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“When I predict-' a development 15-feet you cannot use a great quan­ campaign for 1923 that will mean tity of nitroglycerin. ^ I do not be­ NOTED PIONEER’S : i ! 1000 WELLS IN 1,600 wells drilledf you must remem­ lieve there is enough5 water in- the ILLION 'BARR ber that we have shallow drilling sands to make shooting dangerous.” here,” he said. “A depth .of 1,600 After a visit to the Hogan well in o i l -w KEViN-SUNBURST feet will not “feaze” oil men. These section 22-35-2 w, Ford said that'it PAPERS MISSING ILL iE YEAR’S "YIELD wells.¿hn be sunk without difficulty is now flowing at the- i^ate of about within 30 days each. In our own 450 barrels a day. This is not to the SON OF GRANVILLE STUART SAYS THAT IS THE PREDICTION FOR work in-tbe north we have drilled our capacity of- the well, in his estima­ WIDOW HAS TAKEN THEM NEXT YEAR BY WELL KNOWN wells within 30 days despite difficul­ tion.' He said that he believed the OKLAHOMA OPERATOR ties in connection with the water and well to be capable of a production OUT OF STATE fuel supply that have often forced of 600 to'700 barrels a day and pos­ shut downs. „ sibly as high'as l',000 barrels. „ -j Priceless Records, of Early Days in Says Development of the North Field Next Spring Will be on a Colossal “Oil men and drillers familiar with Montana Coinpilod by Trail Blazor operations in other fields will find Were to Have Been Incorporated in Scalo; How Shallow Drilling little difficulty. The field up here ASPIRIN History of Montana and Data Re­ Speeds Up Work; Largest Field in is similar in Its conditions with those the United States. of Arkansas and some in Texas. It tained by State. is rather different from /the Okla­ homa fields, as it is shallow drilling. Say “Bayer” and Insist! -A thousand wells will be drilled in I do not believe that either the drill­ That Mrs. Granville Stuart, widow the Kevin-Sunburst field during the of Granville Stuart, the noted Mon ing or- the production problems of season of 1923, according to Fred the Kevin-Sunburst field are difficult tana pioneer who died four years ago, Ford of Tulsa, Okla., production su­ ones. The experienced oil man will has taken from Montana historical perintendent for the Gladys Belle in find them of little moment, but of five states of the. mid-continent and course the inexperienced oil man or „data in the form of documents, writ- southern fields, who has been in Mon­ ’ lrigs and sketches of nearly priceless driller finds difficulties anywhere. A tana in connection with the Gladys man who always drilled water wells value which in reality belong to the Belle activities in this state. can’t become an oil well driller over­ state historical library, and is pre­ While in the field, Ford supervised night in any field. paring to syndicate it to newspapers Reservoir of Oil at the Hogan well, best producer In the Kcvin-Sunburst the drilling in of the Gladys Belle- “One of the most promising feat­ and to issue a book to be called “The field. This well is producing around 500 barrels a day. _ The lease Fryberger well in section 24-35-3 w., ures of the coming year will be the Is owned by E. F. Cobb, J. W. Speer, M. L. McCutcheon and L. F. and made inspection trips to all of coming of additional experienced men Life of Granville Stuart,“ are state­ Rutherford. - the wells of the field. , - into the field. There'are some good ments made by S. J. Stuart, son .of As the result* of this inspection, oil. men In the north field now and Ford said, he believed that the field the fine results of development work the trail blazer, who is in Missoula Eight years ago, after 20 yearsWhile the Cat Creek field is only in connection with matters concern­ has already proved itself the largest show what they are capable of dolng, of development, Wyoming about was nine miles long, the Kevin-in point of area in the United States. but. for the big „activity that is to Unless you see the name “Bayer” ing his father’s estate. ' Mrs. Stuart producing oil at the rate of 3,000,- Development done up to the present come next summer, there must follow was the second wife of the pioneer. Sunburst is easily three times as on package or on tablets you are not 000 barrels annually. The produc­ is not a fraction of what will follow many more like them. getting the genuine Bayer product She is now employed in government long, and many miles wide, whilethe opening of spring, he predicted. “From my investigation- of condi­ tion of oil in Montana, after onlystructure that will justify drilling prescribed by physicians over twenty- vocational training work in Denver. He said that oil men of the Mid- tions at the present wells, it is my two yeprs and proved safe by millions Property of State two years of development, is is ap­ being surveyed and plane tabledcontinent fields are already watch­ opinion that the wells in the field (or proximately the same as that from of Kevin to the Dakota border.ing with the keenest interest the should all be shot. The difficulty The son.contends that most of the progress of events in the north, al­ now is that there are no first class Colds , Headache material which was taken from this Wyoming eight years ago, and- this These production figures dothough not they are handicapped by the well shooters with headquarters here. Toothache — Lumbago takes into consideration but take two into consideration the oilmeager that news that finds its way to If there had been, I would have shot Earache Rheumatism state by Mrs. Stuart was prepared at Neuralgia Pain, Pain. the expense of the state of Montana fields—Cat Creek and Kevin-Sun-is being produced on the Montanathe Mid-continent region. The en­ the Fryberger well, with the result burst. side of the Elk Basin district,- tranceor of new companies in the Mon­ that 'production would have been Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” and really belongs to the state. He tana development, the sending of doubled at least. It is probable that only. Each unbroken package con­ fears that efforts of his father, in Cat Creek, with two years of de­in the Soap Creek fields, near Har­Montana reports and newspapers to shots of from 20 to. 40 quarts of ni­ tains proper directions. Handy boxes writing a history of this state, may velopment behind it, is, of course,din. the Mid-continent has been effective troglycerin, depending upon the sand, of twelve tablets cost few cents. be lost flprever, unless some aotion far in the lead. During September Cat Creek Detail in meeting this to some extent, he should be used. It is my opinion that Druggists also Bell bottleB of 24 and can be taken to get the data back The distribution of Cat Creek oil said. He predicted that a great num­ these wells In the sands that have 100. Aspirin is the trade mark-of into this state, where, he_pays it will the pipe line run of the Mutual Oil company was 216,000 barrels,produced or during September, was as ber of practical oil men will go north­ been opened up canno^ be. hit too Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic- be most appreciated. follows: ward next spring to enter the field. hard. Of course in a sand of 12 to acidester of Salicylicacid. The son has engaged a Missoula at­ at the rate of 2,592,000 barrels ofThe Midwest Refining company, torney to take up the case. He says oil annually. The productiondestination of Lovell, Wyo., 5,017 bar­ that there never has been an admin­ rels; the Lewlstown Oil & Refining istrator for the estate of Granville Kevin-Sunburst, after perhaps six months of development, is nowcompany, ap­ destination Lewistown, 3,- Stuart and as the elder Stuart died 022 barrels; the Standard Oil com­ without making a will, there never proximately 1,000 barrels per day,pany of Indiana, destination Whit­ has been an accounting of his prop­ or 360,000 barrels a year, the totaling, Ind., 113,139 barrels; the Mu­ GOLDEN WEST is the BEST BUY erty to any of the heirs. Everything tual Oil company, destination Cowley, has been in the hands of Mrs. Stuart. of the two fields being 2,952,000 barrels annually. Wyo., 40,038 barrels; the state vet­ Granville Stuart died in Missoula erinarian, 50 barrels. in the fall of 1918. He was 89 years Cat Creek production has in­The remaining 54,757.99 barrels old at the time of his death. He creased almost four-fold since were the transported for others under came to Montana in the early 60s and in GAT CREEK! the common carrier act in the. fol­ was the first man to discover gold in discovery of oil in the second sands and perhaps only half a dozenlowing wells quantities: this state, at Gold creek, about 60 Arro Oil & Refining company, of miles east of Missoula. He had been have been completed to the secondLewistown, 5,932 barrels; C. W. a resident of Butte many years before sands of this remarkable field.Hart, It Hedgesville, 191 barrels; Lew­ BECAUSE—It controls a producing well, proving its property; he went to Missoula to- make his istown Oil & Refining Co., Lewis­ home. He was at one time librarian would not be out of the way to pre­ It controls 80 acres of Cat Creek land, proven to the second sands; dict that Cat Creek production,town, 8,194 barrels; the Standard OH of the Butte public library. He was Co. of Indiana, Whiting,-Ind., 28,- It controls oil rights to 3,000 acres in the Black Butte oil district; ill about five years before his death. next year, will be around 5,000,000111 barrels; Yale Oil corporation, Death Interrupted Work barrels. Miles City, 5,653 barrels; Pure Oil It controls royalties on 15 producing wells in Cat Creek; Granville Stuart was employed by company, Minneapolis, 386 barrels; the state of Montana to write a his­ The Kevin-Sunburst district has It controls the oil rights on a 10,000-acre farm; only been scratched and the areaWeowna of Refining Co., Winnett, tory of the state. He Jigd nearly fin­ 6,288 barrels. It is pushing development work on its various properties. ished this work, the son says, when values is .expanding rapidly. The A report shows the revenue for he died. Mrs. Stuart went before the very- large development programthe transportation of these 216,071 legislature to ask an appropriation In my judgment Golden West stock is the Homestake is earning well over 150 per cent, and ‘to complete the work, but this was for next year is assured, becausebarrels at 20 cents per barrel to have of the financial strength of manybeen $43,214.22 and the expenses of best of the Cat Creek offerings. Here follow my its stock is selling at two and one-half times denied. The bill making the appro­ operation to have been $9,747.83, priation to Granville Stuart to write concerns interested in the north. reasons: There are only three independent oil flotation price. 56 Petroleum has paid 300 per the history contemplated the publi­ leaving a gross income of $33,466.39. cent in dividends to its stockholders since it was There was owned and held by the companies, after the Standard Oil, holding any cation of the history by the state and carrier In the state for its own ac­ organized about two years ago. Its units have the original data, as compiled by Mr. considerable acreage in. the inside proven acre­ Stuart, waB to have been placed in count 26,334.88 barrels; held in stor­ gone beyond reach of the investor, $250 shares SHERIFF SEIZES age for others 35,389.-24 barrels, age of,Cat Creek. They are the Homestake, 56 having sold for $5,000 and more. Both the the state historical library. The son with an unfilled storage capacity of declares this has not been done. 87,799.25 barrels. Petroleum and Golden West. The Homestake, Homestake and the 56 Petroleum have develop­ The data of Mr. Stuart has been DOPE AND DRUGS The report shows that during the with less than $100,000 two years ago, has de­ ment work fairly well under way, the former declared by pioneers of Montana to be month the company received no oil veloped a property worth perhaps $3,000,000. with 12 producing wells and the latter with nine. the most valuable material ever writ­ from wolls owned by it, received 153,- ten, telling the story of the carving THOUSANDS OP DOLLARS WORTH of Montana from the wilderness. Al­ 511.32. barrels through purchase 10 Wells as Good as the First One would Yield a Fabulous Income. ways a scholarly man and a student, OF MORPHINE AND OPIUM IN from wells owned by others, and re­ JAIL VAULTS. ceived for transportation from wells Aside from its single producing well, which crude is $1.20 per barrel, Golden West oil is Mr. Stuart, from the time of his ar­ Owned by others 80,658.73 barrels, a rival in Montana, constantly wrote of ¿otal of 234,170.05. has tapped the rich second sands and is pro­ selling at $2.00, eighty cents over the ordinary incidents of-the early days. He was The vaalt in the sheriffs office in somewhat of an artist and drew many ducing 300 barrels of oil per day, the inside acre­ price. What if we should bring, in 10 producing sketches of Montana towns in their Silver Bow county is rapidly taking age of the Golden West is undeveloped. But wells, as we have every reason to hope for, and Infancy. These drawings and writ­ on the appearance of the warehouse this well proves the property. It also proves, each of these wells should prove a 300 barrel ings are declared by pioneers to be- at' a hop joint as the products of the existence of the rich second sands under the producer? That would be 3,000 barrels of oil of great value to this state. raids on opium joints and drug ped­ WILBER Golden West holdings, and demonstrates, in my per day. At $2 per barrel this oil would sell for Will Go the Limit What the next move will be to se­ dlers accumulate. There are a dozen TRANSFER COMPANY judgment, that Golden West will become another $6,000 per day, or $180,000 per month, or well cure : the Montana - historical data flasks about the size and shape of DISTRIBUTORS AND FORWARDERS big producer with the completion of additional over $2,000,000 annually. And we have room from Mrs. Stuart has not been an­ flat talcum powder cans. They are Warehouse' and Storage wells. The character of its oil is most encour­ on bur 80 acres of inside Cat Creek land foi; nounced. The pioneer’s son declares full of opium and worth about $125 GREAT FADES, MONTANA from 16 to 20 wells. he is going to see the thing through aging. While the market price of Cat Creek to the limit. He has been out of the each, a total of $1,500. state for several years and just re­ There are match boxes and large How the Golden West Safeguards the Interests of its Stockholders. cently returned to make his home in brown manila envelopes, each crowd­ Butte. He was surprised to learn ed full of "bundles”—the drug ad­ ‘A HOME AWAY FROM HOME” All of the Golden West eggs are not in one famous Wgldschutz farm, which are earning that his father’s writings had been dict’s slang for package— of mor­ basket either. While we ¡are most exultant .over money for the Golden West. You have heard taken from the state. phine and cocaine. These packages, a lot said about the safeness of the royalty com­ each worth $1 at retail prices, rep­ Park Hotél our inside Cat Creek holdings, we have 3,000 GREAT FALLS, MONTANA pany. The Golden West is not only a develop­ resent probably $2,0§0 mere. acres of good oil land in the Black Butte dis­ In addition there are opium pipes, Rates—$1.50 day and np ment company, with production, sure-shot acre­ MOTHER! lamps for lighting them, packages trict. We are drilling a well there also. We age for further drilling, wild-cat acreage which of yenshee—the residue found in the own the oil rights and more than half the sur­ is being developed, but is also a royalty com­ bottom of the opium pipe bowl—and salve "jars filled with a dark, sticky, face of a 10,000-acre ranch, which is favorably pany. From every angle the man who invests molasses?like i compound —- opium ARMISTICE BAY located. We own royalty interests in 15 of the in stock in the Golden West is protected as far JAove Child’s Bowels with ready for the pipe. best Cat Creek producers, including wells on the as protection is possible. “California Fig Syrup” The opium is poured into the jars fro mthe talcum cans because the Investors May Buy Stock Now and Pay for It at their Convenience. ca nmouth is too narrow to admit of BOXING CARD free manipulation of the implement I am offering Golden West stock at One T) by which the “pill” is rolled for it while development work is going forward, and smoking. GREAT FALLS Dollar per share, the same price it was sold for every stroke of the drill should enhance the value Despite "the activities of the offi­ before a producing well was brought in on our of the stock. I strongly recommend Golden cers, the business of distributing SAT., NOV. 11 . Cat Creek holdings.. This offer is for cash with West to my clients. In my judgment it is the drugs and the smoking of opium goes order. I am also offering it on the installment best offering of stock that is being made by any merril yon. GRAND THEATER ; • Admitted Guilty— - At 8:30 Sharp plan for $1.05, in five installments, 25 cents per company with any considerable holding in Cat In Judge Yynchs court fn Butte re­ share down and 20 cents per share in 30-60-90 Creek, the wonder field of the west. Make your cently, Frances Steele, whose sister MAIN EVENT and. 120 days. , This enables the purchaser to reservations early, as I have only a limited two years ago assisted the federal of­ tie up a good-sized block of stock and pay for amount of this stock. ficers in apprehending- drug peddlers, JIMMIE DELANEY pleaded guilty to the charge of sell­ ing dope and .was given 60 days in Of St. Paul, leading contender for jail. She had previously pleaded middle and light heavyweight ALL-CASH COUPON INSTALLMENT PAYMENT COUPON not guilty, but decided to change her championship plea. vs. H. V. WALES, Great Falls, Montana. Frances has a rapidly lengthening H. V. WALES, Great Falls, Montana. Dear Sir—I enclose herewith $___ - l - jail history. A Butte girl, a graduate Dear Sir—I enclose herewith $------of the loca lhigh school, happily mar­ EDDIE RICHARDS to cover first payment of 25c per share oh. ried while still in her teens, the child - Of Los’ Angeles, »shares of stock In shares of stock in the Golden West Oil & Develop­ 1 Even a sick child loves the “fruity” of respectable parents, she has sunk In full payment for.. taste of “California Fig Syrup.” If Highly, touted mitt artist the'Golden. West Oil & Development Co., at $1.00 ment Co. at $1.05 per share. I agree to pay the to the level of hovel dwelling drug balance of 80 cents per share in four equal monthly the little tongue is coated, or if your per-share. Please Issue certificate to child is listless, cross, feverish, full addicts. Semi-final, 10 Rounds payments in 30-60-90 and 120 days. I understand Once she stated that the drug hab­ that certificate is to be issued to me as soon as paid of cold, or has colic,< a teaspoonful it was fastened on her through the BATTLING LEIDLE, of HELENA _and forward to for in full. ‘ . /will never fail to open the bowels. In maohinations ,of the landlady of an . vs. a few hours you can see for yourself apartment house in an adjacent city “CANADIAN CARTER-,” Lethbridge -Your Name Your Name how thoroughly it works all the con­ to which she removed and where she stipation poison, sour bile dnd waste and her parents took up their resi- TW O PRELIMINARIES Address___ Address from the, tender, little bowels and wence.\ ■ , r gived you a well, playful child again. ------!------O------Prices MilUons of mothers keep “Califor­ Shave With Cuticura soap • $ 1.0 0 ; $1.50; $2.00; $2.50;. $3.00 nia Fig Syrup^haady. They know and $4.00 . a teaspoonful today saves - a sick And doable your razor efficiency as Golden West Oil & Development Company child tomorrow. Ask your druggist .well as promote skin purity; skin com­ SEAT SALE OPENS (A MONTANA CORPORATION) for genuine “California Fig syr,up” fort and skin health: No mng. no THURSDAY-, NOVEMBER 9 Capital Stock, 1,000,000 Shares, Par Value, $1.00 In Treasury, 300,000 Shares , which- has directions for babies and slimy soap, no germs, no wasted no children of .all ages .printed on bot­ Mail Orders Now i Address all remittances vTor' stock and all inquiries for' further information regarding ' thé GOLDEN WEST irritation even when shaved twice 1 1 OIL & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY to , ^ < tle. ' Mother) . You must say . “CALI­ dally. (5he soap for all uses—¿having, Address: Will Steego, Grand Theater, FORNIA” or you may get an imita­ bathing and shampooing.—Advi , Great Falls tion1 fig syrup. H. V. WALES, Great Falls, Montana

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