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OIL AND GAS COMMISSION
SPLIT APPEARS AT HEARING
The Montana Oil and Gas Con
servation Commission held a hear
ing in Poplar Thursday of last week
to collect information on the opera
tion of the East and West Poplar
fields, the Wolf Creek field north
of Wolf Point and the field proved
productive by the Eggebrecht well
in the Vida area.
At the hearing the Information
on bottom hole pressure, rates of
withdrawal, and other vital facts
and figures were presented. Pub
lished reports that the Murphy
Corporation had told the commis
sion at the hearing that waste In
the field was eminent and asked
the commission for immediate
action, are untrue, according to
Harold Milam, head of the firm’s
operations In the Poplar area.
He told this newspaper that they
gave the commission all the In
formation they had available, but
said that they did not have suf
ficient data at this time to recom
mend any practices.
The results of the hearing in
Poplar were overshadowed by the
Price Supports on
Wheat Sets New
' Montana Record
A total of 37,979,256 bushels of
wheat put under price support in
Montana sets a new record for the
program in Montana, Leo S. Kol
stad, administrative officer, inform
ed the Roosevelt county ASC of
fice.
The total figure Includes 7,471,-
960 bushels under loan In ware
house storage, 21,495,145 bushels
under loan In farm storage and
9,012,151 bushels under purchase
agreement The previous record
amount of wheat under support
was set In 1948 when 34,960,964
bushels were put under support
On a national basis, a new record
for amount of wheat under support
has also been set. Kolstad reported.
Over 549.6 million bushels have
been put under loans or purchase
agreements according to the latest
figures. This compares with 460.6
million bushels, the previous high
set in 1952.
W. YELLOWROBE
RITES MONDAY
IN WOLF POINT
MILITARY SERVICES FOR ACCI
DENT VICTIM HELD MONDAY
MORNING FROM IMMACU
LATE CONCEPTION CHURCH.
Funeral services for Wallace
Francis Yellowrobe, 27, who died
Friday morning, March 19, follow
ing an automobile accident, were
held from Immaculate Conception
Catholic church in Wolf Point Mon
day morning, March 22 at 9 o’clock.
Rev. Patrick J. O’Reilly officiated
at the mass. Interment was in
Greenwood cemetery with Veterans
of Foreign Wars according full
military honors. Rosary was said
at the Yellowrobe home Sunday
evening.
Wallace Yellowrobe was born
March 26, 1927 in Wolf Point and
lived in this community all of his
life with the exception of a year
spent, in the Army Air Force from
1948 to 1949. He served overseas
during the Korean campaign.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Yellowrobe of
Wolf Point; two sisters, Mrs. Peggy
Brown of Wolf Point and Mrs. Wil
ma Hall of Merced, Calif.; and
three brothers, Calvin Stanley and
Leo.
$250 In Cash Is
Taken From First
Lutheran Church
Approximately $250 in cash plus
an additional amount In checks was
taken from the pastor's study in
the First Lutheran church Sunday
afternoon.
According to information given
the city police by Pastor Ralph L.
Okland, the money represented the
collectipn at the Sunday morning
service. Police were told that us
ually this money is not kept in the
study, but since the church treas
urer was absent Sunday the money
was kept there.
Police were informed that both
the study and the church were un
locked so that all the thief had to
do was walk in. The theft is be
lieved to have taken place during
the afternoon between 4 and 6
o'clock. Police have been working
on the case, but no arrests have
been made.
Two other cases were reported
to the police during the week.
Thursday night of last week thieves
broke into Rowan’s Dress Shop
through a back door, but nothing
was taken. The following night
thieves attempted to break into the
Public Drug, but here they were
only able to tear off the screen
door and they did not gain entrance
to the building because of the se
curely locked door.
Several minor car prowling cases
have also been reported, but these,
the police believe, were the work
of youngsters.
Tournament Officials
Two local basketball officials
were employed to officiate at state
tournaments. James J. BOyd work
ed the Class B meet at Great Falls
and Harold M. Seiler officiated at
the State Class C in Livingston.
wide-open split in the commission
that became apparent during the
week.
While in session at Poplar the
Oil and Gas Comm&sion accepted
the resignation of John Marchi.
Helena, as commission attorney.
Also announced at the Poplar ses
sion was the resignation of Alec
Crowell, petroleum engineer for
the group. This resignation was
made to take effect Sept. 1 or
"earlier if possible.”
Saturday, Ken Byerly, chair
man of the commission, announc
ed his resignation as head of the
group. Almost at the same time
an oil producers’ group had pass
ed a resolution asking for Byer
ly’s resignation.
During the week a series of
charges and counter charges were
aired in the press of the state con
cerning the commission's operation
Indicating strife in the commission’s
internal affairs. These differences
of opinion among members of the
commission and oil men of the state
are expected to be aired at an open
meeting being held this week.
Montana ranks sixth among the
states In the total amount of
wheat under price support and
probably would have ranked
higher except for the fact that
we produced a considerable
amount of high protein wheat
which was sold at more than the
support level, Kolstad said. Mon
tana was second In the nation In
total production of wheat In 1953.
However, Montana is third in
amount of wheat under farm stor
age loan. Only North Dakota and
Kansas have larger amounts In
farm storage than does Montana.
In addition to wheat, Montana
farmers put 4,932,295 bushels of
barley under support, as well as
| smaller amounts of rye, flax, oats,
and dry beans. The Montana record
for barley under support was set
in 1946, when 9,270,000 bushels were
put under loan and purchase agree
|ment.
Junior Class To
Present Annual
Play Saturday
"The Little Dog Laughed” a
three-act comedy, will be present
ed Saturday evening In the new
high school gym by the Wolf Point
high school junior class. The first
curtain is scheduled for 8 o’clock.
In the play the part of Laurie
Huntington, a college sophomohe
majoring in psychology, is played
by Joann Green. Sidney Hunting
ton, her father, is Robert Crants.
Mary Loendorf is cast as Sidney’s
wife, Martha. Wally Huntington is
portrayed by Jim Peterson and
Mary Brownlee is cast in the role
of his girl friend, Joan Wood. Bob
Kemp is Ted Wood, Sid Hunting
ton’s competitor, and Diane West is
Lillian Wood, Ted’s wife.
Joan and Wally try to create a
romantic situation between Mark
Bradford, played by Carl Traeholt
and Laurie, the psychology major.
Miss Gustakvesky, the Huntington’s
part-time maid is played by Eileen
Baker. “Gus" has some romantic in
clinations toward Horatio Honey
well, who is played by Jim Fahey.
In the supporting roles are: Beu
lah Roy as Amelia Dennis; Gene
veve Feda as Caroline Blakesly;
Gracann Sebring is cast as Grace
Schoenbeck; and Kay Woods is
Theresa Brown. Donna Rathert is
the woman with a little boy while
Burton Stenslie plays the man with
a small dog. John Norcutt takes the
part of the newsboy.
The play is under the direction
of Miss Carolyn Kimble, high school
speech instructor and the student
director is Sue Randall.
Chamber Represented
R. E. Coffey, secretary of Wolf
Point Chamber of Commerce, went
to Helena Monday to represent the
Chamber at a special Highway Safe
ty and finance meeting called by
Gov. J. Hugo Aronson.
Theatre Opening With New Wide Screen
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completed an attentive remodel
ing program which Included the
WORK STARTED
IN MCCONE ON
PHONE LINES
RURAL RESIDENTS MUST SIGN
FOR SERVICE NOW OR WAIT
UNTIL PROJECT 18 COMPLET
ED; EASEMENTS A MUST NOW.
Mid-River telephone crews work
ing out of Circle have started clear
ing -right-of-ways for line routing
in North McCone, Circle and
Richey exchange areas according
to information released by Ellis
Jones, phone system manager. In
addition to clearing right-of-way
the crew is tagging houses for tele
phone service entrances.
These crews are also calling on
people who have not signed ap
plications for telephone service,
Jones stated. This will be the
last time crews will be contact
ing non-subscrlbers about tele
phone service. Those who have
not signed at the time the lines
are surveyed and routed may
have to wait until the.entire sys
tem Is completed In all five coun
ties in Montana and McKenzie
county, North Dakota before ser
vice will be available to them.
The crews obtaining right-of-way
have a big job to do and thousands
of miles to cover within the next
few weeks, Jones emphasized. Ease
ment forms with land descriptions
filed in, along with a letter of ex
planation, will be mailed to land
owners in some exchange areas.
“Please cooperate by signing
the easement blanks and return
ing them to the telephone office
at your earliest possible conven
ience,” Jones said.
“We are pressed for time by the
survey and staking crews, and this
is one way to cut corners and
make headway. If good response
is received it will expedite the
project and save on construction
costs,” the manager pointed out
The engineers are designing ru
ral lines for the joint use of REA
electric poles. This joint use, or un
der-building will be used where
ver possible. It will eliminate the
necessity of separate poles and will
reduce the initial cost of the proj
ect.
Contractor Shennum and crew
are finishing the main telephone
line north of Circle this week. A
one mile tap to another Shell Oil
well located on Section 33-22-48
still remains to be constructed.
ANNUAhIGH
SCHOOL MUSIC
CONCERT SET
TO CHARGE ADMISSION THIS
YEAR TO START FUND FOR
PURCHASE OF CHOIR GOWNS
FOR CHORUS.
The Wolf Point high school music
department will present its annual
spring concert this year the eve
ning of Friday, April 9 starting at
8 o’clock.
Featured on the program will
be the high school mixed chorus
of 64 voices singing the music
from Sigmund Romberg’s “Desert
Bong.”
Also on the program will be a
concert by the senior high school
band, presenting march selections
and concert numbers. In addition
the instrumental and vocal soloists
who are preparing numbers for the
district contest-festival at Malta
April 24, will give Wolf Point folks
a chance to hear their numbers.
In the pastxthis concert presented
by the music department has been
given without admission charge.
However, this year the chorus stu
dents have decided to charge 60c
and 25c admission to start a fund
for the purchase of choir gowns for
the entire chorus.
New Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Art Moran recent
ly moved here from Cartright, N.
D. Moran is connected with the
railroad.
installation of the new wide
screen known as “panoramic vis
ion.” The formal grand opening
Death Stalks Highway Near Poplar Friday—
TWO CAR CRASHES
TAKE THREE LIVES
New Station To Hold Grand Opening Saturday
The Conoco Super Service sto
. tion recently completed just
north of the Sherman Hotel will
hold Its grand opening Saturday
Covering Roosevelt, Eastern Valley, Northern McCone, Southern Daniels and Sheridan Counties
Official Newspaper of Roosevelt County
Pioneer Voice of the Community—Established In 1918
Vol. 41. No. 11.
MRS. J. KEMP
ANNOUNCES '54
CANCER DRIVE
LOCAL CHAIRMEN SELECTED
FROM EACH TOWN IN COUN
TY TO CARRY DRIVE FOR
FurfUS.
Mrs. John Kemp, Roosevelt coun
ty Cancer Fund drive chairman,
has announced that the 1954 cam
paign will start April 1. Money
collected in this drive is used to
finance the research that is hoped
will one day discover ways and
means of curing cancer and of pre
venting it.
To carry on the drive for funds
within the county, Mrs. Kemp has
appointed chairmen for each town
in the county. These chairmen are:
Mrs. W. E. Scvhrelber, Wolf Point;
Mrs. Robert Clark, Poplar; Mrs.
Don Hunter, Culbertson; Faye
Crusch, Bainville; Mrs. Marie Hoff
man, McCabe; and Mrs. Nora Peile,
Froid. The appointment of a chair
man for Brockton has been made,
but not confirmed and will be an
nounced later.
‘ Mrs. Kemp points out that con
cer is one of the human race’s most
dread killers, and that it is only
through research that a way to con
quer the killer can be 'found. She
urges that people in the various
towns of the county give generous
ly when called upon to do their bit
in the fight against cancer.
ATTEND ELKB KEGLING
TOURNEY IN HELENA
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keller, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Williams, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Braden, Mr. 'and Mrs.
B. M. Cole, Lawrence Holum and
John Taylor left Friday for Helena
to attend the Elks bowling tourna
ment. They returned to Wolf Point
Monday.
Miss Shirley Seibert spent the
weekend in Helena visiting her
mother, Mrs. Jack Keller. Miss Sei
bert is enrolled at the University
at Missoula.
of the theatre and the first show
ing of Its new wide screen will
start tonight and continue through
Saturday.—Herald-News Photo.
of this week. The new station
with Its enlarged and Improved
facilities, takes the place of a
smaller building which was torn
Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana, Thursday, March 25, 1964
Complete 2 More
Successful Wells
In Poplar Field
MURPHY CORPORATION TO
DRILL OFFSET TO EMPIRE
STATE NO. 1 SMITH; EGGE
BRECHT WELL NEAR CRITIC
AL DEPTH.
Most of the new activity in the
East Poplar field is confined to op
erations of the Murphy Corporation.
They spudded in one new well this
week and Announced another new
location.
Murphy's have announced the
location of Unit No. 40 In NWNE,
section 17, township 29 north, 51
east This will be a direct off
set to Empire State's No. 1 Smith.
At present they are engaged In
moving onto the drilling site.
The Murphy No. 32 Unit, which
had previously been passed up was
spudded in March 22 and were last
reported drilling below 1,000 feet
after setting surface pipe. This unit
is located SWNE, section 15, town
ship 28 north, 51 east.
The Murphy Corporation also
announces two recent completions
In the field. The No. 39 was com
pleted In the B Two Zone of the
Madison formation and after be
ing acidized with 1,000 gallons
of acid Is flowing at the rate of
22 barrels per hour through a
12/64 choke with 600 pounds of
pressure.
The No. 38 unit was completed
this week through perforations
from 5637 to 5645 feet and is now
flowing at the rate of 11 barrels
per hour.
Two drilling operations m Mc-
Cone county are of particular in
terest in this area. The Socony
No. 1 Waller in the Weldon com
munity was last reported coring .at
9567. The last drill stem test be
tween 8435 and 8511 was reported
to have recovered 5300 feet of salt
water.
The Hodge and Hodge No. 2
Eggebrecht was last reported as
drilling past 9,100 and at this
time should be very close to the
critical depth. This well is an
offset to the No. 1 well which is
flowing very substantial amounts
of high gravity oil and even
greater amounts of water from
the Silurian.
The Union Oil Company of Cali
fornia, through which Hodge and
Hodge operations have been con
ducting, is closing its Wolf Point
office in the Sherman Hotel. The
nearest office of the firm will now
be in Bismarck, N. D.
MARRIED IN WOLF POINT
BY JUDGE NELS LUND
James Alton Bailey, 25, of Pop
lar and Beverly Louise Faygel, 22,
also of Poplar, were married by
Justice of the Peace Nels Lund in
his office in the court house Mon
day. March 15.
The couple had secured their
license the same day in the office
of Guy Miller, clerk of courts.
Attend MEA Convention/
Kathryn Loucks, president and
delegate of the rural MEA, accom
panied by Ellen Peterson, alternate,
left Wednesday for Helena where
they will attend the 31st delegate
assembly of the Montana Education
Association.
down last fall. During the con
struction period the station was
operated from a temporary frame
building located west of the new
building.—Herald-News Photo.
To Hold Hearing
On GN Petition *
To Stop ‘Skidoo’
The Montana Railroad Commis
sion has set April 6 in Glasgow as
the time and place for the hear
ing on the application of the Great
Northern Railroad for authority to
discontinue two passenger trains
between Williston. N. D., and Glas
gow.
The trains which the railroad
would discontinue are known as
No. 223 and 224 and are commonly
known as the "Skidoo.”
DELEGATES TO
GIRLS', BOYS'
STATE NAMED
ONE GIRL AND TWO BOYS SE
LECTED TO ATTEND ANNUAL
EVENT IN BILLINGS NEXT
SUMMER; ALTERNATES ARE
NAMED.
Wolf Point delegates to Girls’ and
Boys’ State from Wolf Point were
selected at the high school last
week as follows:
Donna Mae Rathert was named
Girls’ State delegate and Joan
Green as alternate.
The girls selected by the girls of
the junior class from a group of
four nominated by the faculty. Mary
Loendorf and Suzanne Randall were
the other two girls nominated by
the faculty.
Three boys were named to Boys’
State by members of the faculty
having junior boys in their classes.
Robert Crants. sponsored by the
American Legion Post; Mark Das
inger, sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars post of Wolf Point,
and James Fahey, sponsored by the
Wolf Point Elks were selected. Wil
liam Hanson was named first al
ternate and James Peterson, sec
ond alternate.
Conoco Station
Plans Opening
Event Saturday
The Conoco Super Service Sta
tion operated by Ellis Thorsen,
which has been under construction
for several months will stage its
grand opening of the new station
Saturday, March 27. The new sta
tion is located at the same location
as the former station, which was
torn down to make way for the
new building just north of the
Sherman Hotel.
During the open house the sta
tion management is serving refresh
ments, and will give away favors
and several other valuable gifts.
Details of the opening will be found
in an advertisement elsewhere in
this newspaper.
SIX MORE ARE ;
HOSPITALIZED .
WITHIN JURIES'
ACTING CORONER NELB LUND
TO HOLD AN INQUEST INTO
BOTH ACCIDENTS; JURY AL
READY SELECTED.
Death stalked the highway east
of Poplar Friday when two acci
dents resulted in three deaths and
injuries to six others who were
passengers in the four vehicles in
volved.
The dead are: Wallace Yellow
robe, 27, who died of Injuries In
the Government hospital early
Friday morning a short time af
ter the accident; Mrs. Stephen
(Agnes) Bird, 46, killed Instantly
Friday evening; and Dave Akers,
46, died Sunday afternoon In th*
Government hospital In Poplar.
' Those injured in the two acci
dents were: Carson Walking Eagle.
30, driver of the car in which Yel
lowrobe was fatally injured and hi*
brother, Victor, 34; Stephen Bird,
who was driving the car in which
his wife was killed. Mrs. Alice Les
ter, also in the Bird car; Matthew
Yellow Owl , driver of the car
which collided with the Bird ve
hicle and his brother Wallace Yel
low Owl. Of the surviving injured
in the two accidents, none were
considered seriously injured.
The first accident took place
about five o’clock Friday morning
on Highway 2.about five miles east
of Poplar.
According to investigating of
ficers Walking Eagle was travel
ing west toward Poplar. Ho Is al
leged to have turned out to pas*
two other cars, when he appar
ently saw another car approach
ing and slammed on hie brakes.
His car Is reported to heve careen
ed down the highway sideway*
and collided with a pickup driven
by Floyd O'Brien, a Murphy OH
Co. employee, who was enroute
to the oil fields.
O'Brien was reported to have es
caped injury, but the passenger*
in the Walking Eagle car were
taken to the Agency hospital ilk.
Poplar where Wallace Yellowrobe
died a short time later.
The second fatal accident took
place Friday evening 414 miles east
of Poplar on Highway 2, about a
half mile west of the scene of the
Friday morning accident
The Bird car was traveling east
from Poplar enroute to their home
in Riverside. Bird apparently saw
the car, driven by Matthew Yellow
Owl, approaching and slowed down
and pulled well to the right side
of the road. It was at this point,
that the Yellow Owl car collided
with the Bird car. Sheriff E. G.
Shuman of Roosevelt county, one
of the investigating officers, re
ported that the Yellow Owl car was
traveling west on the wrong side
of the road.
Following the accident all the
passengers in the two cars, with
the exception of Mrs. Bird, who was
killed instantly, were taken to the
Government hospital in Poplar for
treatment.
Following the accidents, Nels
Lund, acting coroner, empaneled a
coroner’s jury to hold an inquest
to determine the cause of the ac
cident. The first jury convened
Saturday at the Clayton Funeral
Chapel in Wolf Point where they
viewed the body. They met again
at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
to view the scene of the accident
and hear evidence in the case. At
the time of going to press results
of the inquest were not yet avail
able.
A second jury was empaneled by
Acting Coroner Lund to consider
the second fatal accident They met
Monday afternoon to view the
bodies of Mrs. Bird and Akers and
are scheduled to hold an inquest
this afternoon, Thursday at 2 o’clock
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation has also taken part In the
Investigation of the two accidents
since the dead and Injured were
all of Indian blood, and since the
accidents took place within the
limits of the Fort Peck reserva
tion.
A third mishap within a half mile
of the two fatal accidents took
place Saturday afternoon. Terry
J. Claymore, 24, wounded himself
in the head with a small calibre
rible, according to a report made
by Sheriff Shuman. The bullet is
said to have glanced off his skull,
and he lost considerable blood, but
is expected to recover at the Gov
ernment hospital where he was tak
en for treatment. Sheriff Shuman
told the press that Claymore had.
been drinking.
GRAVESIDE RITES HELD ’
FRIDAY FOR WARDEN BABY
Patrick Henry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Warden of Wolf Point,
died at birth March 18 in Trinity
hospital in Wolf Point. Graveside
services were held Friday, March
19 at Greenwood cemetery with
Rev. Ralph L. Okland, pastor of the
First Lutheran church, officiating.
Surviving besides his parents are
one brother. Jack Jf., and the
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Warden of Wolf Point and Mr. and
Mrs. Lonnie Tucker of Haileyville.
Ala.