Oil Boom Rises in Kevin Field Montana Activates Three Drilling Firms
Montana awakens to Gordon Campbell led Kevin oil field expansion. Three firms drill, five prepare rigs, and more investors from Chicago Texas Oklahoma and Montana pour into the 40 acre offset with Gordon Campbell Royalties Inc directing. The discovery well yields 25 barrels an hour and gas flow attracts refiners. Campbell Syndicate No 2 plans further drilling with Campbell guiding operations.
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Montana
Gordon Campbell
Kevin
Toole County
United States
Troy-Sweetgrass
N.E. N.W
S.W. S.W
Sunburst Oil & Gas Co
N.E. S.E
Kevin Syndicate
Apex Pet
S.W. S
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Lewistown
Charles E. Orchard
Denver
Mid- Continent
Harry L. Wilson
Billings
M. E. Smeltz
L. P. Jackson
Roundup
Joe R. Weese
Stout
Campbell
Royalty Company
Kevin Syndicate No
S. W
W.S.W
C. Stapleton
Large Nelson reservoir carp shipped to New York City
One hundred twenty thousand pounds of carp caught last winter in Nelson reservoir were shipped to New York City for food under state permit. Bowdoin lake also has carp but not as large, while Missouri river lakes host many carp impairing game fish and water fowl. A separate note says a federal vocational trade school for disabled World War II veterans will open in Helena on July 1 with a celebration.
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Montana
Nelson Reservoir
New York City
C. A. Jakways
Lake
Bowdoin
Missouri
Federal Vocational Trade School For
Helena
Thomas Busha, Jr
United States Veterans’ Bureau
People of the
committing _ Sapker
Lingus Ehoeek
Tanittn Avenue
Burton H. Cole Elected Secretary of Montana Bar
At the Montana State Bar association meeting Burton H. Cole of Lewistown was chosen secretary treasurer. Born in Ohio in 1876, he moved to Montana in 1909, taught at the university in Missoula, then practiced law in Lewistown as part of Cole and Alsaker. He serves as deputy county attorney of Fergus County.
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Montana State Bar Association
Burton H. Cole
Lewistown
Mr. Cole
Ohio
Montana
Missoula
Fergus County
Cole & Alsaker
Bees of Montana Led U S Honey Production and Growth
Montana appears as a leading honey producer with eleven thousand colonies and an average per colony yield around 81 pounds. The May report notes strong long term averages, winter losses nearing 15 percent, and foul brood as a key threat. The industry centers in irrigated valleys with alfalfa and clover, led by Yellowstone, Carbon, Ravalli, and other counties.
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Montana
Montana Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Wyoming
Michigan
United States
State Department of Agriculture
Yellowstone
Carbon
Ravalli
Big Horn
Sweet Grass
Cascade
Rosebud
Stillwater
Custer
Madison
Board to Probe Oil Output Reporting in Montana
The state board of equalization orders a formal investigation into oil producers for failing to report well output. Civil engineer C. C. Adams is appointed to determine the production figures to be used in setting the oil tax.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
C. C. Adams
Fire damage and dynaniting listed in brief notices
A series of short news briefs details a fire causing $400,000 damage before dynamiting, and various international and domestic items including Cheyenne weather notes, Valentino trial drama in California, a George Lloyd event in London, and Bulgaria’s King Boris gardening. Also reports from Chicago, Washington, Bakersfield, Twin Falls on crime, labor, and a life insurance settlement in Idaho.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Southering
New York
Paul
Manhattan
Ward's Island
Dolly Gray
Spain
Los Angeles
California
Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Jean Acker
London
David Lloyd George
William Randolph Hearst
Lloyd George
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
International Committee
Sofia
Boris
Bulgaria
Palace
Chicago
Herman Bundesen
Bundesen
Washington
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
Bakersfield
Calif
William Pickens
Ku Klux Klan
Clyde Richey
Pickens
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lyda M. Southard
Idaho State Life Insurance Company
Edward F. Meyer
Hugh Thomas Carter Helena Lawyer and Montanan Political Scion
Hugh Thomas Carter a Helena lawyer and son of Senator Thomas H. Carter was born in Helena in 1892. He studied law at Georgetown University and began practice in Helena. His early political work included managing the Montana side of Hiram Johnsons presidential campaign. He served as a second lieutenant of aviation during the war.
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Hugh Thomas Carter
Helena
39th Montana Pioneers Convention to Meet in Missoula
The 39th annual Montana Pioneers convention will run August 28 24 and 25 in Missoula. J A Sanders of Helena secretary notes the event features the 50th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park creation. Charles D Cook president of the society lives at White Sulphur Springs, with Mrs M J Kline of Butte as vice president at large and Joseph D Conrad of Helena among officers.
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The
Society of Montana Pioneers
Missoula
J. A. Sanders
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Charles D. Cook
Cook
White Sulphur Springs
M. J. Kline
Harrow Saves Winter Wheat in Eastern Montana Largely Recovered
Report from Billings cites farm mortgage representatives surveying the Lake Basin area northwest of Billings. They verify that an acreage once written off as lost wheat has nearly been saved by a harsh winter, with large districts in eastern Montana showing recovery.
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Montana
Billings
Lake
Butte Electric Railway Shows First Monthly Profit Since 1921
The public utilities commission received figures showing April receipts for the Butte Electric railway company at 43,000 with disbursements of 40,000. This marks the first monthly profit since January 1921.
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Butte Electric Railway Company
Public Utilities Commission
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Wecege
Py Eee
Kevin Field
United ‘States
Campbell Test
Cheely-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls
Charles M. Russell
Blackfeet Trading Party
la Verendrye
Rocky Mountains
Pierre Radisson
Mississippi River
Russell
Cheery-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls, Montana
Postoffice
B. H. Cole
Montana Bar Association
Bees OF
U. S
Navy
Navy Department
McVay
Senate Naval Committee
Hugh
Helens
Charles de Conk
Wonderland
Shelby
Beaver
Hoenck Fur House
Butte
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