The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • Page 6

H. ft. HOVER OF THE AR TELLS OF Organisation nf the Arrow Oil and defining company, pUr.s icfir.cry (o be built at Leu town were tolii Saturday by Herbert A JloVcr, a vice president oi the com jiaiiy, who is in the city on business refinery's first unit will have a daily capacity of 1500 barrels, and contracted lo be in operation wittiir days. It will be constructed ant Sif, operation within GO days. Mr.

Hover says. The company is incorporated un the Ihcr is altracting consider among oil operators li jncraus wild cat tcs itlt of prefc a gnarnutec 12 cent, represented by 5000 share: $100 each, and 15,000 shares of stock with no par value, share of common going with each uf (irelfrrcd. iiieniticer; directors of llic company have taken a block of $100,000 shares of the preferred. Directors unit Officefi, The directors are: George J. J.

I.anc. O. W. nelden. Herbert A.

Hover, Harry H. Schwartz, Tlios. T. Taylor. lid.

L. Allen, Jno. D. Waite. and one director lo be- announced later.

Officers: George J. Wicdeman, president; Herbert A. Hover, Vice president J. E. Lane, vice president; Harry H.

Schwartz, vice presi de ii Rees Wa tlcul; Thos. T. Taylor, la ry VV. Hcldeu, treasurer. Tell of Harraismenti.

Mr, Hover states that this rcfi cry wnuld have been built and be. in operation nnw, had it not been Hie constant hnrrassnicnl to which he and the companies operating dcr his lease from the United States eminent have been subjected by icpeaied and o'thcr actions. 1'iiily to interfere will Hun thi nicnig of opera AheWd of Any Other 160, 'These actions have already cost thousands of dollars and caused great delay in the work, said Mr. Hover "but in spite of all the obstacle: (brown in their path, my associate Mr. Schwartz, and 1 have succeeded in.

having nearly worth of de volopnient done on this tract, am have eight priidiirmg wells, one other now drilling-and two more preparing to drill, which is more than his been accomplished on any other 160 acre; in Montana up to the present )f Moilta ie pm down in that section by .1 Oil subsidiaries," said Mr. Mctz-nci'. "Among affiliated Willi the Standard, which arc now operating in the north arc the Elk Basin company, whicli is drilling; at Jliowu's Coulee, the Ohio Oil company, which is drilling Clear Creek iit Hlaiue county, the Transcontinental company, which is drilling a( Fort Demon, au'il the Frnnlz Coi ation, whiidi recently acquired hiritu huhtiug! uorih of Browning. Hill and his associates have also taken a lease on the' Black-fect reservation, requiring that a well be drilled; while on the Canadian of the Tnteriiatmnal line, the imperial company, a Standard subsidiary, is drilfing. "Certainly there must he justification for all this wild-catting, involving the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars, 'Mining en gineers and have worked this field, finding conditions favorable the existence of oil "The properly we have taken over," said Mr.

Melzncr, "has been worked out in detail hy Stewart Wright, who spent six on the structure. A report covering their findings recommends the Hen mentions various reasons why this should develop an oil pool. Farl Hyde, Spokane Mining Engineer, wiio was for many years connected wilh the Morgau-Cug-gculieini syndicate, checked nver the vnrirk of Stewart Si Wright, and it." "George M. Day, for many years arlive in the Wyoming field in con lirrlinn with Slandatd oil development there, is president of the Howes Structure company, ami will give his persona! attention to Hie ilnlling of the company's firs! Swell." Muuucr, Brown ami coin; whose Molilalia offee is in Stapletoji building Hillings, has dci written a 'block of the stock of the company; winch will finance- the drifting of the first well. Hillings, June Immediate tie velopuielit of another 40 acres on tlu of deeded land.

in tin creek off field on the Crow res ration, of fli'llings, was iini hi nceif. yesterday by organizers oi tnc southland Uil company, tvh OIL AND REFINING CO. PLANT TO BE IN OPERATION AT LEW1ST0WN The largest part of the oil to bi refined by this company, Tor the pres. ent, is on the so-called Miller tract and should, by the liberal terms of fvred for the production, greatly in crease the returns and profits al companies operaling on this As rapidly a5 other wells an brought in in the Cat Creek field and as other fields in Montana an developed into lite stage lion, the Arrow company vill he the market for production, said Mr. Hover, an .1 the capacity of the refinery will be increased at 'the same pace the business develops.

A purpose of the company is to toiler ami er.ee I ,) prediction by independent producers in anil the northwest. The Arrow company's contract wilh nil companies for crude oil has a provision for stabilizing the price of crude al a level yielding a profit tn operations, as will be noted from the apprnded two excerpts from the Subillu, Priee of Crude. "Whereas, second party, the purchaser herein, is now reidy with certain associates lo organize a rc-fitiing company to construct and operate a refinery in Fergus county, Montana, and to establish, if possible, a price for Cat Creek crude oil based on its value wdicn refined and sold in Montana or such other market as can be secured for it, and it is believed thai such a policy will benefit the producer and every Montana independent oil producer;" "It is further aRrecd that whenever the current faciei price quoted by the F.Ik Basin Consolidated Petroleum company and Mid-Northern Oil company for similar Cal Creek crude is $1..14 per harrel or less and the tank wagon price of refinery products produced by the purchaser, or his iissiKUS in litis contract', lias not been reduced more than 10 per cent below the present level al Lewistown, purchaser will pay the pro ducer 50 per cent above the prim quo.ted by the Elk liasin and Mid Northern companies." Onf. nf tht! most rcejiiH contract! signed for production was with thi Unit Petroleum ecmjmny. Otln'r Inde pendent companies were previously 1 i I IT I I i crude assured lor the Initial or the refiner)-.

TUGS OF MONTANA OIL FIELDS C. tin t.r, writing about the IIdwcs Structure Oii compatiy, concern Sack of whicli are a of Texas and Okljhoin.i oil spc.iks inlerestinnly of or i hern Mo Plana pu.siihilities. pie company lias acquired a cou-sii'r: acreage about seven milej of Chinook, in Illaine couiily, ami drilling operatioiti have have jusl purchased for casEi cousid-eralion lease on the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 2, township 7 south, range 31 cast. This acreage is localed about nnc. mile southeast of the Western Stales Oil Land company's discovery well in 31-0-3! and adjoins the 40 acres held by the Soap Creek Apcs: Oil syndicate on the cast.

Incorporators of Ihc Southland Oil company, which will be capitalized at and Iheir shareholdings are: T. S. Hogan, 5,000 shares; G. E. Hogan, 2,500 shares; A.

L. Truax, shares; Joseph Benedict, 2,500 shares; Edith E. Marsh, 1,250 shares r. L. Marsh, shares; j'.

J. Johns-rud, shares Lena. Stewart, 2 400 bares; Edgmoiul, shares; H. Stewart, 100 shares. Officers of the company will be II.

11. president; Will Edgmond, vice president; Hogan, secretary -treasurer. General management of the company will be in thchands nf former Slate Senator S. Hog.ni. To Get on Drilling.

Senator Hogan will leave this morning for the Soap creek field wilh representatives of Minneapolis interests, which recently purchased lease on the northwest quarter of section 'I. township 7 south, range. 32 east, and with L. M. Rooine, drilling contractor for the Cladys Belle Oil company, now charge of the deep test of this company on the Huntley dome.

Mr. Ruouie inspect the holdings of the newly organized Southland company and those of the Minneapolis inlereils to form basis for an estimate on the drilling costs. Drilling uf Ihc Southland company's holdings will he started just as soon as a contract is negotiated and equipment can he moved to location. That development hy the Minneapolis Group of its hnldings in section 4 will also he undertaken immediately was indicated when acquirements of this acreage was announced last week. Five Independent in the Field Entry of the Southland company into the Soap creek field means that no less than five independent opera tors, whn have announced early drill ing programs, will he operating ii the Soap creek field within a coin para lively short time.

Big West to Spud In No. 1 Well at Kevin Kevin, June The N'o. 1 -of the Big Weal Oil company I he spudded In in the course of a days. The well elle Is a short tance out uf from where the all la In for npcratlnn, machinery wna hauled last week anc With the bit. of tlie Oordon.Camp hell-Kevin syndicate well No.

1 hu a short distance above 'the ex pected first Sr.r.d. and the spudding In of the Dig West well, coupled with tho continual arrival ot oil me: at Kevin, all lr.rlJnnltonn pofnt to ward period ot speedy doveiap mer.t for tho Rocky llldgo Dome, Hi KC-Yfn, exvoetcit the rfiflnorr tII: 3,00 barrel!) dally by'Jn I. 1052. The Arrow has;" o-tflcn Heflaeer Sllf. The.

retir.ory I to of 00 acres Is In mediately. ot J.owlstowii Ih kr.nwii the Mt.llBiir farii lyle.er both miles of the Milvauke Northern railroad, froir. which 51.01 spurs will be built Delivery cf oil Is already lead lo comiisni-, to be lu i-loraffe util nlint Is renily. for operation. Hi" uaniirlns Maximum uprrntlons VBlr.n lac with tlio day the refinery Is com Tho Arrow company will operate II own soiling orb-ariiaztlon.

Including chain of filling stations. IMrcclurs and officers of the emu pany are1 among the beat known-busl ness men of Preslilcn WTeldcnun lu president or the lann, TTardwaro company of dcinE a wholesale null retail t.iislnes wltn branches in other cities, nnil Ih Oirejlc-r In the Flank ot Fersus count? The Vice 1'iesiflent. Lane Is president I i rlj it the company, is an oil producer la Montana, Kentucky, Illinois and -VVYomlnE; he Is the inrgest Individual holder of proven oil territory In Montana; president of. Hover, Schwartz and company ami Hovur Consolidated Royalties, The Royalties company has paid sk nionlli-ly dividends Oils year, anil the. llover-SehwarU company Is now cuterinfr Its dividoiHl-iiaylng period.

Vice President Harry H. Scliwai tz, the Consolidated Royalties Holdings company', end lias a heavy Interest tn the flat Creek field production. Vlco rrosldcr.1 Wan- is vlee president of Hover-Schwartz company, ami Is actively intcrecloil In olher business enterprises In the state. company, and Is a hi nte.er eompaules opcr-fltlnss in Montana. Transurer O.

W. Hcldcn Is president Of the Bank of Fergus county, head of the law firm or Helden arid DcKalb, Lewistown, speaker of tlie house of os in .1910, and enjoys Baker No. 2 Well May Be Put on the Pump Lewistown, June Joe B- Baiter and V-', Edwards eatiift lit from Wmei-I- 1 1 1 1 i managing to get in ahead of the big siorm- mi return to tac Creek field this morning, anii Baker imrnoilmrcly nrnrped to spud in the Bilker Consolidated well section IT as an offset to the Jack Etnhhit. fie expects to reach the sand about July i. Mr.

Edwards, who' is drilling the Bauer Consolidated well In section 11-15-29, states that, after going hjra formation at an 300 feet or Buch a matter, the drill went info a shale from which oil came rather freely, and he has been haling il. for somo time past. He says by using perforated casing inrougn true sn.Hf, per aUJ -tcct a sure production or anywhere train 60 to 200 barrels can be cured. The fcrforntcd pipe permits tlie oil to run Into the casing, and tberc Is thus very large gathering area. He la inclined to llilnk it migh wise to follow thin plan anil put the well on pump Immediately, as II would, in bis judgment, insure a com.

mcrcial producer, for the company and another hole might ha sunk the. saud. Mr. Edward ax plained his view In detail to P. It.

Cunning- nam, treasurer on tne company, last night, having previously gone over ti at tne well with. Mr. Baker. noL unlikely that this plan ma followed, although no decision was- arrival at last night. Cave-in Halts Drilling Briefly at Clear Creek Chinook, Junn IB.

A H5-ro6t i In at tlie Ohio well un Clear CreeH nan caused a suspension of oper atloua temporarily. This dime ultv It la believed will bo overcome within a day or two and drilling will he renin I rim-, tin- lillble formation that ran bo obtained the bit is now down around 2,600 feet wun no change in the formation. Drilling lias progressed steadily since the water wns cased off. The Colorado shale Is slilf being drilled. ft is nnnDimced by E.

Metz-nor, one of the' operators who are to drill the Bowes Structure that all arrangements have been made and one or the moat experienced cessfu! drillers in Wyoming has been secured as licail driller for the company. Ulg hullders arrived here ot-day and ara registered at local hotel. They state that all material has been whipped from Casper nnil tho first carload Is expected daily. Ileuses for the ilrlllcra and rig builders have been completed niul the crew will go out to the structure as soon as the material arrives. Oilman Joins in Oil Excitement by Option Oilman, June A little excitement was Injected lulo the-all' game hero 'when II became known, that a Oilman rinchor had given an nil man a 30-day option on 1,000 acres of Ids ranch.

The figure In the option la wcrcly what farm land Is selling for. ffio oplfoit was sceu red the ollenitui slated to the rnnchcr that to get ciiinnr. THE RE LENA DAILY INDEPENDENT EE0LQ9IST LUVES TO SPOT WELL FOH HELEMA PET. CO Geologist. Fred- K.

Houston has gone to Carbon county for the'pur- of definitely spottiiin 'o-i- for i ell to be drilled the Thorns property the Helena Petroleum Company, was no'iinced yesterday at the copa- nonys oldces here. He accom-janied by T. Weisner, field representative the Helena' Petroleum Company, who has been supervising work of establishing a camp at property! Hojsltir. made, an exarniaa-of the Cruse ground early' in ch of this year, at which time he reporter; favorably in cor.f:rn-.a- bed. pottj hy Professor G.

C. Swallow to Col. Cruse over 20 years 'leu me on springs ecpajjes of asphaituin were t.r- ihe tnr.v;id>n Swallow that Col. Cruse 1 considerable prospecting, secur-' ail in a number of shallow 'wells' th the use of a diamond drill ch as is employed in mineral ex ploration. Col, Cruse later secured a siand-d rig and tapped oil in a shallow ell, which still stands on the prop-ty with the oil reaching to within lfi feet of the surface in the casitic.

drilling on the ground was done about 1910, at which time the camp and derrick were dejtroved by fire. Geologist Houston will make examination of the properly this time and will' spot Ihc loca-an for the initial Helena Pctro-um well, and two other drill-g sites, tentatively. It is expected that everything will ill readiness for spudding in dur-g July. ANOTHER MAN VICTIM OFSTILLirEnRIII Allies Uty, June Coroner H. C.

Plimpton has just received word here from Columbus announcing that the body of Joe Ifilterbrand of that pine IS prubably floating down the Yel lowstone river and giving a descrip tion of the man. According to the let ter Mr. Hilterbrand was drowuei May 2i, while attempting to cross th Stillwater, and the relatives believ the body has been carried down ii the high. water during the past few nays. swien iasi seen tlie deceased was attired in a khaki vest, with leather luiing, gray curd pants, and ruhber bODts.

He was about 65 years ol bul looked perhaps twenty yeai younger. He had black curly ha and a mustache. Mr. Hjkerbnr was a member of the I. O.

O. f. and was a nun in g0od circumslanc Newspaper Finds Four Producing Oil Fields in the State of Montana Lewistowr crat-Ncws survey nf tana, which shows that thei four producing structures; th basin, on the Montana, Wy border, has 15 producing ivt the Montana side; the Cat 'Crcet district leads with -10 producer's Drougnt in during with a total production of about 200,000 barrels monthly- the Soan Creek dist two good wells; while the Devil's asm has two small pro Aside from these districts 5( art being drilled ill wild cat torj- he northern end of the state is attracting attention because of tnc arlu-ity or the St.iudard Oil it that section, four subsidiaries, drill ing 'as many wells in widely separated districts. Among the inde pendent operators in the. north i.

Louis Hill associates, while Icxas oil men, operating thrnugl Montana rorpuratton, the. Mnwes structure uu company, are develop ing the. structure bearing that name Crow Rock Oil Co. To Spud in. Today Miles City, June machin ery fur.

the Crow Rock Oil company arrived yesterday and three truck loaus nan seen sent out tn the drill ing site before noon, while re mamder was sent otit during the af icrnoou, acioraing to announcement made last night by J. C. Moore of that company. The machinery will be. installed mediately in readiness to spilt1 the first well un Sunday, June 19, wun me arrival of tlie big twenty-inch drill hi) yesterday, from' Roundup, everything is now on ha that there need he no-hitch in the proceedings, lowan Tells Home Folk About Cat Creek Field Uwislown, June The Al Iowa, Democrat gives the follow expressing the views antl impTCSJ of an Alton man in regard to the oi! oiiiiook nerei- Recently P.

L. Schocp nude a trip to) inner, Canada, fn the Albe province. He was there on a land deal and returned by way oi Icwn, Moulnua, to visit his old friend, Dr. A. (i.

lougcwaard, and family, i lie doctor was i ol Mr. bchocp and owns a ranch 22 miles frcni Lewistown. -Mr. Scboep tells that the peo pie of this country arc all excited over the oil they are finding there 1 Sunday June 19, 1921 Announcement of Off 20,000 Shares Capital Bowes Structure Oil Company r-o-- iPRICE $5.00 PER SHARE ORGANIZATION OF WE COMPANY 1 The Howes Structural Oil Company is incorporated under the liws of the Stale of Montana. Capital stock, divided into shares, S5.00 each $150,000 treasury Holdings, capital stock, paid for leases, Bowes Structure capital -stoclt, $50,000.

Alt coroniou stock. The company has no funded debt or liabilities. OFFICERS President, George M. Day, Casper, Wyoming. Until recently Mr.

Day was in charge of drilling operations of The New York Oil Cot and Curtis llros. interests in the Wyoming fields; previous to which time, superintendent of The Standard Oil interests through Its subsidiaries, The Ohio Company and Tbfl Kasoniing Oil company, in Big Muddy and Salt CTCck. Wyoming, operations, Secretary-treasurer, Leo rvfargules, Billings, Montana. Counsel, Judge B. Durham, Casper, Wyoming; Hon.

J. W. Speers, Great Falls, PROPERTIES The Bowes Structure Oil' company controls oil and gas leases on deeded ccpting 80 acres', Prospecting Permit of Havre. Montana' Land Office Serial No. 0-4587.

under. the provisions of section 13 of the act -of congress approved February 25, all carrying net to The Company of oil produced, afrgrcgaling 1,000 acres the North! Ilowes Structure, seven miles southeast of Chinook in Blaine County, Montana. On thej property of The Company is Hie location selected as the most favorable in either the: north or south Bowes Structures for the drilling of the first well from geological inves-4 tifiation. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES AS FOLLOWS: 1 I The SW5? of SWJ-S, See. Twp.

32 North, RanRe Iv East, M. M. F-H of SW)i, Sec. Twp. 32 North.

RanKe 19 M. M. V.V: of NlCyj. Sec. 25, Twp.

32 North, Raimc 19 -East, M. M. The S'A of the SKtf, See. 26, Twp. 32 North, RaiiRO East, M.

M. The Kyi of Sec. 35. Twp. 32 North, RaiiRC-19 East, il.

M. Wyi of Eyi, Sec. 35, Twp. 32 North. Range 19 East.

M. M. Sec. 3S. Twp.

32 North, Range 19 East, M. M. 1 "'1 The SEVi, Sec. 34, Twp. 32 North, KauEc V) East.

Af. if. of 3WK. Sec- 27, Twp. .12 North, Range 19 East, M.

N'A of SWVS, Sec. 27, Twp, 32 North, Range 19 F.ast, M. M. GEOLOGY OF ROWES STRUCTURE For detailed report, reference is made to the findings contained in in the office of The Bowes Structure Oil- c( tana, a copy of which is available upon Irvine E. Stewart, senior member of the Mm ctated with the Geological Department, Midw Following are quotations from the report; "The Dowee Structures have tour which are.

very rnvorubly located antl v. Uy to mute favorable reservoirs for- tl lo reservoirs for- it in deemed aggressive, progressive, and advisable. No. 1 well will be drilled ture, to a maximum depth develop four known oil sat Bands, all Stewart Wright, report, December 24, 192U, Staplcton Building, Billings -t 3: Wright, was foiracrh llhln the reiich of Ihe drill, of eh thickness and poro.1- tic accuinulallun ol larce nuantlUes of oil idea that the Bowes Structure ho for the following FIRST Tho presence of I of Dll Hnd Baa. SECOND The aouree of oil or hus.

amall anticlines favorable for the accumulation' black hllumliiotiB shale, which will provide a THIRD The presence nf four sands which can bo reached within of 2, SOD reel favorably torvited Lir-itiitraohU-nllv. ncccaslljlllty of the from a rnllrand, the neurei rallroinl pDinl onlv seven miles dlntunl. I'rcsence r.t (ror.i which fuel for drilling purposes co be, ohtBlneil, anil' an tibundance of water lor flrllllnK purposes." Fur liter-geological data it available from Mr. Earl Hi years in the employ of the Morfran-GuKEenheim Syndic: from JSyde, under date of Hay 24, 1921, is quoted as tcrestina; to ines will consider joiiiiiiK in deal." TITLES, CONTRACTS, ETC All titles, contracts and legal examined by counsel for the company. Written buildiusr, billinss, Montana.

Copies may be ha tie, mining engineer te, New York City. follows: Bowes Structure im of the Bowes Structural Oil eomnanv ns are on file in the company office PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY It is (be aim of -the company to develop maximum oil production from the extensive hold- extend operations as. on location selected by Stewart Wright in the Bowes af feet, which, according to geological measurements will HUGE POSSIBLE RETURNS TO SHAREHOLDERS The Bowes Structure Oil company is a wild-cat venture. Because of the existing favorable geologic conditions eliminating the targe percentage of ha2a'rd, the possibilities of a new oil field in the holdings of the company Very interesting. And! because of the choice and extensive holdings of the company, the high price which shares of the Bowes Structure Oil company, may command after an oil field is developed can readily be understood lo mean huge profits for buyers of the shares at this time An idea of the advances it.

market prices of shares in wild cat wells after oil is developed, is recalled tlnough citing recent hislory, as follows: slock bought at $250, sold at $10,000 was drilled in wild-cat Cat Mo'nla Fowler-Iiurkbumeu stock bought at $100, sold at $17,500 after brinuintr i which was drilled in wild-cat territory, Buikhurnctt, Tex. Hoe Creek Oil Gas stock, bought al $100, sold' al $20,000, a fler bringing which was. drilled in wild-cat territory. Hog Town Tev, Burk-Wagner slock, bought at $100, sold cat territory. Northwest Burkburnctt.

STOCK OFFERING -At 10:00 o'clock a. June 20, 1921, at uih. list-, open tn the treasury holdings of the Eowes Stri will remain open until miduifrht, July 7 notice, at the discretion and by the ae privilege is reserved solely to the Bowe-any ami all applications received, lio'we-mil, it shall be the aim of the company covering full payment for stock appliei scription lists arc closed, remillances ct without deduction. PRESENT STOCK OFFER Because of the exceptional merit of flic Bowes Structure ploilation new oi! pools is concerned, we expect Ihc is bringing $3,500, afler bringing in No. 1 well, which" in No.

1 well, in wild-: office the Montana National Bank. Billings, for 20,000 shares capital stork out of ctnre Oil company, al par, $5 per share, the lists 1921, or be closed earlier and 'without further ion of the Bowes Structure Oil company. The Structure Oil company, to prorate or ailot ei so far, as fairness and circumstances will per--allol applications in order 'received. Remittance for mtist accoiupany application. After sub-vcruig applications not accepted, will be returned company.

over-suoscnuea. It is suggested al! applications-for stock be forwarded promptly We unreservedly recommend purchase of shares of the Bowes Striieture Oil company out of the present issue al price to all parlies desirous of makinfr an Noted iry onjeci is to develop a new oil field and in a terj Metzner, Brown Co. Stapleton Montana. ncnts, data and information conlairied herein have been received from what we eliablc sources; however, we do not guarantee the same. great quantities not far from where the doctor has his ranch.

While Mr. Schoep, wis there they s'tarted drilling- for oi! only three-fourths of a mile from the doctor's land. Geolog ists hive investigated the JongewaiT'd ranch and have reported very fa ably on his holdings, as -Dr, Jongcwaard can get a drill he will start- drilling for oil oii his land.1 There seen" oil nl! over that part of the country- nen who. have land holdings! there like Hill of the- Gfeatj Northern railroad also brothers, the big showmen, and otlier-pTOminetil men have started drilling for oil on their land. "In the Wliinttti district -In that same territory; ihey.

have, drilled 60 wells since Feb. of -32 i.are producing, oil; "If Dr. Jongewaard should be as lucky as some there with all the land he has-, he will be millionaire several times over. is located. Only a few months was an unknown district -but at present it is a regular oil hrjom towns They are oneraiiiib- to tilt At.

they trt shipping 22 cirloads of oil a day of that town. This country surety.