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WESTERN OIL DERRICK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1920
PAGE TWO
Western Oil Derrick
The Literary Digeit of Oil Publication*
S. T, B1SBEE, Editor
HARRY G. JOHNSON, Business Mgr.
Published Every Saturday Ereninf
By The
WESTERN OIL DERRICK PUBLISH-
ING COMPANY
|S6 HUCKINS EITATE iUILDINO
OKLAHOMA CITY. OK.LA.
Entered as second-class matter Decem-
ber 20th, 1917, at the Post Office. Okla-
homa. Oklahoma, under the Act of March
3rd. 1870 _
TERMSOF SUBSCRIPTION
Weekly, by Mail, One Year_ -$2-50
Single Copiai
Newsdealers That Sell the Western Oil Derrick
1 jobs of the department have l.ren handed over to
ward politician.-, much to the disgust of the people
of Maine, California. Florida, or any other part of
the land where the ugly system has prevailed.
If a bank or railroad should pursue the same
method that is followed by the government in
choosing executives, such Ji.viks and railroads
would go straight to destruction.
We hear a lot of complaint about the postal
service. We will continue to have fault) service
to long as we permit a vicious system to prevail | The tip hat com# out of the e««t
If John Graham is not appointed postmaster four- (that Wllliay j. Bryan is about to an-
teen months frdtn today, then practically ever) j nounce that he and following will sup-
skilled employe of the local post office will look port Robert L Owen for the Demo-
' cratic presidential nomination. Here-
tofore there had been an opinion that
Oklahoma was too new a state to
command recognition at a national
RAMBLING IN STATE
AND LOCAL POLITICS
By X. RAY
tor a job in private business where his talent and
his loyalty will be appreciated by being given a
deserved promotion.
We cannot expect good men to remain in the
postal service so long as w e tell them that we will convention. cr«n though the state of
permit them to carry sacks and be messenger boys, 'era a candidate of presidential c*,-
and refuse to give 'hem a chance to rise to the head
< f the business. Any business rtan with any brains
promotes his employes and makes his business
Youeee Hotel News Stand.'
Shreveport
Universal News Ca, Chi
oaflo.
Taylar * Haas Amanita,
Teaaa.
Amanllo,
News Stand,
W. B Hedrick,
Taxaa.
Poet Oftica
Chicago.
Harry H. Stryker, Joplin,
Mo.
Cep'paj. Nejcl stand, Emd,| Part P'« New. Co.. Pitts-
Okla. bur*h"
Newt Co., Pitt* N,w# Co-
' p*ia.
J. Moore.
Texas.
World Newt Co.. San A**
Burkbur«ett.
Philedel-
Fadaral " "
burgh.
Sol Semansky, Shreveport, | J.
La.
M Blackattfck. Rangtr, Ts*
Kemp's Nawa A eney, Los tonio. Ta aa.
j Morgan H. Martin, Miami
Stand. Leal Okla.
Angelas.
Gleb* Naws
Angales.
Weodheoae C'gar Store.
Wichita Fall*. Tease-
Liberty Nawa Co.. Seattle.
Hucklna Hotal News Stand,
Oklahoma City.
SMrvIn Hotel Nawa Stand
Oklahoma City.
Frad Harvay News Sarviea. j
On Trains.
S. Booth. Chickasha. Okla,
Salter * Heaton, Amarlllo
Taxaa.
United Statea News Co-
Omaha.
Marah Newa Co., Oklahoma
City.
Terminal Nawa Stand. Ok-
lahoma City.
John J. Oriar Newa Co, On
T rain*.
News Co., Dewar.
William KreU, 8t. Lou't
World Newt Co.. Mem^n.
Me«ry O. Niuminn, Seattle.
Wm. Cngelaon. Minneapolis,
with their party, both in national pol-
itics and in local affairs. These dis-
gruntled ones are willing to punish
the party and they know that tbe way
to do it is to vote the Socialist ticket,
split the party, and let Republicans
win. Therefore, we can expect to see
fire Republicans elected from Okla
homa county to the lefislature to suc-
ceed five perfectly loyal Democrats
who will retire to private life next
. _ .! January. So, it seems that this new
However, fhe situation chances, anu
any wUa ma, know, today thai the Socialist newspaper 1. goln? to mea.
efficient The post office department liars the j support of William J. Bryan is worth ,'M "*,**" LK,mo rat'u 'strutjhoUi of
skilled employe from becoming the head of something. Mr Bryan is today th" 0k'ahorno l0unt; '
local branch and hands the job and the handsonx commanding firure in the Democratic " 0 LO
salarv over to a favored political servant Yinl party, mufh to the disgust and chagrin And. the thing will nor end witj
we wonder whv the post offict service is -o pool of the old guard While Mr Bryan is merely ,hoosing men to the legis a
nrnhnhtv nm a ,-andldate as n> «ure. We are to hare a county elec-
Si long as the people are -nti.-fied with miser probaht* not a ,anowaie. as _itv, .heir
, , i, « fp.fir< Democrat* a few davs aci' tion this fall, socialists, ^sitn vftelr
.ihlf mail service, just so lone will the present r^ar^a 0J u9mocm$ a iew omj d6 .
t , i n ki. address at the Jackson Qiy ban-1dally nev*sp®per will cut much ice, anf.
method of hiring |>ostmasters continue. Rut. u aoaresa a m ■
the bttsmes. men of this town and a!! other town? V* hrlng* hiil ,DI° U:* "m,> !igh< a*
will exercise business intelligence and demand the 1 pne *bo '* flulle "kol> 10 iel*<, ,hn
best men to be p< stmasters, 'if mail scrvice will delegates of iMt convention Itto nom
inating a man favored by the fatnous
Nebraska citiaei. If thai man be Rob-
ert 1. Owen of Oklahoma, then our
famous senator of this state is a most
j,et hack to the same efficiency which once pre
vailed.
So. pa-te this in your hat: If John Graham is
not chosen to be postmaster at Oklahoma City.
formidable candidate, and appears to
all of the good men in this locul office can be ex-,
pectcd to w alk out of the place and accept jobs ** *e 1 in ' e f'
with bank-, railroads and bu-iness houses when Successor to Owen.
they will have a chance to become head of tht This brings ur a new situation If
business. When this happens our )>ost office de Senator Owen be nominated, will he
partnient. once heralded as .learly perfect, will! resign from the senate to make the j
the timid ones in politics in this neck
of the woods might just as well get
ready to witness the bowling over of J •
a few good Democrats, for times ar« < *
changing The only hope of pemo , ,
crats in Oklahoma county this fall it- ) |
to change their newspaper from a
weekly to a d«Uy, make it an infln
ential publication that can win the
public favor, or prepare to go dowr.
to d?feat in the fall in local election?
This view of the subject is not just a
dream of a dope writer. If any one
wants real advice on the subject, he is
Seeker for Truth in Texas
Oil Fields Finds Wondrous
Tales of Riches From Oil
BY CHARLES W. BARTON
Assistant Publisher of The New York Morning Tel.,™.
\iri_| hn-trded the rain for 1 exas a month ago was
somewhat skeptical nb„,it th.- reports of the ^ ,
which w;is coming to oil investors m Ie . 1 P «P «d ,
t a lot o( ;"';-';sr\k^;r;;l7 tLt theU:1l men t^t i
to mcc°t would how me the bright side of the oil bus,-
ness and ut their best foot forward. Thu. was prepared
?o discount about 80 per cent of what th*y told me and Uke
what 1 saw with a grain of salt.
After having spent this month in going over the oil fields,
mv greatest worrv is that if I tell the actual truth-the bare,
cold facts-I will l>e considered a candidate for the presidency
of the Ananias Club, or, speaking ,in the vernacular, the best
liar east of the Mississippi.
1 am told that in the town of Ranger a year ago there
was hardlv a man in the town who had a bank cco"nt of
$s000 Today there are probably twenty-one who have a
hank account of $5,000,000. Millionaires are so common that
nobodv thinks anything about them.
; Everybody seems to have plenty of money, even drillers
! making $12 to $15 per day. . . ,
Men and women have gone to sleep at night only to wake
: in the morning to find themselves mull-millionaire* because
! thev have struck oil.
With modern machinery consuming an ever increasing
amount of oil. and with England, France and Italv and all for-
eign nations calling upon us for more and more oil, the demand
is sure to exceed the supply for a long time to come.
Texas today is the Aladdin of the world and opportunt-
ties there are greater than ever before. .
Frankly, I must confess that 1 expected to find a lot of
crooks in the oil business. All my early training had taught
me to shun an oil investment a- I. would a snake.
However, I must say that in my opinion the great ma-
ioritv of western companies are absolutely 011 the level. I
never met a fiper class of people in mv life than the men who
become so demoralized that the present senrict campaign for ihe presidency? invited to consult with the wise men
will appear |>erfect by comparison. *Ul succeed him! _ 0[ Lhr Democratic party mho don't
Are the business men of t'tis cOuntrV going to " Mr Gore d'fe,ts Mr 1'ernf nfkt usu,iiV get fooled.
let the thing go on. and see men like John graham ,ht nominanor.. . ie0##-wir,., j6b,
denied the places t« which they are entitled? If ,rr.? "*!! _ . ° -J, 1 am sold that already there it a fine
campaign brewing in Oklahoma on
are putting out these western companies.
There is no need
letters containing money and drafts and such
things are permitted to float away on the wild
breezes which sweep incompetents into office.
M
The Gasoline Outlook
ORE than six million motor cars in
the
the senate in place of Robert Oa
then Lawton would have two senators.
the part of a leading Republican tc
It would be xrangl Yet the thin, has <=« < e j iey job now hel<« by Presto
McGoodwin. What, you dont remem-
ber Preston McGoodwin! Why, he
happened in other slates There was
a time when both Iowa senators lived
in the same town. Des Moinef
Stranger still, both lived in the same
ward.
Of course the east side of the state
would look upon such a situation
Fraudulent Oil Stocks
A BILL has been introduced in the I nited
States senate which is known as the national
blue sky law. The measure is designed to
p,event the sale of fake industrial stocks, as well
as mining shares of questionable value Alsq, the
bill will embrace oil shares that are of doubttu!
value.
The primary idea of the bitl is to prevent dis-
honest promoters from robbing widow - by induc-
ing them to part with good mon-v for shares ot
stock that possess little value If the bill phased
on good sense, it mav save money for toolish
persons who have a habit of giving up their cash
to strangers, or of baying securities balore asking
the idvice erf hankers.
Any lavr that protects innocent people ts a good
li* This national blue sky law may have bene-
ficial effects if framed in a proper manner. \ et,
the best w*>' to stop the sale of fake stocks is to
secure the aid of publications.
There are some new spapers that will take any-
kind of an advertisement that offers mining or otl
Shares There ar« other publications that cens- i
their ^s Still others. ,hf timid kind, refuse all
advertisements of a speculative \{ind. presumably
for the reason that the advertising managers of
those publications have not brain- enough to dis-
tinguish between honest companies and dishonest
OIKS.
If all publications w ould follow the policy which
is in effect with The estern Oil Derrick, then no
fraudulent stocks would be offered to the public
This newspaper practically guarantees its adver-
tisements, since no advertisement is accepted by
The Western Oil Derrick until an investigation
proves the advertisement to be one that agrees
to do business on a basis of truth and integrity.
The senate bill is aimed a^>tom salesmen w'h<
ell securities under misrepresentation of facts
it,d under false promises. If the proposed law can
r acji stock salesmen who are robbers, every hon-
est man will applaud the adoption of the bill.
Meanwhile The Western Oil Derrick will ac
cept advertisements of reputable companies that
offer securities to the public, provided such corn-
names can stand investigation as to their methods.
Our New Postmaster
FOURTEEN months from today Oklahoma
City will have a new postmaster. Even
Claude Weaver will probably admit s much
The job is a juicy one, the salary being Se* 000 and
on the way up as the post office gains in business.
There-will be many candidates for the place
which will be filled b* the next president. >ince
there is almost unanimitv tint the aforesaid ex-
ecutive will be a Republican, Democrats are not
rxpected to apply for the fine federal 10k.
We nominate John Graham for the high, honpr
of postn,aster at fOkla%t ny v ity He has been
post master in fact, but nbt in name for several
\ears. He runs the office He knows all of the
details oi the department He can step out in the
big mailing rooms and fill any iob that is now
filled bv anv one of the hundreds of employes w ho
handle the mail.
Yet there is fear thtt Republican politicians
will hop up in the early days of 1921 and claim
this plum as a reward for hard work in behalf ol
som« candidate Some person absolutely un-
familiar with the handling of the mails w ill expect
to pick off this fat job. although all of us know
that the ap(>oiBtment of an inex|ierieaced person
to be postmaster in this city w ill cripple the
service.
The .United States post oifke department is
the gT'dtttx business in the world. ^ et the big
cw managing editor of the Daily Ok
lahoman and now he is minister to
Venezuela. The salary was 110.000
when Mr McGoodwl* took the Job
over, but the salary haa been raised,
and congress is about ready to add
unthinkable. But queer things happen ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
In politics, and this ia to be a «wer I ^ ;o.v„ Jf brMQ. w
rear in Oklahoma polities, with Canp-I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
cars There seems
,.v , . - , , party in farcr.pf the Republicans ierwBett « wi ike «w >ml
Uliat. then, of the tuture of the luel that drive- Th. B.g Fight. dt.c. ukes ^ m fourteen montl*
motor caTs. If the oufput of gasoline now is just The battladore and shuttlecock game ,hs, v,fing _ Republican, he will
about enough to furnish fuel for the motor cars, which Is belnp staged right now be- Quicklv look over the field to pick out
is there any nun wise enough to tell us where we tween Colonel McOraw and Colonel g ttw'0t ihe faithful of the boys that
are to get the gasoline to run the additional four Hamon to win the Republican national wouM 1Af. t0 accept, high foreign
Motor manufacturers predict that the num-
ber will be ten million in another five years. Gaso-
line men state that the output of gasoline cannot
be increased fast enough to supply ten million I bell Russell splitting the Democratic mor' ' "in ' D
for an oil company to be crooked There is an inexhaustible
supplv of oil in Texas and there is so much money to be made
bv simply being fair and square that it is not worth while to
be dishonest. , ,
lump on a train and go down and see for yourself, as I
did. the wonderful opportunities which are open in every line
of business ityTexas town- adjoining the oil fields. Talk with
the farmer boy of a month ago. who today is a multi-million-
aire. Talk with the immigrant* woman who invested $300
and todav is worth over a million and owns here own oil wgji
and is getting richer ever, minute. >
A man goes out and buv - a lease in territory in which
geologists have told him he should strike oil. He needs twen-
ty-five to fifty thousand dollars to erect a derrick and drill a
well, depending on the depth to which he must dig before he
strikes oil. In some sections the oil 1 es in shallow fields, and
in other sections he must dig much deeper. P>arring accidents,
such a- drilling a crc- ked hole and having a cyclone destroy the
drrrick, delav in getting materials, because of lack of trans-
portation. within about thirty to sixv days he knows whether
he Strikes oil or has a drv hole It doesn't take much brains
and strike oil, and if the company's holdings are in a producing
and strike oil, and if he company's holdinge are in a producing
trrritorv where geologists state there is oil, the investor has
more than an even chance to make a fortune.
V( i/
million cars that are to be built and iil operation , ,ommiueenunkhip is geiung siui , u known upon a
b> ^ hotter. And the Mme was at ferer ^ *.arton* .d lmst™t*n. ev- case, there may be a fine scramble for that a l rge production of crude will
Obviously we must discover more oil and ga heat beXore the last fireworks broke erJ. tor<.{rn ambassador and minister the job in addition to the <•!:> be deTeloped In the Amarillo district
wells to enable refineries to turn out more gaso- f 'rth. _iriis in ^ resigratiac so that the that we are lo see on the pan of tho.-e Thf Uct thit everv ,mail well so fai
! ne. or we are likely to see four million motorcars It seems that both randidatea are may be free lo act. Hence who wish to be marshal, a ' drilled in the Amarillo field has d«
standing dead by the roadside. Fortunately, scien- petting Into print at a liretv rate, and Mr y(«oodwtn s resignation should -nue collector, am a few ot r poe , eloped gas. from 5,000,000, th%
t sts are tramping all over the world in a mad race handbills are adding to the gayety of ^(h the Bew president about March Hons which are most attractne. ea nnnM ,vl
to find new oil and gas fields to solve the crisis nat.o.s far as Oklahoma , be Along about the middle of spnn. win see . lot of change,, unless | smai,^^ wells ^ ^
that approaches. And. a man m Oklahoma City said to be a nation Within the past ,haI moatki Oklahoma can expect to acme kind of a whiriwir. n e ere .. a^ ' f' v> ? ;
claims to have adapted crude oil for use ip a motor week the women of Panco Cit_v cause.1 1Te the h0n0r that now Is held by with the plans o. t e voters ■" •
car in place of gasoline. This may be "one way out a McGraw page advertisement to be yC(joodwln. ' country to ha^e a hange o „ x
of the dilemma, but this new fnel scheme is tog Printed In the leading newspapers of Job Belongs t« Oklahoma. trattoa in nationai a.fa.-s
young y et to make an impression. Oklahoma City. The advertisement slnce oklahoma furnished the man —
The questiorf then resolves itself into this: ontained a i^ker, and 'here are a lot ,or place for eight years, it woul
McVurc "::!!! ,be QJ^ REFINERY
their product fast enougi to keep pace with the "f the K,J' tount> metrrpol.s kne« ^ fairly considered for the plai
increase in tfe.tor cars5 Apj>arentlv thev cannot tbey w"rt h**dine ,hSi :,ok*r or ,f again It was the Ttidt time that ou-
Will a new fuel be found to -upplant gasoline ? *omr ,kinful polmc* h cdl*d ; atate receired recogniUon of this kind
If someone can find such a fuel, he should be able advertisement to aave ihe women wben Sen„or 0wen b„ked the
to sell his process for a hundred million dollar, or th' *"ork nd morr^' of reMl, former managing edltpr of the Dally
even more. The inventor here has a goal worth j *tu,f Oklahoman for a fine political plum,
seeking
Meanw hile the •gasoline scare gets nearer.
There is no danger this year, but the motor mak-
ers are working night and day. Can the gasolint
makers keep up with the procession?
However regardless of where the
| joker origii-Ued, the Hamon follow-
I ert are on the war path with sharp
I knives The battle grows warmer,
and bitterness ia being injected iato
g campaipn that had promiaed Hue
BEING BUILT
AT
-B F.
of that district, with a few umall wells,
together with the further encourage
ment of unusual geological support, oil
, men believe confidently that a field
is going to be opened here.
At present there are about sixtj
-igs drilling wells and rigs starting
Oil may be found adjoining the pre*'
*nt eas wells, or below the gas. Some
1 hold to the latter theory. Albert
,'one?. who drilled the big gasser. and
who opened the rich pool in Green
wood county, Kansas, where his first
•iig well is still making 106 barrels
<ifter constant pumping for two and
a half years, is quite confident of the
High Oil Prices
O
and the taate is so goo^ that Repub
lican leaders believe no trouble wil.
be encountered in holding this job ai ^
legitimate Oklahoma patronage. AMARlLbO. Texas.
Whether the one Republican who a ; Voakum and associate, as the Ama ■
ready ts planning to nil the ahoes ol rlllo Oil t Reflminj company are build- future of Amarillo as an oil field He
I results for Republicans ot Oklahoma r||||1(|||" McGoodwln will have strone ins a l.MXi-barrel refinery at Amarillo ihinkf otl will be found below the bU
With the leaders battling to the' Prp0,itt0B for the Veneiuelan appoint The plant Is about half constructed. ' gas.
death, the hopes of the party ar- ,g- nJ>, knowni bnt there may be It it the purpose of the builders tc
hazarded. Where victory was near ^mpetttlon One man was smart use Amarillo crude, it a supply is de AWFUL WARNING
1L in Oklahoma recently reached a price o! jn,r, defeat for Republleana seems as enc.J(;h lo 1ooi1 ahead about foortee- veloped by that time, and if not. crude The Indian once owned thia country.
S3 a barrel About ten years ago the price .ur«i, unless the warring leaders can mpmhg perhaps others also scente: will be shipped by tank car from Burk hut since they became resenrationisti
was .V cents a barrel \nv owner of an Okla- brought to their senses and made game at a distance If that be the I burnett There Is a atrong conviction just look what has happened to them
homa oil well is rapturous these days to receive src that a party is greater than any
ten times as much money for oil as he was paid voter or canjidate.
less than a doren years agf. Soc iiist Candidataa.
From the producers* standpoint the present i '■ a few weeks the new daily news
price of oil is such as to give the oil man a feeling I'&Per The Leader will comaaeace
of delight. Refiners who own their own oil wells fiabUcatkm ia Oklahoma city The
a e making so much monev that thev will have i«ader is a socialist publication and
difficult) in investing it They will probably find principal abject this year * to se-
ll mis/ssfble to spend the money and may have kat Oklahcnia cour.ty sendt one sera
ti. give it away before it bursts the hinges of their j,or and four Socialist representatives
strong boxes.
But what kind of a fix is the oil refiner in if
he owns no oil wells? The refiner who buys oil.
naoooMOQCtt: * • ti * * r'. * ^
Send One Dollar
■ec-i
to the lectslatuee of Oklahoma
The outlook is deadening and cloudy
1 to local Democrats It 1* generally
, , , known that Soslaltatf are drawing
it he can get it. and pays the market price, p u- or ^ vote in Ok
the bonus or premium W hich prevails in more „ , ,tmf rtld vptf
than one Oklahoma field, ts prohaWv having main
s'eepless nights. He i- wondering who started all
this boom in oil prices at a time when he has a
refinerv but no oil.
■ an least be • pa red aa witness the
. access of udse Harreld. Republican.
• ho put Claud* Weaver to aleep In a
'la!rtci thai should show 5.OW1 Demo- .
There is a good deal oi inside gossip these CTmt^r majority, if 11 deatred to con
days to the effect that the advance in oil prices 1- tUlut. de(ea, .„ r* CK,wtk poliUea
designed to squeeze out the independent refini - ^ when ihe Socialists start a daily
who owns no oil wells. l"bose ho have invest!- j piper that will be powerful In
gated the situation are authority for the statement pojiuo,, De^aoerats aead to
that a refiner cannot buy oil at present levels Snd worry j, happens that Democrats
sell his refined products r.t a profit, whereas the p, county dont depend
refiners who own oil wells can pay any old kin ^ the Daily Oklahoman any
of a price to themselves and make money on pro- ^ }of Ifarv Ut u, morning
duction. while selling gasoline and other by -pro-1 Dewt**per ia not a true Democ-at and
ducts at cost or at a lots hat not been since Roy Stafford l~
If the mdeixndent refiner has no oil wells. . i.red frojn the editorship ««iocra:t
houki hasten to bruig m a few gushers If he ^ave started a waefcly newspapw at
<*■<■* not. he is quite likely to be ground into a ^lahoma «ty. bai this party oraar
flat mass between the two millstones will need lo issue a daily edition if it
Hirh oil ofoce-. -are juicy for the fclle" «k> would k« P pace with the Socialist
0 inl these 'suit prices pla; the den!1 l«d*r and prevent many Jissstisfled
a wht buv s oil. i Democrats from )o nia wUt the S«-
cialista
There is one thing to \* said in favor of mood! *m<a *n «"•
aieohfl after a mar. has had three drinks of the | It happen, that oaay Democrau cf
.tvff he docs not fi- home and beat his wife. . cVkiaboms commiy are aU eat tuae i
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ha*
with the
The Oklahoma
Democrat
The State-wide Democratic Weekly
BYRON HAWKINS, Editor
6 South Harvey OKLAHOMA CITY
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