North oil field plans and key well activity emerge
Plans advance for resumption of Kevin Sunburst field operations on April 1 with major operators reactivating wells. The Sunburst company has increased pumping, Campbell-Stewart adjacent drilling gains attention, and the Gladys Belle Harold Brown border well shows potential as tool recovery completes. Interest grows in a Shelby refinery and deeper sand tests next summer.
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Kevin-Sunburst
John McFadyen
Ohio Company
McFadyen
Sunburst Company
Campbell-Stewart
Gladys Belle-Harold Brownwell
Border
Gordon Campbell
Shell Company
Campbell
Minneapolis
Shelby
Gas strike at Murray well near Broadview yields heavy wet gas
A large flow of gas estimated between 10 and 12 million cubic feet was tapped at the Murray well in Stillwater county. The gas is extremely wet with heavy gasoline content and was struck in the first frontier sands at a depth of 1460 feet. The drill had penetrated only a foot into the sand when gas appeared. The company plans to ease off and use the gas commercially while continuing drilling as a light oil spray was observed. Previous nearby well on the opposite side of a northeast southwest fault had water in nearly every sand, this well shows no water.
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Broadview
Murray
First Frontier
Stillwater County
Skeleton Find Triggers Murder Recall Near Flatwillow
The Roundup Tribune reports a Fort Benton rancher linking a Flatwillow Creek skeleton to 1870 Durfee murder during Fergus county Yogo stampede. Miner recalls coroner jury framing Slew and Henderson shooting error and a flat rock over Durfee’s skull. Lewistown’s Culver offers an alternate tale of Indian attack and buried partner.
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Fort Benton
Coggshall
Flatwillow Creek
Roundup Tribune
M. J. Miner
Durfee
Fergus County
Miner
Mr. Miner
Yogo
Bill Slew
Mike Henderson
Slew
Henderson
Lewistown
W. H. Culver
Culver
Ile
Mr. Culver
First Episcopal Church in State From Virginia City Story
The tale recalls St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Virginia City Montana, the territory’s first Episcopal edifice, built 1867 68 after Methodists raised a frame church but could not finish it. Bishop Tuttle oversaw finances, bought liens, and completed the building, dedicated May 1868 as St. Paul’s.
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Daniel S. Tuttle
Episcopal Church
Virginia City
Episcopalians
St. Paul’s Church
Tuttle
Boise
Tootle, Leach & Co
Territorial Legislative Council
Donaldson
Mr. King
King
A. M. Hough
New York
Montana
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Helena City
Charles King
Colorado
I Kingsley
Missouri River
King Tooking
Turmoil Over Church Property in Virginia City
A week after a sale, money and subscriptions fell short of liabilities as Brother King departed. Bishop Tuttle seized the property, leaving the Methodist church with nothing to show for its labor and expense. The fate of the Virginia City Methodist congregation is described as a painful chapter in local religious history.
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King
Tuttle
Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Virginia City
Church
Railroad Work to Start On Miles City Casper Line
Prospects for the 330 mile North and South railway between Miles City and Casper Wyoming look bright as frost ends. Local officials say large crews will be put to work this spring pending the Interstate Commerce Commission certificate of necessity, believed likely to be granted.
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North and South Railway
Miles City
Casper
Wyoming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Youth Saves Burglar Spree at Chichas Grocery
Early morning burglars at Chichas grocery in Billings, thwarted after two adults heard prowling. Mr. and Mrs. Simons hid in the rear while a youth among the robbers reportedly acted to delay or deter, as the front door was broken and a Winchester rifle was drawn to threaten the intruder.
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Chichas
Billings
M. W. Simons
Mr. Simons
Night burglaries spark police reports across several homes
Only the entreaties of a wife kept a marauder from biasing away as Mr Simons appeared ready for action. The man fled when confronted. Police report four or five other break ins during the night with smashed windows as the main damage.
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Simons
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Flaherty Optical Parer
Third St
Grest Falls
Mont
Montane Meat and Commission Co
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ARK Hotel
Flatchiow
E. M. Moran
Northern Hotel
New Finlen Hotel
Rainbow Hotel
Moran & Company Tailors
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State
the People's University
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Education Polytechnic
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Bankers’ Pub. Association
Glasgow Courier
Glasgow, Mont
A. W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
D. II
Blair. Com
Internal Revenue
Charles M. Russell
Rawhide Rawlins Stories
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Great Western
Rawhide Rawlins
Cheely-Raban Syndicate
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