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H, *of 1 Ä- * OOI£ T* K grim Sunb u rst „jüJi DAIM Amu» PRODÜCmO* a •mmm* Ponkn ——___ MB . Ont flMk ___ 1.45 ■ 6ri CkMk .. 1.07 ooumal - im.fm 7,00«» lotted Montan* »V » «,4W» 5? ,5 !l «TA — sssr* GREAT FALLU, MONTAI» A, SATURDAY, DECEMBER ». 1M4 Lis-NUMBBR as CANADA lot V PER COPY , X CRUMLEY GETS WELL AT CUT BANK Montana Allowed 6,060 oumTOK RATE EXPERT. passes mi Oliver W. Tong, widely known rate expert who conducted the fight of Montana refiners for lower intrastate freight rates on gasoline, died Monday morning at St. Paul, of heart ailment, according to word received by Great Falls friends. For eight years Mr. Tong was with the Montana railroad com mission in Helena. He was one of the first certified practitioners before the Interstate Commerce commission, and engaged in na tion-wide practice. In 19*28 he took up the cause of Montana refiners at the instigation of the Rocky Mountain Oil A Gas as sociation, as the result of which there has been a reduction of approximately fro per cent la the cost of transportation of gaso line into and in this state. Tbe 1927 legislature made an exhaustive Investigation into gasoline prices, finding that the chief factor was excessive rail road rates. The state railroad commission was called upon to investigate rates, with the re sult that a réduction of 29% in intrastate rates was ordered. Wyoming refiners appealed to the interstate commerce commis slon with the result that the Mon tana Intrastate rates were in creased and interstate rates were lowered. There have been subse quent adjustments, including an, increase effective Sept. 31, of one percent per hundred on dis* tances over 66 miles, however, rail rates on gasoline delivery in Montana are fully one-fifth low er than when Mr. Tong took the Montana case. DAILY PRODUCTION MONTANA-WYOMWfi. WEEK ENDED DEC. 2 . MONTANA Cat Creek Kevin-Sunbnrst Pondera 4 . Border—JRed Coulee ....• 220 1180 69 0 .3320 ...... «Ô0 —■—viv ent Bank .... Dtj Creek .. Lake Basin 930 60 . 10 40 280 70, 240 •— 10 — *** TOTAL .4990 WYOMING Big Muddy ..... Elk Basin . Grass Creek — Labarge Lance Creek .— Lost Soldier . Oregon Basin — Rock Rlrer .. Salt Creek .. Byron-Garland . Byron-East _ Badger Basin ...+_ Dallas-Derby .. Dutton Creek - Frannie __ Greybnll _ Hamilton Dome. Hudson Midway ...._ Mnle Creek _ Osage -4.. Pilot Botte » __ Poison Spider __ Teapot -- .....1710 ..... 660 670 .1070 ...... 220 „...I860 2 00 .—1180 _18,670 60 200 - 70 - 100 880 .... 88 240 .... 20 — TOTAL .28,940 'vigorous protest IS VOICED AGAINST STATE CURTAILMENi Regional Organization Takes Up Active Fight For Montana Producers At Washington—Curtailment Is Unfair Montana oil allocation for the month of December was this week increased to 8,060 barrels as a result of the protest of Montana producers against the curtailment to 6,800 barrel» announced by the oil admfinistratton. Another protest has gone out against the unfairness of} curtailing Montana production in the face of an actual short age of crude, especially in the northern fields. Imjflertal Oil Company wants more crude ||wr its Cana dian market. Ttye Terns company slants more brade for its ont ana, located at Sun International plant, the largest burst. Other states bad their allot-9 meats fixed on the basis of mar ket demand. California, with a production of 465,000 barrels, was curtailed ONE PER CENT. Louisiana, with a production ?nT™r 33,000 barrels had NO REDUC TION. None of the Eastern states suf fered curtailment. Texas was curtailed EIGHT PER CENT. Oklahoma was curtailed 7.6 *•* CHI ^ r - The new allouions were made "consumer demand". Appar- ( ent *' the committee had no formation regarding Montana, lna8much as no statistics have. J** «»thered In this state. Offlclals of tbe regional com PER CENT While these states with their j tremendous over-produotlon were handled, Montana is curtailed ! so » ACID THRUSH OLD PUMPED INTO GUSHER A shot of hydrochloric acid turned an »-barrel pum per into a flowing well In Kevln-Sunburat field during the past week. The well is tbe Nepstead Vander Pas company's Del oraine-McCormick No. I«. la tbe center of tbe field. which was making between 7 and 8 barrels per day be fore arid treatment. tankage at the There is no well, so the flow line was con nected onto a tank at an eleva tion of 100 feet higher than the No. 18 and more than halt a mile away. Bucking this pres sure, the well has been flowing around 60 barrela a day. Were there a tank at the well, to re lieve the heavy back-pressnre, it is believed that this well would make 75 barrela a day. These same operators had their Montgomery-Stone No. 1 well traated W lth acid on No rein ,ber g > before which It was m aklng about one barrel per It k m)w pro< | BC i n g an average of 40 barrels per day, more than 30 days after treat ment and on several days this wel lhas produced as high as 90 barrels per day. Three well* on Continental OH company's Howling lease, in Section 9-S6-2W, were treated. Increasing production fron 40 barrels to betWaea >6 and 117 t Coeds Md «a Fa«» Threw» mittee at Casper took up the »«»•.«. Prod U cr,c«.,c..». t ers that he had secured an "okay" for adjustment of Mon tana's allotment from 5800 to fight for Montana and E. J. Sullivan,' secretary is now in Washington In a telegram to R. P. Jackson, secretary of the 6, 085 barrels and expressed hope that no curtailment will be nec essary, so long as there is a mar ket for the production. As a result, no effort at cur Mbntana producers exceeded the quota for November while In-,actlng in the belief that exports to Canada might be deducted fron» Jthe quota. The "P A C" [committee has held that ex ports shall not be deducted. tailment Is being made by ei ther the federal code committee or *>> the State regulatory board appointed by Governor Cooney. FIGURE THIS OUT The law of supply and de mand Is not twins but quad ruplet«. The price of a commodity is determined wot only by ( 1) the supply thereof and (2) the demand therefor but by (S) the supply and (4) de maud for gold. OH. WELLS «VI NAMED «CHANCE BAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.,— "Black Gold" will be need by E. R. Haglst, former president of the closed First National Bank of Mascoutah, Ill., to pay his debts of approximately »>600,0)00. Two oil wells bay» been struck on Texas land owned by the banker, his attorney, Harry Troll, Inform ed Walter Grant, ref err In bank ruptcy, today. Hagist filed a petition last May asking a five-year extension in which to pay the debts. M00BE BREAKS LEG Roy Moore, of the Montana Acid Well Treating company of Shelby fell and broke his leg. last Tuesday. Shelby reports say that they were going to shoot him, as is tbe eastern In tbe cat tle country of Northern Mon tana, but they oonldn't find a "straight shooter" in Shelby, so they let bin live and be is re ported resting as comfortably as men with broken logs usually rest. ^ ^■ As a substitute for price fixing, a plan to buy np 16,000,000 barrels of surplus gasoline stored in all parts of the country, has been sub mitted to Oil Administrator Ickes by the petroleum in dustry. The fund therefore would be established by the dustry itself. The pian has been taken under advisement. GAS AT GRASS ROOTS BOOSTS STROH HOPES The wildcat well on Strode structure. In the Sweetgn im H ill* of Northern Montana, found eiwourngement thix week with a flow of gas at t«5 feet, in a sand in the Çoiorado «hale. ■ This well is being drilled by Sbebel Rebal of Chester and Harold Hayes, drilling contractor, with a group of associates in cluding some Great Falls in vestors. Location of the test is on the south "rim" of the crater-lika basin wbicb marks the top of thj highest structure in the Sweet grass Hills, on the Tom Strode farm, location described as tbe NWK 8W% 3-37-4E. A flow of water was encounter ed at 96 feet but this will not be shut off until the second sand is reached, according to Mr. Rehal who was in Great Falls on Fri The last reported depth was 220 feet. The crews are work ing tour, 24 hours a day, in an effort to complete the well be fore Winter sets in. Rehal has been working on the development of this structure for three years. He has leased up more than 7,000 acres on and adjacent to the sharp-dip struc ture and through bis efforts Harold Hayes and associates be came interested in the test. - cwns FUEL OB. CAN BE SHIPPED BACK INTO STATE THE UNITED STATES BUR EAU of Customs has ruled that where crude oil Is exported to Cangda and put through processes of distillation and cracking to obtain gasoline, kerosene and dis tillate, the fuel oil and road oil resulting from these processes may re-enter the United States without payment of duty under paragraph 1616 of the Tariff Act. This applies to refineries operating or Montana crude at Contts, WAS RECORD WEEK With Dry Creek delivering upward ot 1.000 barrels a day, Montana oil production haw |n recent months been at the high peak recorded in the peri three year». Mon tana production for the week ended December 2 was 0900 1 day—the went year. This Is hi the face of an allowable of per day. — Bbls.'°g«*„ W Oil Production mOn Indian Lands Fifth Producing Oil Well On Blackfeet In dian Reservation Is Swabbing 90 Bar rels—Others Near Sands Ushering in the development of a new area in the north west end of Cut Bank field, Lon Crumley, well known K&rin Sunburst operator, this week completed the fifth producing oil well within the Blackjfeet Indian reservation on the Weaver farm, in NWy 4 8Ei/ 4 27-35-6W. It was reported Friday to be making 90 barrels a day on the swab. It has 35 feet of good sand of which the bottom 15 feet is yielding most of the oiL The first showing was at 2685 , with the top of the Darling sand at 2895. Drilling proceeded to 2929 feet. The Crumley well is about midutey between the Santa Rita Tribal wells and the Tarrant-Renchoff, located on the BlacWfeet Reservation and proves up another four or six sections for oil production. It proves up the Texas company's major lease block which is located in this township, to the west of Crumley's producer. M'KNIGhT GETS CLOSE TO SAND Another completion due on the Blackfeet reservation Is Bill MeKnight's Common weal th-Oetty No. 1 well in NIC K 8WK 16 S4-8W, south of the Fulton producer. He is drilling at 286» feet and doe to get the easd ßi 2950. It U said to be checking with the Fulton log. showing no irregularity. It has been suggested that this well was near a fault. He has no pipe in the bole other than the surface string. LOOKS LIKE FIRST DRY HOLE Unlere there Is a miracle to the next week, Out Bank has its first dry hole. It is Tarrant's M tiler No. 2, located a quarter of a mile southwest of the largest wefl In the field, bis Miller No. 1. The Miller No. 2 bad bat eight feet at sand and that was not a true sand, it contained a showing , of oil so it will be allowed to stand for a (week. It »nay lie shot heavily (with nitro glycerin. If 00 (appreciable amount of oil shows In the hole. Location Is C SB* NE 14 (SM-Sd -flW. This district Is known to be along the edge of the old seacoast on which the Out Bank sands were laid (down. HAGLUND WELL IS TOPPING SAND Offsetting the Miller No. 1 well on the north Is the Tarrant Haglund. Jr., No. 4, which la drilling at 2730 feet. It is due for completion In the next few days. The log has been checking with the Miller and is unlike the Miller No. 2 in that sands have been thicker throughout. HAD ERROR IN MEASUREMENT Tarrant is setting casing in Britton No. 2 at 2917. A 30-foot error in measurements caused considerable trouble bnt the hols is now in good shape, and the casing will be cemented. Location is SW NWK 8EK 14-84-6W. Tarrant is fishing for lost bailer on bl* Winkler No. 1, 8W Cor. 2S-36-6W, at 2660 and may have to run a liner. Tarrant-Haglund, Sr., No. 2, NW% NW|K 13-84-8W. is drilling at 2100. Tarrant's Montana-Headlight-Willlams No. 2, NEK NEK H* 34-6W, is drilling at 290. TIP O'NEIL DRILLING TWO WELLS In tbe north end of the field, Santa Rita Tribal No. 2, SBK NW % 16-86-6W, is drilling out cement at 666, and the Cardwell No. >2. 8EK f)EK 16, is drilling at 260 feet. Texas company has derrick up on Its Ynnck No. 1. offsetting tbe Cardwell No. 1. While Texaco's Hinkle is going on production, the rotary rig has been set up on the Purdy farm, offsetth , in 8E SEK 8W14 l6-lt-»| ( and spndd co-Hagerty No. 1, offsetting Fulton's on the north in record time, producer on the north, in southeast corner 9-34-6W, is drilling at 2169, making rapid time with rotary tools. west THREE ROTARIES J Working Three rotary rigs are operating simbHaneonely in the field. tCOBdnned os Frit* Two» MILLIONS IN MINING It is NEW WEALTH that bringt» prosperity. Fori> yean ago the greatest panic ta history was ended by the Nevada GOLD STRIKE. Now we find THIRTY DOLLAR GOLD bringing ns another GOLD BOOM. 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