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OKLAHOMA
OIL NEWS
In 1893 the Cudahy Company began
operation around Bartlesville. In 1896
the big Osage lease was secured. Oil
was found near Granite and at Red
Pork in 1901, and gas had been know n
near McAleater for years. The dis-
! coveries at Cleveland. Ponca City and
Oil and Ga« Producers Blackwell enlarged the boundaries of
Association. poeelble oil territory, and gave rise t*
Tulsa. Okla..— The annual meeting ,he *lu,stl1'' What are the probable
of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas geographical limits of the Oklahoma
Producers' Association took place at I °B an<* Fas fields ’
Oklahoma
Tulsa Saturday afternoon. March 26.
I There was a very fair attendanc<-
representatlve of the various districts
In Ok'ahoma. President J. II. Kvans
"It seems that a short review of th*
method of study leading to these con-
clusions may not be without interest.
A study of the theories of orgin was
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SYNOPSIS.
occupied the chair and r**|>ort-* were 1 ^r,,t made and It is found that there
made by Secretary K. R. Perry and “'** *wo theories of orgin theorganic
Treasurer Victor Martin Mr Perry's *nd tbe inorganic. Of these, the or-
report showed a wide scope of work which teaches that oil and gas
accomplished by the association dur- j art‘ f,>rl,|,,d from organic remains de-
Ing the year The report of the . '“’""p1, 'h* r‘K‘ks’ ■eere“ the mor*
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The story opens with the Introduction
of John Mopnoos. adventurer, a Ma*sa-
Chuactt* man maroon* .1 t»> n jth-.hti*-* at
^ alpar.tj«u, Chile. interested! in '
mining operations In Bolivia, he was tie- |
noun* • <1 by Chile ms an insur reetioniat J
•nd as m *'onaaqueiu w >ui hitlinu At his
hotel his attention was atira# t* *i by an 1
Sl*]iht n.‘ res :*«i th* vouni; w.n.tri from
a tlruriken officer. He was thanked by '
h*r Admiral of the Peruvian navy con-
fronted Stephens, tohl him that war ha<l
been tlerlired between ('bile am) Peru j
an<> offered him the office of captain lie* ,
desired that that alarht the Rsmeralde. a |
Chilean vessel. shouhl be raptured
Stephens acceptetl the commission.
Stephens met a motley crew, to which he
was assigned. He aave them final In-
structions They boar*)* <1 the vessel They
•u* • essfnllv t*apture<f the v» *-• I r «|
to l»e the KsrneraMa. through strateg>
Capt Stephens icave directions f**r the de-
parture of the craft. He enl* it <l the cab-
in am! dl stove red the Kinslish woman
anil her inahl Step! * » s »|*ii< ly l*arn< «|
ftie wrong vessel had been captured
It wmm Lord 1 biUni i «.*;• vachf
the lord** wife anil inaid hcltif vboard.
He explained the situat1 a to her lady- i
ship Then First Mate itt*#- laid hare
the plot, saving that the Set* Quern had
1 »en taken in order to go t«- t»*e Antarc-
t. circle Tuttle explained ♦ on a
former v *age lie hn«l harm* that the
l*on"a lauttel wa* lost In IT'.*1 lie had
found It frozen in a hug# case of Ice
on an Island ami contained mu« h gold
Stephens consented to Is* th« captain
of the expedition He told 1..««I
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed,
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sea Queen encountered a vessel In the
fug Stephens attempted to conrununicau
ijj.
>v
on Ip spite of crackling wood and saili
threatening to tear loose from th*
bolt-eye*, taking shrewd advantage o
each slant of wind, and lowering can
I vas only when danger was deadly. H*
I bad "ome into his own. he waa ai
home, and the rejuvenated Sea Queen
i leaped forwaid at hi* wM’ as though
1 endowed with fresh lib iie seemed
[ treasurer indicated Indiffer. nee on
the part of many members about pay-
I lng their dues. This led to a propos-
al for a radical change in the organ-
ization which was adoptedfloitl’.
izatlon which was Introduced by the
following resolution* proposed by
D. F. Connolly and supported by a
characterl*tlcall> clear and convinc-
; lng speech
Whereas, It 1* absolutely necessary
that an Industry as large as the oil
me in the light of pres-
ent data. Cn ton. idering the fields o*
the world It is found that the paying
deposits uniformly occur in rocks rich
I in organic remains or so situated
that the deposit is reasonably refer-
able to adjacent fossiliferous strata
"On considering the geology of th«
state It was found that that portion
l Indicated as the most probable region
contains abundant evidence of vast
quantities of organic remains having
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CHAPTER XII.—Continued.
"Lay your hands on me again."' I
tt~.-xtei.ed. sternly, "and I'll floor you
to the deck. I'll take that grin off
your face, Ik- Nova, if you attempt t
any interference with tue now."
He understood quickly enough what
I meant, and evident./ had no relish j
for attacking me alone, for with one J
swift, searching glance into the fog.
he lea|ted down the steps and ran
hastily aft I knew he was se* king
the hacking of Tuttle, and armed my
self with a belaying pin, peering eag
erly meanwhile for the near-bv sail, j
and cursing the fellow at the wheel I
for not holding her up to the point j
.1
V
<5-
j to understand her moods, her caprices, a,„j xU industry in the state of Okla deitosltcd in the rocks at th*
j as though he had sa.led her in every tlon for mutual protection antle a **me of thp'r orgin and it therefore
sea, and I watched hint lest her, loos- hotna have some sort of organization 1 T^bat the formations of that rea
j ening a rope here, tightening another for mutual protection and through
) there, striving to discover her good I which the concerted action of the
I and had qualities, until my admiration I producers may be brought to l»*ar
| for his seamanship almost overbal- I most effectively whenever any matters
j anced my growing detestation of him touching their
| otherwise. | tion. and
l-a«Jy Darlington became positively Whereas, there are many things of and protore «» Impoverished or
afraid of him. dreading his approach. vit»l importance to the producers of ™a,*r,»l fro"' *hl^h oil and tas' con id
shrinking from his address, yet not dar- I Oklahoma which need the immediate 1*'<“ hpf.n forn,,‘d as *o forbid the
lag to Withdraw wholly freai his prea- l«d continued attention of an assocla po#*,bUit,e« of ,ta «>r«ln »*»*“■
, ence liis sole topic of conversation
was psychomancy. and every time she
endeavored to lead him to some more
pleasant subject he would return with
I dogmatic persistence to that one rath-
! er dismal theme. His blatant self-con
i ceit saved him from realizing her utter
weariness, and lie never seemed to
tlie of his own unctuous, nasal tones,
j Heaveus, hut the fellow was an Insuf-
ferable bore. Celeste would slip away
I unobserved, but her mistress and tuy-
j self had no means of escape. I re-
! mained quietly below for three days,
and even then was not released hv
any formal word of mouth. I simply
\ bt came so tired of the senseless Im-
! prisonment that I mounted to the
\ deck, taking Lady Darlington with me.
| determined to be confined to the cabin
no longer except by physical force. De
gion contain a supply of material
front which petroleum and gas could
have been found. The rocks of the
red tied s are red because of the ab-
nt. rest* need attea- "f ”—»■ '"utter to pMtNgl
the rusting of their iron contents.
tlon mad>* up oi "iich produc* rs, anti ^*PParf>nt occurrenc''s within the
Whereas, the members of the Mid redbeds at lurwton. Gotebo. Wheeler
j Continent Oil A Gas Producers' Asso- and 1m r,a>‘ county. Texas, are doubt-
clat'ou Lave for the past two years
failed to contribute sufficient funds to
carry on the work of the association
| successfully, and
Whereas, It is believed that under a
new plan of organization the good
I work of the association may be con
[ tlnued and funds sec tred to carry on
the work.
He it Resolved, That the Mid-Con-
tinent Oi! & Gas Producers' Associa-
tion be dissolved and that an organ-
ization of oil and gas producers of
the state of Oklahoma he at once or-
ganized to be known as the Oklahoma
Oil A Gas Producers' Association with
!• as due to transportation. That Is.
the oil and gas originated in the
subjacent non red formations and
were carried upward into the over-
lying red formations.
Kansas Natural's Gig Pumping Sta-
tion—Ok" ahoma Gas Notes.
Tulsa. Okla.,—The Kansas Natural
is Installing three additional jiower
nalts at its Grahham pump tig station
I five miles south of lnde|>endence,
Kan These are Westlnghouse engines
of 1011-horsepower each. In the old
plant were six Snow engines of 100-
l'orsc|Kiwer each so that the enlarged
plant will have nine engines of 9000-
headquarters at Tulsa. Oklahoma, horsepower. The Grabhant station
The Descending Pin Landed on His Uplifted Arm.
TIT■ r'.niC-''”'' 'nowh"i“; *'"■ “pT,r '""V"
. . ’ . | '>,a' 1 sn "P- *lfd open the door of the charthouse
sleeves, and as they attained the Hp n0(1(J,.,, carelt>8sly droi)pinK the and looked In upon us
bridge Hill Anderson swung himself revolw hack Into his Jacket pocket. This is your watch vet. De Nova."
out of the hatch and started after yet wlth hu ,,lat.k eyes fastened ; he said, shortly, "and I need to doctor
them I hacked away, the ugly Iron shtewdly on my face.
whose business affairs shall be under
the Immediate natni of an acme
Nova was upon the bridge when we I president who shall give the greater
emerged from the companion, but he I part of his time to the association
merely glanced at us curiously. Tut- I i,n<* who shall be assisted In the man-
tle, coming aft a little later, retalued Hgement of the association's affairs
pin grasped in my hand
up my arin a hit. You're a dam' hard
‘Tis ze bes' way to talk, monsieur," i hitter. Mr. Stephens,” no trace of an-
to the mingled 6t,r In his voice, "but that's about the
I wonder chance you'll have to kick up a
sense enough to remain silent The
three days passed below had thrown
me much into the society of both mis-
tress and maid, although the frank
intimacy of that first Conversation
with Lady Darlington was never re-
sumed There seemed an intangible
barrier of reserve between us, al-
though we talked freely enough re-
garding our situation, the peculiarities
of Tuttle, and the constantly changing
wonders of the deep. It was as if
neither of us quite dared to probe be-
"You'd better keep back.” I warned. ,,auaiug lo
threateningly. I'm ready to brair ' ,otlnrt|t without Sucre ......... ....... ...............
the first man who attempts to touch w-a, ze (lev„ waa u„ now,.. shindy on this vessel. You'll go below "“a,h ,he «urfa<-e. opening up once
We both sat. breathing hard from ! *,r- an' stay there, unless we happen ' niore ’he dpl,,‘*“ ‘‘ach endeavored to
me.
will then be the most complete and
liowt-rful gas pumping plant in the
Southwest. It* total cost will lie one
million dollars.
Quapaw Will Go to Springfie!d, Mo.
The finishing touches are being put
on the new Quapaw 16-inch line into
Joplin. Mo, from the ('anev-Copan
cessors shall have been duly elected fields of Oklahoma. Gas will not be
at the next annual meeting of this delivered short of thirty days as
association. connections have yet to be made. It
The resolutions were adopted bv a j Is reported that the Quapaw CompanY
inanituous vote and the meeting pro- | has contracted to supply the hlg ore
ceeded at once with the new organ- mills of Joplin at ten to fifteen cents
izatlon A nominating committee | per thousand, i! pending on the
by a board of seven directors who
shall lie elected at this meeting to
serve for one year or until their suc-
Ttittle stopped, his Jaw working sav- j our ,atH ^er^ons, |i8ten|„K anxiously. ! to feed you
agth. his eves on mine >e( w)t|| differing emotions.! * ttepped forth onto the open deck
\V;:i von promise t.> keep moor all hope animat'ng me that this was to |1,1 oMtencs to kit (Mtsra.
an b I us get away out o' this?"
conceal; rather were we content to
composed of (’. I’. Drach. D. F. Con
nolly, Roswell H. Johnson, R K.
Ising. and K K. Kemp, proposed the
following officers and directors to
serve for one year:
K. H. Perry of Tulsa, president;
amount taken. There are many big
ore mills in Joplin and If all of then!
use gas for fie! the consumption by
them alone will be close to fifty mil-
lion cubic feet per day. The Quapaw
Company male an appllcat'ea for a
: drift as the fide ran
I saw comparatively little of De
| prove a catdurc. or. at least, that some I Then I am no longer even in pie- •N,’va M" oMotr, during thiH
"Damn you. no!" stubbornly, all my chance discovery by the officer visit- *en<Jed command, but merely your Period, and gained an impression that
senses leaving me at sight of his hate j ing us would result in the release of l'rl80ner "
fill fare ‘T|| speak that ship yonder the women below But De Nova was "Call It whatever suits you best,”
If I have to fight the crew of you in an agony of apprehension, the full ht returned, grimly "The result will c°mpany with Celeste, once In the
single-handed.” peril of his position clear before him. ,h<‘ 8an*f in any case. Well. De **•“! again in the narrow deck
"Then fight, you cockerel, an' he We heard the bare feet of the hurry- j •>*’ova- what are you waitin' for?" - space overhanging the stern, and be-
dimmed to you!" roared Anderson; I ing sailors patter along the deck, the "* 8in** maybe you say w at was it j 1’an lo hope vaguely that the girl was
and he pressed past the two of them strident voice of Tuttle issuing a few lP nav-v nian wanted?" winning him over to our Interests,
and sprang at me. final commands, and the faint sound Tuttle s solemn countenance broke the others I sought to approach
It was hot. swift work, while it of oars iu the water alongside. The in,° *be semblance of a grin. 1 no progress. M( Knight sel-
lasted. I struck twice, laying open the officer came slowly up the ladder, and "W'lg tobacco.” he announced, suck dom "bowed his nose above deck, and
big brute's scalp, and dropping him niy heart sank as I h« ard him laugh *n* his Bps with sudden enjoyment of l*,en onl> ,0 8n'°ke in sullen silence,
tat his head hung dangling (lowa over | carelessly to the mate's greeting. 1 j joke. "Gave me the scare of my f,*'a,ed ffloomlly on the edge of the
th*; deck, his body huddled against the , could distinguish the sound of his d*e, but that's all it amounted to ma'" hatch or to the lee of the chart-
rail. I aimed to do as w» II by Tut- I voice, but not the words uttered, and Been out cruisin' for three months, an' | bouse Olsen was undoubtedly honest
tie. hut I h<- descending pin iandi d on in game way it impressed tile with the1 ***• lT*"W ready to mutiny for smokln 1 """Kh. ><i without totelll|>Ml, his
his uplifted arm, and. before I could
draw hack for another blow, the fel-
low ai the wheel released the spokes
and jumped at my back, throttling ine
with his hands as the weight of his
body crushed uie to the planks. Grasp-
ing the rail I half tore myself loose,
rising to one knee, and struck him
ue was endeavoring to avoid meeting t’ormlck, Nowata; V. F. l/>aeh. Hart
me Yet I rail across hitu twice in lesville; VV L. Jeffords. Chelsa;
Malt McCormick of Nowata, vice franchise at Springfield. Mo., which is
president; J A. Hull of Tulsa, secre a cltv of 40,000 population, about
tarv and treasurer. fifty miles front JopMn. The matter
Directors L. Caton, Okmulgee; G. was submitted to a vote of the peopl®
Barnes, Sr . Muskogee; Matt Me j and the franchise carr < <l by an over-
whelming majority. The rate at
P I which the consumers are to have gas
J. VVhite and J A. Hull of Tulsa. Is thirty five cents. It Is expected the
The board of directors was author- extension front JopMn to Springfield
Ized by the association to draw up a will be made in a short time
constitution and by-law* and to fix I ____
the amount o fdues from m* tubers. rtil . ... .. _ ,
a's,. to truufor th* affairs of the o'd °' °ffleia • v'ati Tulsa.
new and secure
thought that the fellow was young a and chewin'. Nice, sociable little chap '‘-vea those of a laithful dog. Th*
Chlleaa, a UBO*th-fac*d jrwff fellow
wonderfully deficient In chin, I learned
had been assigned as assistant to the
cook, and wus thus kept too busy In
side the galiey even to be approached.
Indeed, so far I had not seen his face
on board the ship.
midshipman, possibly, who would lhe-v 8‘nt over- ,l,°-
prove mere putty under Tuttle's ex
pert haudlitig. The two Went down
the companion steps together in ap-
parently amiable conversation, and
we could heard the low murmur of
voices as the crew hung over the rail
CHAPTER XIII.
c: ganization to the
a charter.
Later in the afternoon the directors
fixed the dues as follows:
larwest membership fee is twa ntv-
flve dollars for producers from twen-
ty-five to fifty barrels a day and the
highest is .100, for the largest produc-
ers. Membership fee from corporr.-
Tulsa. Ok..- Officials of the Stand-
ard Oil Companv, about twenty-five
in number, including Vice Pres'dents
John D Arch hold an:l J. A. Moffett.
A C. Bedford, treasurer, and H. C.
Kilger, assistant treasurer of the com-
pany. were here Sat trday afternoon
on the annual tour of Inspection of
the pro).ritles The time here waa
In Which We Sail Due South.
As I sank down Into the recesses ot
c»«hlon.-d chair in the cabin, my
iwicc madly In the face, but others | Jesting with the men-o'-war's men in; spirits at lowest ebb. 1 glanced up at
e kt I Ko ern U; (tu nm iuni l\lt twv on I on of ‘ I I.ont ... as.. . t ...
lions affiliated with the oil Industry, ,^'<’"l>,e'l If ndpaMy in sight seeing
supply companies and pipe line com
oan'es per annum flat
Probable Geographical Lim ts of
Ok ahoma Oil and Gas Fields.
' The world's first deep well dril’ed
with the avowed purpose of procuring
The party left for Bartlesville this
evening and from there wi!l go to
Independence, Kan.
of the crew came tumbling on top of
us, pinning me helplessly down It
was all the work of a breathless mo-
ment, and as 1 lay there, the knee of
a negro crunching into my chest. I saw
lie Nova spring to the wheel and
whirl it hard down, while Tuttle, his
left arm dangling, his teeth set from
pain, began jangling the hells In the
engine-room. Searceiv had the echo
reached us when a strange voire hailed
sharply from out the dense fog:
"Steamer, ahoy! What vessel is
that?"
Tuttle's nasal voice answered:
CHAPTER XIV.
In Which De Nova Speaks.
What now occurred came upon
the l»oat below. My eyes met De I the telltale compass—-we were already
Nova's in the semi-darkness, and he | headed due south,
grinned, showing his teeth. Those days and nights following.
"Nosslng ver' dangerous, monsieur,"! while serving to hear us continually ni,„ ,„,-urr,.(i
he said, easily. Ze ol fox he fool T deeper into the immense expanse of with such suddenness that I find It
za! kid ’ . i wa,er ,hat foncealcd the mystery difficult to relate the Incidents in de
attempted no response, my mind al ' awaiting us iu the great South sea. 1 tail. We must have been below the
ready sufficiently heavy from appre contained little of Incident directly re fiftieth degree of south latitude and
hension. Oh. for Just a word, merely Inllng to this narrative. Day following about 135 degrees west with the'wind
an opportunity to cry out our story be ' flay that same wide circle of the sky strong and occasionally puffing uv
forc it was forever too late! De Nova 1 came down to unite with the circle of | |„to squalls hearing flakes of snow
must have felt the struggle within me. the waters. It was almost as though I which stung exposed llesh and left a
for he stretched his legs across the \ we remained motionless, "a painted j thin mantle of white along the ffoehn.
It was Tuttle's watch below, and as I
paused in the protection of the com-
panion way looking forward, while I
got my pipe going. I could see De
Nova on the bridge, wrapped up like a
mummy, and crouching well down be-
hind the tarpaulins. All about was a
wild sea scene, never to be looked
upon amid any other stretch of waters
on the glob*’—-a dull, dead picture of
narrow passage leading to the door. ! ship upon a painted ocean"; only th*
an 1 I saw his hand thrust into his figures on the paper, the pins on the
chart, (he sharp stem cleaving tin-
waves asunder, and the oily wake
astern leaving us aware of steady
progression through this trackless
desert of the sen.
We passed somewhat to the west
ward of Juan Fernandez, so far
Roswell H ohnson, M. S.. consult-
ing geologist, of Itnrt'esvllle, Okla,
a simp y of crude petroleum was sunk read the following pape r
In 1859 at Titusville. |'a . by Colon*-!
' The conservation movement Is not
a lantastle movement to cheek de-
velopment of our natural resources,
hut is for the prevention of wasteful
and untimely development. In the
consideration of the conservation of
Oklahoma oil and gas, therefore, the
Other states were producing more or ITT**0!1 J*: ,h' r" . :,,,v '
or untimely development? The most
Drake Tb* venture was succe
and others followed rapidly. The
product*on of crude petroleum wa-
remunerative and the oil Industry
soon became established. The n--w.i
of fabulous wealth won from oil
fie’d spread rapidly. In a few vears
Steam yacht Cormorant, Panama coat pocket, rnderneath his genial ve-
to Faster Islund. for pleasure. Who | neer he wa* one to aet upon occasion.
ar<- you?” ^ ! absolutely careless of the result. 8o 1
• H. M. 8. Victory, on cruise. Stand waited in silence, my teeth set hard,
by. while we send a boat.” my hands clenched, as the last ves!
A deep oath sprang to Tuttle's lips, j tig*- of hope oozed slowly out of me.
his fingers convulsively gripping the They were scarcely fen minutes be-
rail. Then he appeared to rally, the; low. coming up chatting in rare good! out that only with a glass'from the
Wr tf 4 n t «111 l- - t e /«0 I. Iu f a n III ■■ L 1 ».n .» - f. II.-.a. . 1. ! a V. if- . n ■ _ a
very Intensity of his fear making a fellowship, the officer dinging to the; fore,op could the dis.ant peaks be utter desolation, of madly racing
n. w man out of him. | rail, his feet on the ladder, while he J dimly deciphered in blue, misty blots1 waves, of green, sullen sea! of pal*
Th.’> w.-n- e-r.ait.lv expeditious completed some Story he had been ' against the sky. Already Tuttle had blue sky. the ver, frost In the air'*D-
er.ough In my case, dragging me hump- relating with much gusto. Then we banked the fires, and spread the Sea par*-...; a cold, drear expanse of mo
lng down the steps, and Hinging me in heard plainly the dip of oars, growing ~
between table and bench with a vio- gradually fainter In the distance, feet
lence that made me groan. I caught; pattered on the deck planks. Tuttle's
’ess oil and by 1HK4 Kansas was re-
joicing over her first gus well.
"The Cherokee and Choctaw mi-
tlons were attractive by reason of
the poss bilitles of their domain. Dur-
ing the year 1884 the Choctaw coun-
t’ll passed a law entitled ‘An act
creatIn; the Choctaw Oil and Refln
Ing Company, for the purpose of find-
ing petrol* um or rock oil. and In-
creasing the revenues of the Choctaw
nation.’
"The Choctaw law legalised oil
prospecting preceded the Cherokee
Queen's canvas, reaching to the west notonous distune*- wherever the eyo
ward to gtt the most possible out of looked—a desert of water below, a
the fresh breeze. The Sea Queen void of air above. Big Mill Anderson,
changed motive power and appearance his head still bound up where I had
as If by magic, the square yards hid- cracked hlrn, slouched In the doorway
Ing the juuntlness of her keel, and of the charthouse, staring aft, and a
concealing the rake of her masts, the moment Ller be Nova came lumber-
white sails bellowing out before tho ! lng down tLe steps from the bridge
the glimmer of a steel bane! iri De ! voice sounded from the bridge, and
Nova’s hand as he drew close the | Iho vessel began throbbing to the
sliding door. j steady chug of the screws. We were
"It was not nice sing to do. Mans. Ste safely under way again, pressing our
phens," he said, not Ill-naturedly, "but, sharp bow into the fog hank. I’nablo
by gar. out ze farslty row It was go- ... MM mv weakness. I buried my j wind, sending her swooping 'forward and spoke with'htin f.7 some earnest-
Ing to be done, for I shoot se pistol lace In my hands. : through the water like a great bird, i ly. The boatswain fli.allv went for-
very good , I do not know how long we sat there leaning over until at times her lee wurd clinging to u lifeline to keen
"That's all right, De Nova." I re- motionless, D*. Nova staring blankly, rail was all awarh with white foam footing on the slippery deck and the
piled, realizing my complete defeat al the vapor sweeping past the win- and her forward decks glistening with second officer clawed along the weath-
and holding no personal grudge t .low, and I with head lowered in do-, spume. - r-rail until he reached the com,.anion
against h!m. "1 don t blame yea. 1 ve prt-sslou It waa Tuttle himself, with Tuttle drove her recklessly, holding lTO L,.; cuNTlNL'KD j
sr-rlous waste* of gas are the wasie
tit at the wells, and 2(» by selling
of gas on flat rates. The waste at
the wells is now satisfactorily met
by legislation, hut something remains
to be done in the enforcement of the
law. especially in the Preston poo),
and In co-operation with the inspec-
tors on the part of oil producers. An
equally important method of reduc-
ing the waste of gas is by the re-
quirement of the purchase of nas oc
meters except for fi*-ld iterations,
wh ch will he of great vau!v in rt-
!hw of like nature only a few weeks, diming waste. On flat rates It I* a
Kach charter required active opera- frequent practice to al’ow the ga*
tlon to begin within one year. ',,,rn n,*ht and day withm.it regard
"Under the provisions of these acts *°
two Indian compan’es were organised There Is relatively little cru le oil
w«;;,°,rHhw.fZTo,s?ySe n""7:Mr,,y ""ste,i *xcept ,hat
for development purposes, thus form- w",r" 8 refused by tho pl|>e lino he
Ing a now company. This now com- cause too much emulsified or "cut.”
panv erected a derrick on the Illinois Some of this oil, besides a great
river above Tnhlequah. at Alum Bluff, quantity of B. 9.. or sediment and
and one about 11 miles west of Atoka emulsified oil drawn off. from tho
on Oar Boggy In 1886 Kdward Bird Motto,,, of the tanks, is regularly
secured a lease on a large acreage burned. It Is to he hoped that the
west of Ghelsen on wh ch there were ,,r|CP wiu *«,„ be auph 8S to WRrrant
II wei:* in 1896. when the Curtis bill the treatment of this material and
reduced It to 12 sections, the present the the recovery of the large per-
blg lease. oentaae of oil which Is nossthlei
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