Montana labor news., 1950-05-11

ur violating such rule, regulation or
order. - dcsi,, from the same With
~ the tlmc and 10 the extent specified
M the order such order may he
enforced bs complaint N equity IN
ihe D,,,ric, Courl Of any county IN
Much such violation IS alleged 10
have occurred, u restrain the Com
'mi,,lon oi such violation or compel
appliance with the order Since
NRA no longer exist.
Id T., Questionable whether such def
Imition could be re,orted 10. and
|ptohahiA any action Tor the restraint
Isl waste. It, definition would have
L. Be established hs resor, 70 evidence
~ lssi custom and usage in recog-
uzed and established oil and ga,
production method,
- lar a, conservation j, CON
,emcd the present Montana las
concerning the leasing OF State
Land, require, that leases shall be
subject a. the conditions that the
ic>>rc ~ conducting his explorations
az operations ,hall use all reason
able precautions 10 proven, waste OF
oil and gas. or the entrance OF water
through we'll, drilled to the oil and
ga, sands or oil or gas-bearing
strata. 10 the destruction or injury OF
the I'll 81 -, deposits that viola
ton, ui aus such conditions shall
constitute ground, Tor the forfeit.
urc ~ the lease. This law also
lpr0,idc, that nothing contained n
the act Shall prevent the Board
~ Land Commissioners from enter
ing into agreement, Tor the pooling
81 acreage with others tor unit opcr-
alton % the production OF OIL or gas.
ur bath, and the appuruonment OF oil
Ar ga> ROYALTIES on an acreage OF
lnr other equitable basis, and from
modify ing existing and future lea
>cs in accordance with such pooling
agreement, and unit plans OF OPP
Grafton This law has been upheld
and construed by the Montana SUI
prcmc Court III the cast OF Toomey
~, State Board ui Land Commits
%,iouccrs. 100 Montana Sl7. 81 Pac.
1d) 40 Section Sl-ll9l, Laws OF
Montana. 1917. permits county ON
missioncrs to include similar pro-
visions in oil aud gas leases including
county owned lands.
Oil and gas are valuable and ir-
rrplatcablr natural resource, Dur
iup the yeats throughout the United
States. these resource, were shame
ullY wasted usually through greed
r through ignorance, but some
tune, due 10 iuadequacy 81 d~rilling
rqnipmcn, 10 control high pressure
Ncll, Petroleum Product, mean
lcsrr thing 70 the people u the United
state, 4, sell a, ~ the security u
Itle nitrd States. Suffice II i, tor
ng Ia Say that it would be a severe
lbiuN ii our people did not enjoy the
%cuulcuicnccS 81 oil and gas More
than tins. il We are 10 survive as a
uairam during these modern days OF
warfare. wc Must remain a great
oil and gas producing nation. | do
recall. a. do countless others, during
the Battle oi the Bulge that had the
%tucrman, not run out OF gasoline
with which t. operate their tanks and
alrplancs the results II the battle
may vel have been entirely differ
III, This TACT has not received the
publication il should. but every
soldier Nho i, familiar with the sit
~uation will tell YOU that during the
losing daA, 81 the Battle. the Ger
man, we're required to use horses Tor
lcanytsaNte and that many OF their
,auk, and airplane> were unable to
pciaie ,impls because OF the lack
gasoline. While gallant battles
.crc fought during the main Battle
Il 'hc Bulge. gu could Just about
determine the length Of the main
attic le the known supply Of pet
tlcnm product, which the Germans
Aal available When that suppl,
Aa> exhausted the main battle wa,
4rr suppose that i'll many other
tauieiruut> the same situation ex-
isled mention this BECAUSE | teeI
that perhaps the people OF the United
states DO not realize Just how vita
petroleum product, are TO the Sc
urirs Of tins nation and, therefore
usl how vital il Is that We shout,
conserve them 70 the utmost degree
i, When sc have an abundance o
natural resources w are apt to lee
ike some New Workers felt beior,
!. their water shortage. that water jus
/. came out oi a faucet. However
when our natural resources are
,bout ,o become depleted, we ther
realize ior the first time the neces
al>itN ior real conservation.
am ior oil and gas conservation
because realize how important thes'
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