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Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
HEADLIGHT BUTTE TEST
TAKES CORES AT 1900

Likely to yield information con-
corning the probability of Madison
lime production in the northern sec
ton of the Cut Bank field, Texaco's
Headlight Butte wildcat on the
Blackfeet Inditn reservation, north
east of the north end of the field, is
coring with rotary tools at past
5000 feet. Location is c SW SW 23-
37N-6W. It is only four miles south
of the Alberta border and six miles
east of Madison production on the
Reagan nose.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
TWO LETTERS

No. 1
May IS, 1945.
Board of Railroad commissioners
Helena, Montana
Attention Mr.. Paul T. Smith.
Gentlemen:
Referring to the article in May
18th issue Of the Great Falls Tribune
entitled Railroad Board Rescinds
Position on Oil Inspector" and, par
ticularly, that part of the same
reading as follows, viz:
"OBJECTS TO DENISON::" Com
missioner Smith: Let the records
show that due to the objections
made by Mr.. r. P. Jackson, secre-
tary of the Oil Conservation Board,
as to Mr.. Kenneth Denison's quail
fications for the position of oil and
gas supervisor withdraw the nomi-
nations for oil and gas Supervisor. !"
Seconded by Chairman Casey and
unanimously carried"
/ suppose / ought to feel flat
tered over being publicly accredited
with influencing your decisions to
the extent that might be inferred
from the wording of that paragraph
in the Minutes of your meeting, but
/ can't say that | do because l know
that l have no such influence and
suspect that the use of my name in
that motion was for the sole pur-
pose of shifting undeserved reSpon-
CONTINUED on Page ~
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26

quantities of 3S-gravlty crude.
Four and a half miles northwest
of the Hole we'll and two miles west
of the present producing area of the
field, Consolidated Gas Company is
drilling at 1900 feet in its No. 2
Barkuloo, in Sc NE Sc 15-35N4W,
This well is quarter mile east of
its No. ! Barkuloo, which came in
recently as a field extension, pro
ducing initially in excess of 100
barrels daily of high-gravity crude
Completion of the No. 2 is expected
to provide valuable information
concerning probable trend of the
pool.
South of the main portion of
field and fully four miles south
of any present production, +. j.
Buscher Is rigging up this week
for his No. OVERLY, in NV SW
NE SE 3f-34N.2W. The location
is six miles south and three
miles west of OilmOnt I'm an
area I'm which previous drilling
has resulted in some gas pro-
ductiOn.
In the area north of Kevin, two
very interesting tests are under way
in the northwestern edge of the
field, one drilling and one rigging
up. Drilling at 1900 feet is Nepstad-
Baum No. l, G SW NE NV 3-35N-
3W II is about a mile from the
nearest production Approximately
two miles to the northeast, and also
about a mile from production, Lee
Edwards Trust is now rigging up
for a wildcat on a u. S. lease, in
c NV Sc NE 35-36N-3W.
At the extreme southeastern edge
of the field oil area, Pack Petroleum
Company is rigging up for its No.
Cagney, in g NE NE NE 1O-34N-1W.
Illustrative of the vast areas
in this field, the Pack well,
which offsets some stray sand
producers drilled by the Bistate
Oil Co., is 1S miles southeast
of the COnsolidated-Barku
No. I, the fields most westerly
producer.
Most of the other wells drilling
are well within what are generally
accepted as the field boundaries
Continued on Page ~
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
Devon Well
Drilling IN

Slightly more than a quarter
of a mile northwest of the dis
cOvery well in the Devon pool,
Texac0- Weir No. 2, NV NE NE
4-33N-1E, is drilling i'm. If COM
merciai, 1t viii be the third well
in the pool TO find oil in paying
quantities. An attempt TO ex-
tend the pool quarter of a mile
east of the discovery well re-
suited in a dry hole.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26

It ICQ L ldbI-
Commissioner Smith and Casey
also announced they had named
GerIough to fill the post of assist
ant oil and gas supervisor at Bill
ings, made vacant by the resigna-
ton of L. G. Hinkley. Gerlough had
not applied for the post at Billings,
having his home and business inter
ests in Shlby, and is not regarded
ais likely to accept the Billings post.
Cox, though now teaching school,
has had oil field experience.
Gerlough had been endorsed for
the post at Shelby by the Montana
oil conservation boards directors,
all Montana operators.
The board, supported by quar-
ter of a cent barrel tax on all crude
oil produced in the state, had been
aiding the commission by paying
a part of the costs of the supervis-
or's offices at Shelby and Billings
1t is believed this arrangement
will now be terminated.
Continued on Page 30
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
TExAc0 WILDCAT STILL
DELAYED BY FISHING JOB

Wildcat Of the Texas Company on
its Birch Creek block southwest of
the Cut Bank field is still hung up
with a bad fishing job at 4078 feet,
due to drill pipe twistoff. It was
spudded last year with rotary tools
but was shut down during the win
ter months due to impossible roads.
1t Is in the extreme southern por-
ton of the Blackfeet Indian reser-
vation, in c NV NV 11-30N-7W.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
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..aroRAo,eesa7 ANA
or "a EsA
important Edge Tests near
Paw i'm kevin-Sunhurst Field

locations continued hold the Of
KevSunburst field during the week. with several important
eraOns nearing the and with than
two dozen wells rugged making hole.
After striking 500000foo flow in the Sunburst sand at
144S Hole is nearing completion in very interesting
well snoIv - ma of Kevn the extreme southwest
portUn 'seoS no SW NV 3235N-3W He had made
hole 1850 feet oHnded and within about 100 feet
of the Ellis Madison contact from TINS horizon that nume
wells drilled the
then known the Strange lease produced substantial quantities
gravity oil in the early of the field None had the bene
fit of acdzaton all abandoned after producing substantial
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
Smith, Casey, Name Cox to Shelby
Supervisors lob, Ford OverruIed

Commissioners Smith and Casey of the State Railway and Public
Service Commission this week named Gem Cox Favlew school
teacher post gas supervisor at Shelby The appoint
the protest Commissioner Leonard Young
protested by Gov Sam Ford who held the commits
sone Haunting the state veterans preference law ignoring
application of Jean Geough of Shelby veteran and qua
fled engineer who applied the post supervisors
position Shelby had been made by the resignation of
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
TEST NEAR ETHRIDCE
HAS Pip STUCK, 1900

H. NJ. Kluth's wildcat four miles
north of Ethridge, between the
Kevin-Sunburst and Cut Bank
fields, in NE NE NE 21-33N4W, is
hung up with stuck string of pipe
at 1900 feet.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
RIcHFIELD MAY WILDCAT
NEAR PORTLAND, ORE.

PORTLAND, Ore.-The Richfield
Oil Company is negotiating with
Multnomah county commissioner
for 5-year leases, with 81 an acre
annual rental, covering a large block
near Linnton, on which the com
pany may drill wildcat
Montana oil and mining journal., 1945-05-26
BIG TIMBER WILDCAT
MAKES HOLE PAST 1897

Still thousands. of feet from its
objective, wildcat of the Stanolind
Oil & Gas Co. on the Big Timber
structure, near the town of that
name in Sweetgrass county, is
drilling past 1897 feet. This test is in
Sc Sc 'SW 31-2N-15E, four miles
northeast of Big Timber.
The echo., 1945-11-23
A WORD TO THE PRESIDENTS
AND MEMBERS

Dear friends: The office wishes
first Of eli to conglatulat,. you on the
great and noble work that you have
SO Loyalty rendered US through h c
years The work is going on so nice
Ily that no man or woman in the H.
IB. A. can at present registe2 any
kind of complaint without making him
or herself little in the sight of $3.50
of us.
There is hardly anybody W no s e
knowledge would be so meager Of
what we are doing as TO complain.
Perfect peace and harm ny prevail
ed in the last Board and peace is now
existing among tho general officers
You will note that the General Vice
President, Rev. r. B. Blac}man, is
making an appeal which is worthy Of
consideration We all feel and believe
that Rev. Blackman VIII nrove him
self to be worthy of the homer and
trust given him in the last Board
May we con nue. t. ~rgc +1c 90
send y1r enart i'm n-J l3t. t0an
the fft9 o Dee 1t.r r. oos-ire2
let us wind up the years work IN a
olcrious manner.
The echo., 1945-11-23

To the member. of { he Executive
Board: In accordance with the unsni-
nous decision on the part Of the Ex,
Iecutive Board in our meeting on Septs
I25th, am hereby requesting esc ch
member Of the Board to meet in the
III. B. A. auditorium on Tuesday, Dee.
11th at $3.50 A.. NJ. just before b Q,
Iopenins of the Quarterly Board al
1000 A. NJ. You may recall that we
decided to meet on this date in order
to save expense. ~, ,.,
l should like to urge you to be pres
ent at 500 o'clock if possible and not
later t h n $3.50 under any circum-
stances.
We will expect the General Presi-
dent to be present to open the meet
ing of the Executive Board as he did
in our first meeting and after he is
through l will proceed as Chairman to
transact whatever business you may
properly bring before us. Let us urge
tall presidents to make refund reports
and mail your reports to the office as
is being urged by the office.
FrateInally yours,
A. J. B le+t. Chairman
& Du nd cvet "
The echo., 1945-11-23
NOTICE

To the Presidents Of The Lodges of
the II. B. A.;
In view Of ,he fact that we only
nave one Board each Quarter and
there are so many lodges to report,
it is impossible for the General Sec
retary to take in all of the reports
and pay off all of the Death Claims in
one day; for this reason, | am urging
the presidents to send in their reports
before the Board meets in order to
allow the office force to complete the
v ], Of the Board in one day.
Respectfully yours,
4. c. Drummond,
Sec'ty of Executive Board
The echo., 1945-11-23
Bntish+Coai I
/h@ GEORGE S.BENSCiS
President of Harding College
SSdEy. Arkansas

COAL is England's main indus
try. Her 100000 miners produce
200 million tons a year. We have
only $4,000 miners in the United
States but they produce 586 mil
lion tons of coal a year; more
than five times as much per man
as in England. English miners
draw $25 a week while Americans
earn $52 a week for the same
work accomplished in a much
easier way and pursued for fewer
hours a day.
In America miners use power
cutters. Automatic leaders put
the coal in cars and electric loco
motives pull them away. In Eng
land men dig coal out with picks
and pitch it in cars with shovels.
The power that pulls the cars to
daylight is a scrub mule with a
rag over his eyes. That's how
they used to mine coal in Amer
lea when grandpa was a boy.
War Wages GETTING a ton
and Prices Of English coal to
the TOP of the
ground costs SA20 for labor
aloae; $40 10 America. The
manpower shortage, Incidental to
war, ran the price of British coal
to $3.50 a ton-twice its pre-war
price. American coal advanced
only 60e a ton. Hand work is
what commands the premium
when men are scarce, This eco
nomie fact has worked a hard
ship on the English.
j England does not raise enough
food for her people, nor enough
fibre to clothe them. Such neces-
sites are imported by the ship
Ioad. In practical sense, they
are bough: with coal. Pain 10
tsee, 'E;th coLl ;as.s 4onb:Ad,
The echo., 1945-11-23


things TO eat and wear became
very dear IN England Peopie
olamed the war, Oh course out
the real trouble was lack OF mod
ern coaI mining machlnery'
,,, u,,r,, 4,
~ " Oouen-si'Oe win - "tfOH
coal, why didn't
the mine owners equip their prop
critics with modern machinery,
get out more coal per man and
pay better wages? Answer: Gov
crnment interference! Tax laws
discouraged replacing old ma
chlnery. Regulations placed a
penalty on efficient methods. The
results were three; High prices,
10" "rges and d ruined export
trade.
The echo., 1945-11-23
HURRAH FOR THE PRESIDENTS

This comes to y hurrah to the
presidents who are our hard working
forces to maintain strong H. B. A.
Two of our presidents have already
mailed in tn cir December reports.
Each of whom made a round report.
One of them wrote for a new H. B. A.
secretary record. They stated that
no wind or storm will prevent them
from standing by this grand old Or
ganization. Come on children, and
lets show to our thousands of mem
bers that the H. B. A. is more alive
than ever before.
The echo., 1945-11-23
mANK YOU, MRS. JOSIE BROWN

We wish to thank you for a nice
check in the amount of $3.50 for the
Weekly Echoes sold in your commun-
ity.
Don't let us forget to send you a
small Xmas gift for the splendid work
that you are doing in selling the
Weekly Echo in your community. You
are our leading Agent for the Echo.
Mr.. w m Kinslow of Waynesboro
comes next to you. We will have to
at least give him a cigar.
The echo., 1945-11-23
PRESIDENT BRINGS GENERAL
SECRETARY TOKEN

Mr.. Derias Craft Of Chunky
president of H. B. A. Lodge No. 176
was in the office Tuesday and brought
the General Secretary two huge sweet
potatoes. One of the potatoes, be
cause of its size, will be too much
for m cal. Thank you, Brother
Craft. May your tribe increase.
The echo., 1945-11-23

IA cs-operation with the, Office !. ap
sppealins 70 the presidents, apd mem.
hsrs to % an xep, possibly can q
make reRnd report in; il; the Dees9bssr
Beard. When We make q rcand re
port it not only helps the otfiee but
the local lodges as well.
sssse-:, Es,s-4. 81 e s,s ss
P1xBiSEptA, hsfdiAe sns ows ia nat
|snoueh We must add some members
to our various local lodges. We must
not make ourselves too complacent
The echo., 1945-11-23

Res 0 ets y aide Q freight thaa
zoe have done quite mors
acrobae
vaukse plants Of FrOede Grain Mailing Company,
10 'hss Ast lss e ssst.y ssS ssa pps.sa
this
- - s En6xirhl Aa fas txr dodS
.ssA s.sS t ~ ] "lsa 's sse
Asvsv ~ kAh Int ssvess. fesA phArsA
The Frod,srt itself has need stand it's head
tss sss q nern. ssassssns AAssp< jos. se
s1esnd ths psrsd both hous asd sAsaA
cAy of the brewing industry produced 8s m1
barrels of beer in 1914 of limited sappl available ~
4, and beer sales spidly ,~------'
The echo., 1945-11-23
HATTIESBURG

Dear Secretary: You will find en-
closed four applications for new mem
bers. Please rush the policies out.
hope to have ON G more in a few
days. Lodge No. 231 must go.
Joe Knox, President
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mrs. Cc!lie Burrage of Daleville and
president of H. B. A. No. 1872 was IN
the office last Saturday to secure some
application blanks. She said her lodge
must grow. She has added three new
members recently a said she has
quite a few more prospects.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mrs, Annie Howe was. in tho ssiee
last Saturday and make an increase
Of two in hsr, membfrshiP, Mrs, Howe
said she has began making ready for
the December Board, She attended
the Conference while in the city.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Rev. +. A. Mays of Louisiana visit
ed tn he Niesie-'npi 0onferenc- BEN ~
held at ST.. Paul Church las week.
Rev. NAYS IS l~oE.~r fre.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Rev. F. F. Leonard came by the Of
ice to say hello to the office force
asst week while here attending tn g
ANNUAL Conference Of his church.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Miss Salome Stennis sister of Miss
Esther Stennis, arrived in the city
Hast week from Chicago where she
worked during the summer months.
Miss Stennis' many friends are glad
ito have her back in the city.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Special services, will be held Sunday
xerning .st l1:Oo o'clock, houorins
tA- return "a al veteraps. Of World
War g. SPECIAL songs ~. the choir
and Q special message by the pastor,
Rev. T. Il. Brown.
We cordially invite al members and
the public at large to worship with
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mrs. Matte Durr Of Toomsuba was
a pleasant visitor in the office last
week We were happy to have Sister
Durr to drop by the office.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mr.. Willie Chapel of Route was
lin the office in the interest of his 10,
ical lodge. He stated that he is try
ing to increase his membership.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Cotton of West
Enterprise were in the office last
week. They are doing fine and the
former states that he is making ready
for the December Board.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mrs Jessie Nav johnson formerly
Of Meridian, wife Of Mr. Armstice
Johnson is visiting in the city Mrs.
johnson lives in Oregon.
The echo., 1945-11-23

Mississippi, Standard Tee1,l
newspaper of character. cirCgh
lafon and opinion, with nloTs
than 10000 readers
The echo., 1945-11-23

Is. c. Dru nd cvet ~
Evening star., 1945-03-16
Sergeant Mans Gun
After Leg Is Blown Of
And Other in Shreds
BY IVES GALLAGHER,

Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.
! WITH THE 83d INFANTRY d.
VISION IN GERMANY, Mar. IA
Delayed If you had your right
leg blown off and the other leg
ripped to shreds after direct hit
with a tank shell
If you had been blown away from
your machine gun and struck in the
head with a shell fragment and
every one around you had been
killed or wounded
If you saw Acton German tank
10 yards away from where you were
Lying and 20 German infantrymen
moving up behind it
If all these things happened, what
would you do?
Pulled Self to Gun.
This is what Sergt Ralph G.
Neppel, 81, Glidden, Iowa, ma
chine-gun detachment leader in the
83d Division, said:
He dug his elbows into the street
and painfully pulled himself 10
yards to his machine gun Some
how he pulled himself into firing
position with blood squirting from
his wounds and he started firing at
the infantrymen while the German
tank crunched to halt alongside
his position.
Any one leaning out of the tank
could have dropped hand grenade
on him, but no one did.
Sergt. Neppel killed eight Germans
and drove the rest off before he
slumped over his gun. The tank
crew, frightened by the loss of pro-
tecting infantry, retreated without
firing another shot.
The action occurred last Decem-
ber IA when Sergt. Neppels battalion
| of the 329th Infantry was assigned
to clear the village of Birgel. There
was little difficulty accomplishing the
task, but the roads were SO heavily
mined that tank destroyers and anti
tank guns could not be moved up i'm
mediately Sergt. Neppel led one of
several machine-gun squads sent out
to defend two main streets from a
counterattack. He set up his gun at
| the corner of a building.
Companions All Casualties.
The German tank attacked at
once. 1t made direct hit on the
position and shell fragment severed
Sergt. Neppels right leg below the
knee. Additional fragments broke
the other leg and wounded him in
the head. All his companions were
casualties.
Corpl. Robert L. Gissler OF Alton,
Ill, who was trapped in the second
story Of house down the street,
said Sergt Neppels leg was Just
Evening star., 1945-03-16
President and Siassen
lin Conference Today
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Comdr. Harold E. Stassen. former
Republican Governor of Minnesota
who is delegate to the San Fran
cisco Security Conference next
month, had an appointment with
President Roosevelt today. The
President told his news conference
he supposed it would have a bear
ing on the parley.
But Mr.. Roosevelt also told news
men to go a little slow on the SUBJ
ject. since probably the discussion
would center on personal problems
particularly whether Comdr Stas-
sen would have time to 60 back
Evening star., 1945-03-16

to his Navy command before the
conference opens April rs.
The President said he had not
heard whether Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-shek would appear at the
San Francisco meeting, at which
representatives of the United Ma
tions will try to draft charter for
a world security organization
Questioned about reports that
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King of Canada, who was White
House visitor this week, would be
chairman of the San Francisco Con-
ference, the President said there
would be lot of such rumors before
the conference gets under way.
Evening star., 1945-03-16

flesh, that part which was not cut
off," when he began his agonized
crawl.
When the tank retreated, medical
men carried the still conscious SER
geant into nearby house. They gave
him morphine and he lay for eight
hours before being evacuated. Once
during that period he insisted that
a wounded fellow sergeant be re-
moved first.
Sergt. Neppel is in England now,
recovering from his wounds.
Evening star., 1945-03-16

the 14th Army began its offensive
January 7 and more than 100 field
guns OF 70-mm. or larger caliber
have been captured or destroyed,
Allied headquarters announced to-
day.
A further large force of the enemy,
variously placed at from 25,O0O to
Evening star., 1945-03-16
Luwmuker Breaks Law

SALT LAKE CITY R).-State
Representative T. Jones started
home from the Legislature after "a
days of lawmaking. However, he
didn't get very far before being
stopped by policeman for driving
with 1914 license plates on his car.
Evening star., 1945-03-16

Half of the total resources of the
United States are now being de-
voted to waging war. Since Pearl
Harbor war expenditures have
amounted to about s208, ,000. .0OO, 900.
More War Bond money Is needed.
Evening star., 1945-03-16
10, 900 Jops Reported
Killed in Burmu
BY the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
CALCUTTA, Mar 16.-About 10,-
900 Japanese are estimated to have
been killed In Central Burma since
Evening star., 1945-03-16

They get medals and wooden
crosses; We buy War Bonds.
Evening star., 1945-08-19

I. HIGH LlYE7 -. Why are many
Of our troops spending oaeotions at
the Riviera, Biarritx, Cab1i, Ledo?
It's a part of the Special Serv-
ices Division program for troops
waiting for redeployment. Travel
expenses are paid by the Army.
I. GIANT AIRLINER A FORTH
coming giant airline, ViH h0re its
tires filled Vith helinm instead Of
air. Why9
Twenty-six pounds of helium
will do the same job in the tires as
$50 pounds of air. adding an extra
l54 pounds to the payload.
X. L., White Plains. N. Y.
J. LANGUAGE COURSE Hot0
many foreign languages are being
taught by our Army training schools?
Thirty-two. The Moroccan Ara
bic instructor was discovered in a
Brooklyn rug factory.
4. OCCUPATION ARMY .. About
how much larger is the area eon-
trolled by our Army of Occupation
in Germany than in the last Vor?
Eight times as large - approx
mately l4,000 square miles.
5. NO RISK =. How are blind
workers protected from dangerous
machinery?
A photo-electrically controlled
shut-off switch automatically stops
the machine in Tooth of a second
when the operators finger ap-
proaches danger zone.
- Mrs. X. L. S., Hollywood. Calf.
8. MAIL CALL What's the
Christmas mailing period for your
overseas serriceman this year?
September Is through October
Is. And don't wait for the last
week. No requests from the ad-
Evening star., 1945-08-19

dressee will be required during this
period, but you can send him only
one package in any one week.
IS. r., New Haven, Conn.
7. WONDER WORLD 80. What is a
future possibility for replacing the
needle and thread in making clothes?
A new adhesive cement which
will also bind wood, plastics, metal
rubber, or combinations of them.
.. 0REENDAcKS What is the
life expectancy" Of dollar bill in
the South Pacific?
Six months as compared with
more than two years of useful life
in the U. S.
Mrs. G. ~, Joliet, III.
.. SHORT ROUTE Which
route is shorter for troops going from
London to the PHILIPPINES - by
Panama Canal or Suez Canal?
The Panama Canal route is
14,OOO miles; the Suez route is
1850 miles.
e. B. S., Washington, D. G.
10. NEW BONDS Some denonst-
nation Of Series E Bonds in the
8th War Loan drive wiH carry
quotation by Franklin D. RooseoeH.
Who selected the saying
A Scripps-Howard correspon-
dent, Daniel M. Kidney. who won
a contest open to Washington
newsmen.
e. B., Baltimore. Md.
CONDUCTED '' n H.
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answer accepted for use in this column.
Proof must accompany the ansWer.
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