2,433.08, result ing from overcharges were resent ly paid by w. F. Schlothan, doing business as Northern Machine Works at Ketchikan, Alaska. An other check for $408.30 has been received from Harry Nicholas of Cordova, Alaska, covering viola ton of maximum price regulation 194 in the sale of liquor in An, chorage.
 The Administrator treble damage action lies only in cases where sales of commodities or services are made in the course of trade or business. It is fur ther pointed out by the OPA that in case of overcharges on con- sumer purchases, consumer may recover three times the amount of the overcharge or $50, which ever is greater, plus attorneys fees and court costs.
 Regulations have been in effect in Alaska a sufficient length of time, the Alaska office declared, for all persons and corporations
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CLEANUP NOTICE!

June 1st 10 June 18th, has been designated by the Heal4h Com- mittee of the Common Council of Nome as CLEANUP WEEK. Property owners are hereby re- quested to clean up their prem ises during this period and place debris at some convenient place near the sidewalk, where it can be picked up later by truck or wagon. If this is done your debris will be hauled away free of charge.
 NOME COMMON COUNCIL,
 By CARRIE M .McLAIN,
 City Clerk.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05

detailed records required by OPA regulations.
 MT. Klessinger appeared on a warrant charging him with two violations. The complaint accused Mir. Klessinger of selling a fifth of whiskey 10 Max Clayton at a price higher than the ceiling price, and of failing to post ceil-
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
ON WA. TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Lieut.. George aggart, son of MT. and Mrs. Sam Taggart, passed through San Francisco recently on lis way 70 the South Pacific.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05
Rubber Outwits
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944.
AP Feofyfes

7wo yeors ago the Joponese overon the Eo Indie. ,,
 sfofes lost ifs rubber supply synthetic rubber stepped into the breach and in eoses hos n,oved ~ even better fhon the rubber Here ore so,,e ~ m
 which hos Kept the Amerieon war noehine roIJina
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-05

to be fully acquainted with them and to warrant rigid enforcement. Because of the danger to our war time economy brought about by violations of the price regulations, sanctions have been imposed by the government mainly to protect the public
 Three OPA Cases in Court
 William Sinatikas, operator of the Arctic Hotel, B. A. Klessin- ger, liquor dealer, and Frank Link, property owner, were de fendants in three OPA cases brought up in the District Court in Fairbanks before Judge Harry E. Pratt
 Judge Pratt granted an injunc- ton against MT. Sinatikas on the OPA complaint that he had failed to reduce his rates to those fixed in November by the OPA Rent Division, had failed to post the OPA rates and had failed to keep
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-14
tLittle STORIES OF THE WEEK

Services will be held Sunday,
Sept. II at the First English Lu-
theran, Second and Auburn SITS,
at 11:15 am. There will be an
outside speaker officiating.
A large number of Althea Re-
bekah lodge members attended
the reception for Frances Pangle,
president of Rebekah Assembly
of Washington, held at Pasco on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Grace Ed
wards, v. c., of Althea Rebekah
lodge assisted with the program.
The A. ". Lewis family held a
picnic at the j. E. Stafford home
Sunday in honor of George A.
Lewis who is home from over
seas duty. There were "a relatives
present including his sister Doris
Everett, student nurse in Sacred
Heart hospital, Spokane. George
left Tuesday to join his ship
Capt. Troy Brokstruck and fam
| lily visited Saturday with his sis
ter and brother-in-laW MIR. ana
Mrs. Walt Desgranges. Troy form
erly lived here before joining the
army about two years ago, and
expects to be, sent overseas soon.
Mrs. Melvin Moore was down
from Benton City Monday to visit
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Thurs
ton.
| Rowland Denney returned to his
home in Kennewick Tuesday eve
ming. he has been i'll in the Pasco
hospital the past three weeks. He
lis very much improved in health
at this time.
Mrs. Ross Willsey of Yakima
| is visiting her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Joe Olbrich.
Miss Florence Oliver and Mrs.
w. S. Washburn were business
visitors in Spokane from Monday
to Thursday of this week.
Mrs: F. L. Fraser of Long Beach,
Calf, is a guest at the H. E.
Huntington home this week. Mrs.
Fraser made her home in Kenne-
wick for many years. She has
been visiting her daughter Mrs.
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~, o,d Mrs Harold Carpenter
and son Jimmy of Port auna,u;cL
Calf are visiting in kenhew ,,S,s
This week at the home OF iaroiu >
narents. Mr.. and Mrs. I. "A" Iar-
penter. r...o, ,nd Chal-
.,orc Henderson Jr. were married
~, Walla at $50 pm. by Justice
81 the Peace A. J. ellis. MIR. and
Mrs Robert Taylor acted as wit
nesses. At the present time the
couple is residing at the home OF
Che brides mother, Mrs. Alice
Van Fossen.
Russell Desgranges writes from
New Guinea that he received a
sitter from Ed Durocher and they
might meet sometime soon. Ed
has been down there about a
month and Russell has been there
almost year.
Mrs. Rankin had the misfortune
10 fall and break her hip Tues
day morning and was taken to
the Pasco hospital.
Mrs. F. Nj. Carman who has
been spending the last three
months at her home here in the
Garden Tracts visiting relatives
and friends is leaving the first OF
next week for Pullman to spend
the winter at her sisters home
|Dr. and Mrs. Newly.
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night and open meeting. Come,
bring your family and friends and
have a good time.
The EXcolentes club met at the
home of Mrs. John Smith Thurs
day, September 9TH for the first
meeting of the new club year.
1t. Halliday of the US Navy was
the guest speaker. Other guests
were Mrs. Halliday and Mrs. Cor
don Hille and infant daughter.
Mrs. Bob Dehnoff was called
to American Falls last week to at
tend the funeral of her brother
Chas. L. Sherwood.
The Catholic ladies will sponsor
a rummage sale Sept. %, % and
80. The sale will be held i'm the
garage behind the Catholic rectory
at 210 Washington st. Members
are urged to bring anything they
might have to donate in the way of
used clothing, dishes, ETC., to the
garage before Monday, Sept. 25.
Arthur E. Brohard and Dollie ID.
Mooty were joined in wedlock by
Justice of the Peace c. F. Winken-
werder, Monday evening, Sept. IL.
The bride is police matron and the
bridegroom is one of the officers
at Hartford.
MI, ,pd NTrc W,rday, Fam ara
attending the Pendleton Roundup
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Ralph Reed returned to her
home last Sunday from Portland
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the 18th at 700 in the hall. All
Odd Fellows and their wives and
Rebekahs and their husbands are
especially invited. Each member
is asked to bring a vegetable dish
and salad. A program will fol-
low. Plans were made for initi-
alton on October 9 at which time
the Kiona Rebekah lodge will
confer the degree. Refreshments
were served at the close to men,
bers of the Odd Fellows and Re-
bekah lodges.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. @. Macmahon
were Sunday visitors in Walla
Walla, where they attended FAM
lily gathering at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl i. Deffenbaugh
in honor of their son Allen and
his bride, the former Doris Loye
Wagy of Lawrence, Kansas.
Among the guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Zwanzig and sons Ben
and Donnie and daughter Neva
of Walla Walla, and Walter
Hughes of Auburn.
Arthur Wiegand, SC3/c arrived
Monday morning to spend a IT.
day furlough with his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. w. r. Wiegand. Arthur
has been stationed in Montery,
Calf, for the past year.
Kennewick Valley grange will
have pot luck supper Friday
evening, Sept. 18th at ZOO o'clock.
Bring a dish to pass and a pie
for dessert. This is booster"