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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1922
Page
3
Montana communities report legal cases, oil geology updates, road work, and public notices. Incidents include a fatal shooting near Saco, bank burglary in Corvallis, gas strike at Northfield Oil drilling, and a murder investigation in Glacier County.
Numerous classified ads show livestock listings including registered Holstein and Hereford bulls, breeding stock, calves, yearlings and bred heifers. Also tractors, farm equipment, eggs poultry and poultry supplies, fruit and produce offers, land for sale across Montana Washington and Texas, plus land development and oil investment pitches.
Federal game warden George Mush bach reports ducks unusually plentiful this season with many sections noting higher abundance than in years. New duck varieties nesting locally include the canvasback and wood duck, the latter typically eastern and nearly extinct, under protection with no open season. Duck season begins September 16.
Experts forecast Montana wheat yields of 40 to 50 million bushels and grain values above 100 million dollars this year. Wool prices rise, cattle markets improve, and over 16 000 miners are to be employed in Butte, the highest since wartime. Oil drilling expands in Cat Creek and Kevin Sunburst with many rigs and rising acreage, as standard and independent rivals amass holdings signaling rapid northern development. Prosperity appears poised to continue toward the wire.
A flow exceeding 9000 barrels per day emerged from the Frantz well in Cat Creek field section 14 15N 29E. The well drilled into the second sands produced 3810 barrels in 10 hours, a rate of 9120 bbls per 24 hours, signaling a major breakthrough and prompting further development plans by Mid-Northern Oil and other companies. The high gasoline content oil comes without gas pressure and is easily handled in a flowing well. Homestake Oil Company is among interests in the area.
A high profile German figure, foreign minister Walter Rathenau, was shot and killed by unknown assailants while on his way to the foreign office. The event sends shockwaves through Berlin and echoes the postwar crisis in Europe.
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