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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
Fulton Test
Below 1900

Bill FultOn's wildcat south
west of the Cut Bank field,
after surrounding months of
difficulties, Is making new hole
at 281O feet, Fulton reported
this week. At one time It had
made hole to 2725 feet, when
bad caving developed and two
bailers were lost. These have
finally been drilled up and
eight-inch casing run past the
point where they were lost. So
far this well has hit no water,
but has had gas shOwings at
shallow depths. IL has about
1000 feet to go 10 test horizons
productive in the Cut Bank
field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
TARRANT SPUDS POTTER
CREEK DEv0NlAN TEST

With the drill starting in the
Madison limestone, R. c. Tarrant
has spudded in his wildcat on the
Potter Creek structure, on the
flanks of the Big Snowy noun
tains about 20 miles southeast of
Lewistown, in Fergus county. In
addition to being of interest in that
it starts in the Madison with the
Devonian and older formations
within easy reach of the bit, this
well is also interesting in that the
Potter Creek structure, as mapped
by the u. s. G. S., has closure of
approximately 1000 feet
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
WILDCAT NEAR CONRAD
HAS HOLE DOWN TO 500

Only a short distance from one
of the deepest wells ever drilled in
the area, wildcat of the North Con
rad Syndicate, on the Yeager farm,
in section 24-30N-3W, is drilling at
800 feet. It is only about two miles
northeast of the Hiland-Van Dazzle
deep test, drilled to 1850 more than
decade ago. The deep test report
eddy found oil showings in the De
vOnian. The North Conrad Syndi-
cate test is about IL miles north of
Conrad, on the Conrad-Shelby high
way
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TexacO Soon
To Test Ellis.
Joplin Wildcat

After drilling deep into the
Madison lime and getting only
sulphur water, the Texas Com
pany has backed up In It's wild
cat north of Joplin and Is pre-
pairing to test sh0wings found
I'm the Ellis sand on the way
down.
The sulphur water was found in
the Madison, 3817-3908. The Madi-
son was topped at 1858.
Tsne hole has been plugged back
to 1898, the top of the Ellis sand,
in which coring with rotary tools
yielded about II feet of saturated
sand. A seven-inch production
string has been landed on top of
the Ellis and the rotary has been
moved off, TO await arrival of a
spudder to be used in making the
test
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25

In maintaining their drilling
pace, Cut Bank operators are
probably mindful of the fact
that while the price of crude
may go mp with restoration
of normal competitive cOndi-
tiOns, Il Is not going to drop, as
far as they are concerned, be-
cause of curtailment of the sub
sidy.
Cut Bank operators got no sub
sidy, since average daily we'll out
put in the field was higher than the
minimum set as a requisite for sub
sidy payments. Hence all opera
tions have been on a rock-bottom
basis, with no padding, and there is
now no shock to be cushioned.
Of the six competitions, one was
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there was one completion.
Kevin-Sunburst operators have
been enjoying a subsidy of 35 cents
above the posted field price 1t has
been made clear by President Tru-
man that subsidy payments may be
cancelled at any time after the wars
close. Presumably the wars end
will be marked officially within the
next few days, when formal sur
render documents have been signed.
Thus Is being brought into
focus the arguments of those
who bitterly opposed the sub
sidy plan, as something de-
signed TO prevent payment of a
fair basic price for crude oil
while the war was on, and as
something that might be can.
ceIed as soon as the war ended,
to the detriment of operators
who nut substantial amounts
of their capital into the drilling
of high-cost wells TO meet the
wartime demand for crude.
Abrupt ending of the war finds
many of these operators still a long
way from having obtained a reason
able return on their investment
and with that likelihood now still
further removed with imminent re.
moval of the subsidy.
Whether removal of the subsidy
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Wildcat Gets
Frontier High

Wildcat of Marcus Snyder,
ct. al, on the western edge of
the Hardin gas field In south
ern Montana, is repeatedly
checking much higher struc-
turaIly than wells In the gas
field proper. Ten-inch pipe was
landed and cemented at 6O6
feet, in the top of the Frontier
sand. The well Is making some
gas from the top of the sand.
Location is In 24-1S-32E.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
CARRIERS CUT BANK
WILDCAT PAST 500

Wildcat of the Carter Oil Com
pany that may extend the northern
end of the Cut Bank field produc-
ing area to the northeast is drilling
at past 500 feet.
1t is on the Brindley lease, in NE
NE 12-36-6W, in an area regarded by
some as having good possibilities
for production in the Madison lime,
beneath the Cut Bank sand.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
Reservation
Wildcat Has
Hole to 1853

Rated as one of the most Inn
p0rtant and significant wild
cats ever drilled in Montana,
the joint test of the Carter and
Phillips companies ON the
Blackfeet Indian reservation,
nine miles northwest of Brown
ing, this week made hole to
lass feet.
This we'll is expected to drill to
around $500 feet, for a test of the
Madison limestone, deeply buried
in this area which is only slightly
east of the main range of the
Rocky mountains. Heavy-duty ro-
tary is being used.
Oil circles during the week
heard a rumor that several shallow
gas flows have been struck in this
test, but this rumor has not been
verified by the operating com
panies.
About So miles to the southeast,
but in the same contorted belt at
the front of the mountains, General
Petroleum Corp, following an ex-
tensive bodybuilding campaign, is
moving in materials for a wildcat 25
miles northwest of Choteau.
These two wells, both located fol-
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They Face No Subsidy Slash
Cut Bank Operators Hold
Steady Pace; 20 Rigs Active

The Cut Bank field which early this slowed down and for
time Jagged behind KevnSunburs drilling activity this week
field of active operations
In all this week ended there 20 wells rugged max
ing hole addition five locations Information
available eompletons which occurred
week but of which impossible to obtain because of
widespread celebration of the Japanese
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25

VI NIIC NlcI LNI OII N~7Os
Shea, on leave of absence from
Colonial Beacon for a minimum
period of one year, replaces T. ].
Landry, who resigned from Carter
in June, 1915, to become a Carter
marketing distributor at Kalispell.
For a number of years Shea has
been in charge of manufacturing
for Colonial Beacon, with head
quarters at Everett, Mass.
At the same time Schorp an
nounced the appointment of T. r.
Corbett as assistant manager of
manufacturing for Carriers north
west division, with headquarters at
Billings Corbett was graduated
from the University of Minnesota
in 1881 with BIS and MS. degrees
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VARIANTS LElHIST0VVN
WILDCAT REACHES $50

R. c. Tarrant's wildcat a few
miles southeast of Lewistown, in
Fergus county, on the Stanley
ranch, is reported standing after
having made hole to 450 No real
tests have ever been drilled in this
area.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
FeurfuI ssybsidy's End?
Action 4 kevin-Sunburst
Below Early Season Peaks

Perhaps in anticipation of warsend cancel the 35
subsidy KevnSunburs crude marked
slowing Of drilling operations in that field is becoming
evident.
the ended there only dozen active operations
which well that spudded last week and that
reported Two locations this week
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
Carter Personnel Changes
Affect Three State Posts

Paul Shea president of Colonial Beacon Oil
named by the Carter Oil Co. acting manager manufacturing
for Carriers northwest division according O. c. Sehop president
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-08-25
Cornerstone Laid for New
Shale Laboratory at Laramie

CASPERSymboIc of industry that may the
Rocky Mountain west the of the 1884
research and development laboratory laid
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Living Quarters SoreIy Needed
For Alexandra War Workers

since they have given months and
often years on battlefields and are
now leaving homes elsewhere to
help fill the need for civilian work.
ers here
IF any workers deserve good
homes these veterans do" Miss
Watkins said, but the demand for
accommodations so exceeds the
supply as to be disheartening to
those who must meet the daily pleas
for "a place to live"
Families with extra space in
their homes must in some way be
made to realize the vital part they
can play In the war effort by OPEN
ing those rooms to girls or men who
are being brought into the area for
war jobs" Miss Watkins said.
Workers, she said, spend day after
day listening to stories of homeless
families, seeing children dragged
around by weary mothers in their
search for home, and who must
continually say nothing yet" IN
response to hopeful queries.
Only the cooperation OF home-
owners with available space and Of
families who can move to less
crowded area can ease what Is be-
coming hopeless problem. she said.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
S1.15 Tax Rate Fixed
By Loudoun Supervisors
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LEESBURG, Va, Mar. "a
tentative tax rate of $1.15 on each
500 assessed valuation has been set
by the Loudoun County Board of
Supervisors. The new levy, an in
crease of 10 cents over last year,
will provide funds for tentative
budget of s264,757 for, the 1945-46
fiscal year. Receipts were estimated
at S268,118.
The supervisors at a meeting Mon
day allowed the full $188, 900 asked
by the School Board for schools, an
increase of $4,000 over last year.
The increase will be used as follows:
$1,000 for current expenses and
$4,000 as reserve for future build
ing.
The increase in the budget over
last year is $32 ,480. This includes an
increase of $1,000 for the Health
Department, to be used for X-ray
machines, providing the department
raises the other $500 necessary for
the machines. making a total of
S6,575 for this department; an in
creased of $4,000 for the Purcellville
Library, making this total So 900, and
an increase of $480 for salaries in
the Agriculture Department.
A public hearing on the budget
will be held April 9.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Is Nurses Aides Get Caps
Tomorrow in HyatfsyiIIe

Thirteen women, members of the
sixth graduating class of volunteer
nurses aides, sponsored by the Of
fee of CivilianH Defense and the
Prince Georges County Red Cross
Chapter, will receive their caps at
q pm. tomorrow in the County
Service Building, Hyattsville.
Williams A. Carson, chairman of
the County Board of Commissioners
and DR.. A. Kirk Besley, superin-
tendent of the Prince Georges Gen
|eral Hospital, will speak. The in
vocation and benediction will be
pronounced by the Rev. Nathaniel
c. Acton of st. Andrews Episcopal
Church, College Park. The grad
yates are:
Mrs. Nellie N Ableiter, Miss Geraldine
Mrs. Lillian E. Dunn, Mrs. Anne N. Nit
teldorf, Mrs. Mary L. Partillo, Mrs. Julie
A. Passkiet, Mrs. Lillian P. Sartain. Mrs
Goldia B. Shaw, Mrs. Lois L. Wolf, Mrs
Irene l.. Woodruff, Mrs. Hilda M. Wyckon
and MIS- Grace " Yukas
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Mrs. Annie Kinche|oe
Dies in Fairfax County

Mrs. Annie Kincheloe, "a, mother
of Commissioner of Revenue James
U. Kincheloe of Fairfax County,
died yesterday at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Mamie K. johnson
at Clifton. Mrs. Kincheloe was the
widow of w. s. Kincheloe. She
witnessed the first Inauguration of
President Lincoln.
She is survived by three other
sons; Dr.. John w. Kincheloe, Rocky
Mount, N. c.; C. w. Kincheloe,
Arlington; w. S. Kincheloe OF
Grove, Va. and another daughter,
Mrs. Coma E.gin of Clifton; % grand
children and 13 great-grandchildren
Funeral services will be held at
pm. Friday at the Clifton Baptist
Church. The burial will be in the
family cemetery at Clifton.
Mrs. Kincheloe's grandson, Pvt
James G. Kincheloe, was listed on
yesterdays Roll of Honor as
wounded in action in Germany. He
is recovering in a hospital in Bel
GUM, his family has been informed
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Alexandra Firm Sues
Over Housing Supplies

Clarence j. Robinson and Thomas
Wilford Robinson, trading as
George H. Robinson's Sons Building
Supply Co., Alexandra, have filed
suit in Federal Court in Alexandria
for s., 2,42991 over building materials
used at the Cameron Valley hous-
ing project on Duke street.
Justin C. O'Brien Co. is named as
defendant. Glens Falls Indemnity
Co. is named as surety for the con-
tract bond.
The Robinsons claim that they
delivered materials from June 4.
1912, through November II, 1912, to
P. T. McDermott Contracting Co., a
subcontractor for the O'Brien COM
pany, and that it failed to pay the
$2,42991 within a specified time.
The contract between the Govern
ment and the O'Brien company was
completed on April %, 1914, it was
said.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Discharged Soldier
Killed; Friend Held

A recently discharged soldier was
shot to death early today after an
argument in the home of a friend
in Woodbridge, Va, Fairfax County
police reported.
The victim, James Emmett Payne,
I28, died almost instantly from .22-
caliber bullet wounds in the head
and chest, police said.
Held in connection with the shoot
ing was James F. Woolfrey, 37-year-
old father of three children, in
whose home police said the shooting
occurred. Both were civilian en-
ployes at Fort Belvoir, they said.
According to police, Woolfrey went
to an Occoquan funeral home fol-
lowing the shooting and informed
the funeral director that man had
been shot in his home.
The shooting occurred about 2:30
am. Police said Woolfrey told them
the shooting followed an argument
between Payne and himself. He told
police that both of them were
Payne was discharged from the
Army several months ago and had
been boarding near Woolfrey's home,
police said. He had no relatives in
the neighborhood, they said.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
New Charter SOUGHT
By Capitol Heights

A bill to repeal the Capitol Heights
(MdD charter and enact a new one
with provisions for payment of
salaries to the Mayor and Town
Council members has been intro
duced in the Maryland House of
Delegates. The measure was re-
ferred to the Prince Georges County
delegation.
The bill would bring present town
regulations up to date, according to
Mayor Alfred c. Dom, and provide
for payment of $40 a month to the
Mayor and 50 to each councilman
for each meeting he attends. The
Mayor and councilmen do not re-
ceive any compensation under the
present charter.
The proposed new charter also
would permit the town to employ
nonresident policemen. At present,
Mayor Dom explained, town police
men must live in Capitol Heights.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Dulles Praises YaIta
Formula for Vote
By the Associated Press.

- sAAS ~AoSo~idtcu ETeSS.
NEW YORK, Mar. 8.-John Fos-
ter Dulles, who was foreign affairs
adviser to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
In the 1914 presidential campaign.
said yesterday that procedure for
amending the Dumbarton Oaks pro-
posals should be liberalized.
In letter to the New York Times
Mr.. Dulles said the proposed voting
formula for the World Security
Council was one of the several pro-
visions of the Oaks proposals
which ought to evolve into some
thing better"
AT the same time, however, Mr..
Dulles said the Yalta formula for
voting in the council represents a
StateSmanlike solution of a knotty
problem" adding:
There has been a tendency to
oversimplify that problem and to
believe that it could be dealt with
by applying the maxins that no ma
ton should be judge of its own
case"
Noting that under the Yalta for
mula each of the five permanent
council members could prevent the
council from deciding "to invoke
force against it." Mr.. Dulles said:
When We are dealing with an
instrument which all recognize will
require frequent amendment, we
ought not to give each of the five
natlonS q veto power in perpetuitv J,
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Gl Bill Notary Seal
Requirement Is Hit

Discussing the program of the
Service Aid Council of Montgomery
County Selective Service Board No,
2 area for the assistance of return
ing veterans, William F. Carlin.
president, last night announced the
council is seeking to have the ne
cessity for notary public seals elm
mated on applications made through
the Veterans Administration for for
benefits under the BI Bill. Mr..
Carlin spoke at the annual meeting
of the council
Mr.. Carlin said Representative
Sasscer, Democrat, of Maryland has
consented to present a bill to this
effect to Congress on behalf of the
council. He pointed out that it
would benefit 100000, service men
and women after their discharges.
both from the standpoint of con-
venience and cost.
The council since its inception
last March, he reported, has cared
for ITS cases of families of men in
the service and assisted about GO
discharged veterans. Thirty-fiye
local organizations have contributed
to its support.
Mr.. Carlin was reelected at the
meeting, which was held in the
councils new home in Jesup Blair
Community Park. Other officers.
all reelected, are Ronald Mcdonald.
vice president, and George T. Day,
secretary-treasurer. Serving on the
Executive Committee with the off,
GERS will be John H. Mics, Mayor
o. w. Youngblood, Alfred D. Noyes
and j. Fendall Coughlan.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Fairfax Seeks Chance
In Realty Tax System

In an effort to obtain equalization
of the Fairfax County real estate
tax structure, the County Board OF
Supervisors yesterday adopted a
resolution calling for legislation de-
signed to permit classification OF
real estate for tax purposes.
The proposal was presented to
the board by Paul Peter, chairman
of the County Tax Study Commit
tee, and recommended that legisla-
ton be introduced at the special
session of the General Assembly
opening March 10 which will per-
nit differential tax levy on farm
property and other real estate.
The board also requested State
Senator Andrew w. Clarke to have
a bill enacted to permit the super
visors to contract with the War De-
partment for the establishment OF
a prisoner of war camp in Fairfax
County to furnish labor for local
farms.
Evening star., 1945-03-08

"A soft bed is the only thing I
really need" a veteran whose ribs
had been broken told War Housing
Center worker in Alexandria the
other day, but his, and other war
workers, chances of finding one are
slight.
my husband is going to take a
civilian job in Washington, but we
have to live in quiet place because
Of his nerves." the wife Of an ex-
Marine told another worker in her
search for living quarters.
Soft beds and quiet neighborhoods
are only part of the needs the hous-
ing centers must meet, says Miss
Barbara Watkins, director OF the
Alexandra War Housing Center,
adding that little can be done unless
'homeowners cooperate by making
available rooms they are not using.
During March alone, she said, the
War Department plans to recruit
1850 civilian workers, many Of them
veterans who must be housed by
the War Housing Centers in the
area.
Miss Watkins says the problem Of
the veterans-especially those with
families-is particularly important
Evening star., 1945-03-08
.Darden Calls Special
Session Of Assembly
To Meet on March 10
BY the Associated Press.

Dy Lie ASSOCldLeQ FTeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Mar. "a spe-
cial session of the Virginia General
Assembly has been set for March
10 to arrange for the constitutional
convention which voters approved
almost 2 to Tuesday as a means to
remove personal registration and
poll tax requirements for Virginians
in the armed forces.
Gov. Darden issued the call yes
terday after conferring with Attor-
ney General A. P. Staples.
The Assembly will decide on the
number of delegates to the conven-
ton, provide for their salaries and
travelling expenses, select a date for
the election of delegates and choose
a date for the convention itself. The
convention probably will be Held
early in May.
The special session may be the last
to be called for the primary purpose
of extending the voting privilege
to service personnel without the
present registration and poll tax re-
quirements.
j. Vaughan Gary of Richmond,
who was elected in the special elec-
tion to succeed Dave E. Satterfield,
jr., former Representative from the
Sd district, said he probably would
take Office some time next week.
The 53-year-old attorney and
president of the Virginia State
Chamber of Commerce, defeated
Ashton Dovell of Williamsburg, the
other Democrat in the three-cor-
nered race, and 1t Curtis M. Dozier,
Jr, Republican, who is serving in
the Army.
Virtually complete returns gave
Mr.. Gary 10,177 votes, Mr.. Dovell
1922 and 1t. Dozier, 1852.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
Fairfax Farmer Joins
Board Of Supervisors

Edward C. Sheads, Burke, Fairfax
County farmer and lumberman. took
his seat yesterday on the County
Board of Supervisors following his
appointment by Judge Paul E
Brown to succeed John T. Blincoe,
who died several weeks ago.
Mr.. Sheads, who will represent
Lee district, has been resident of
Burke since 1907, when he moved to
Fairfax County from Loudoun. He
has not been active in politics.
The new member has three chill
dren, one in the Army overseas.
Judge Brown also appointed
Maurice w. Fox, member of the
board from Dranesville district, to
succeed Mr. Blincoe on the County
Welfare Board.
Evening star., 1945-03-08
So Building Permits
Issued in Fuirfux

The commissioner of revenue Of
flee in Fairfax County issued So
building permits with an estimated
valuation of $79,875 in February,
bringing the total for the year to
$50, ,875.
There were "a permits issued for
new construction, valued at $50, ,755,
and "a for improvements. with a
valuation of $27,120.
County Clerk John M. Whalen
announced that his Office recorded
376 deeds and deeds Of trusts in
February, the total recordings for
the year being $50. compared with
704 for the first two months In 1874.