Cut Bank's Oil Field Dream Feels Close to Realized Promise
A Montana field report traces Cut Bank's rising oil tale from 1904 discoveries to a modern gas and oil push led by Louis O'Neil and the Montana Power Co. The piece notes a monoclinal terrace structure with high grade crude, growing well counts, and Cut Bank's town vigor, rail and highway access, and potential for a major new oil region.
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W. W. Gail
Mont
Ass'n
Sam Jones
IMAG
Oklahoma
Glacier Park
Cut Bank
First Oil
Swiftcurrent Oil Land & Power Co
Montana
Stebinger
Milk River Anticline
Kevin-Sunburst
Sandpoint-Berger
Mountains
Rockies
Turner Valley
Canadian
Rocky Mountain
Dry Creek
Border
Drumheller Interests
Spokane
Northwestern Mining Development
Sunburst
Ellis Sands
Drumheliers
O'Neil
Louis B. O'Neil
John
Cat Creek
Kevin Sunburst
California Petroleum Co
Ott
Montans Power Co
Northwest Gas & Transportation Co
Winston Bros
Minneapolis
Butte
Great Anaconda
Great Anaconda Copper Co
O'Neil-Montana Power Group
Rey Tarrant
W. B. Hoerr
Roy C. Tarrant
Wyoming
Tarrant
Montana Power Company
Tip” O'Neil
Santa Rita Oil Co
Pendents
Salt Creek
East Texas
Midway
California
United States
Leas
Bootenai
W. M. Fulton
No Bank
Medicine Man
Blackfeet
L. B. O'Neil
Glacier County
Delaware
Northwest
Dan Whetstone
Pioneer
Pioneer Press
Peggy Cncouttermert
Nimrods
Asa
Chronicle
Sphinx
Slice
Casper
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Cat Bank Firms Sponsor Page
Page credits sponsors including Andy's Service Station Brown Hotel L A Ree Co dry goods John W Coburn attorney Clapper Motor Co Ford dealer Cat Bank Gas Utilities and other local firms and individuals.
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Cat Bank
Andy’s Service Station
Brown Hotel
L. A. Ree Co
John W. Coburn
Clapper Motor Coo
Ford
Cat Bank Gas Utilities
Pioneer Stage Driver Samuel Earhart Dead
Samuel A. Earhart, longtime Montana stage driver and prospector, died recently. Born February 28 1843 in Philadelphia he came to Virginia City in 1865 and later drove stages from Helena to Whitehall and from Butte to Deer Lodge before settling at the hump for 48 years. He never experienced a hold up during his 13 years of driving coaches.
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Montana
Samuel A. Earhart
Earhart
Philadelphia
Virginia City
Mont
Helena
Whitehall
Butte
Deer Lodge
Sie
Marcus Daly
Wes m
Indians to slaughter bison and elk for reservations
Fifty bison and five elk from Mekee bison reserve will be slaughtered for distribution to the Flathead Crew and Blackfeet reservations. Deer will also be disposed of similarly. Henry J. Helegeson of Missoula began slaughters at the range, claiming the herd holds a world record for kills.
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Mekee
Flathead
Crew
Blackfeet
Henry J
Buffalo Hank) Helegeson
Missoula
Helegeson
von Weseneena
Oe Ae Reserve
Yellowstone Park
Debaters Win Intercollegiate Question Victory Report
Freshman team led by Keller won the debate on the intercollegiate question Resolv that the United States should agree to the cancellation of the interallied war debts. Team members included Dreger Fagenstrom Great Falls and Carrol Speck White hall. Sophomore debaters were Dean Stebbins and George Nod Billings and Ben Law Bogeman.
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Nually
United States
Keller
Dreger Fagenstrom
Great Falls
Carrol Speck
Whitehall
Dean Stebbins
George Nod
Billings
Ben Law
Bogeman
Falls Man Murdered on Road Near Yakima Washington
Falls man Adolphus Amelne age about 36 formerly of Great Falls located in Yakima Washington last winter was shot to death on a quiet road. Police report he was killed between the eyes and the slayer fled. A grocery slip with the name Chick Ameline was found in his pocket. investigators could not confirm that name in the Great Falls directory.
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Falls
Washington
Adophus Amelne
Yakima
Wash
Great Falls
Ameline
Bozeman Thief Geis Gets 30 Months After Salmon Heist
Geis, 30, and Clampett, 36, were linked to stealing $700 in cigarettes from a Bozeman wholesale house on August 13. Clampett arrived in Bozeman with a carnival last fall, the same period as the crime. The courthouse records note the lapse of the carnival and the subsequent arrest.
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Geis
W. Clampett
Bozeman
Clampett
Boseman
Galeries
Heute
Packers Move Turkeys in Los Angeles Shipment
The first day faced a blizzard that hindered loading. Advance payments averaged 13 cents for No 1 and 8 cents for No 2 turkeys, totaling about $1,808. Final payments followed a few days later as the shipment went to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
University football costs and receipts details
The state university spent 83 500 on football this fall with 22 500 funded by guarantees from Pacific Coast conference schools. Montana faced foreign opponents and gate receipts, activity fees contributed 14 percent or 3 180 dollars. The split of expenses for the Butte game against Montana State College was 63 percent of total costs.
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Montana
Butte
Montana State College
Butte Girl Dies After Gasoline Fire Rescue Tragedy
Mary Patricia Kelly, 19, a former University of Washington student, died at St. James hospital in Butte several days after sustaining burns in a gasoline explosion on November 30. Her mother, Mrs. P J Kelly, died two days later from critical burns while attempting to rescue her daughter. The blast happened in the Kelly home garage during cleanup of a leather jacket soaked in gas.
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Butte
Barnes Mary Patricia Kelly
University of Washington
St. James Hospital
P. J. Kelly
Kelly
Six McQueen youths died in Butte blast last July Fourth
A Butte recall of a deadly explosion at a dynamite blasting cap site is cited as the mother of one victim sues for life insurance losses. She seeks $1,000 from the Croatian Fraternal Union of America claiming the insurer owed the amount.
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McQueen Addition
Butte
Surloseptims
Croatian Fraternal Union of America
15 Ways to a Man's Heart cookbook ad
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal flour offering a booklet titled 15 Ways to a Man's Heart. The firm invites requests by mail with ten cents, promising simple recipes to win a husband’s praise.
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Gold Medal Flour Company
Minneapolis
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Crater
Montania
Cut Bank Field
Texas Production Company
Drumheller
Ragena Ey
Spain
Hank Helegeson
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