The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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TALKS ON ADVERTISING
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Your arjum#fli» in i h» r <i»
lanlion. and Ih* prim mill
•Bid * xnn hi n«/ Now >uu Hi
•t*tr fillrr
ll i« well to ni«i' your ilo
•uotr tii*linrtitr name that w
Fur ftunpU "The ('in»f
Bikery." "Th« Ss> U»
Shoe Kilter*." When >uti ha
your advertisements ami live
IV »pU- will begin I
>* an k*Heni«*ment and not a
». >«*i» busine*s or yourself
I Ivfonte aaoft of trade marl,
i I'niiitiii," "The Kaattar*
t >»ton»." 'The l*aint'taktrtir
e velerted % name. use it in
|> to il.
walrh for your advertisements
when they And then? ii s»»m • information in them. You
create confidence if peoj-le a'.vays llml your goods just a*
you have priced or descrilied them. ('forks may often be
rude but your advertisement will ne- rr be impolite without
your knowing it.
Suggeation it a potent factor in |«>raonal salesmanship,
and it is likewise ti treat big factor ii. advertising. If it is
hot weather talk of cool clothing. This is the season for an
ice chest. Now is the time l > push the Male of cold drinks.
"In the spring a young man's fancy turns lightly to love"—
also to spring wearing apparel. Tell about these things.
How is the clothing made? What is the ice chest made of
and what new features has it? Are you careful in serving
your cold drinks are your glasses always polished and is
all about your fountain sanitary? Are your syrups first
class and your flavors of the heat?
The Week In
The Oil Field
Production Alirott Doubled Ry Find*
In Bartlesville S»nd Field More
Wonderful Than Ever.
STILL GROWING WIDER
Wall On Morgan Farm town In Willi a Product
•Ion of *cv#nl) Avr Barrsla An llonr.
Farihral W#JJ Houlhnril.
m»
r a
neb
An Echo- tin* new county staled that the
*new <oi;ny would have a larger
The Gypsy Oil company was as valuation which would lower tin
sesstd by the county treasurer of rates and decrease the lurdt n oi
l reek county for omitted lax on 'Sxstion to the fain.en* and ot
oil producing properties- About ,
V490,000 in taxes is involved, but ] his, th- opj>oiicn4K attempts
the Itea*. ordered that the roy- 10 controvert, a*seit5rg that no
alty received by the Indians and j t,,x,'s would accrue to the loca.
fee owners Ik- deducted, which | government from the oil industry
Muouuls to an average of on<
eighth- The Prairie Oil and Gas
company was assessed by the
treasurer about a week ago for
£27,000 omitted taxes, but attor-
reys for the Gypsy company
made a very severe fight in orde:
t > get the matter continued-
These companies, which are
generally understood to be con-
stititucnt companies of Standard
Oil, are now assessed in Creek
county for nearly $600,000 taxes
This does not increase the taxes
of the Indian owner and will re-
duce the taxes of the merchants,
farmers and house owners of
the court}7. It is stated that sim-
ilar proceedings will follow in
Osage county Friday, February
20, at the time hearings of these
companies are held-
Treasurer Bruen announced
-that he was elected by all the
people and propored to be as fair
to them as lie was to oil com-
panies, and the assessment, there-
fore, was ordered- This proeeed-
ir-g is a part of forcible collec-
tion methods being used in oil
countks to compell payment of i
taxes under the supreme court de-
cision in the Johnstone casea yeai^
ago-
The Standard Oil company is
resisting and awaiting the decis-
icr of the supreme court in the
Indian Territory Illumination Co.
case from Osage coun*y which
has been pending for some time.
Mut that all sueli would go to tiie
state-
There were manj who helievet
the misleading statements-
Of course it is now no time/ for
argument but it is ' so pleasant
.vhen facts substantiate me)re
tatements. The iCitizen consider-
>d this one of the strongest argu-
ments for the new county and is
pleased that it now can furnish
.'or the enemy a fact supporting
ts contention but is sorry foi
those people down in Lincoln Co-
who were so woefully deceived
to their financial damage, by the
wilful misstatements of men who
knew better.
And the increasing development
in the Gushing field only make
matters worse for those who
would not grasp the oppor.'unity
to releive,' themselves of a great
part of the burden of taxation.
We are sorry for them l ut a'
they, although mis led, were hon-
est in their convictions no blame
can be attached to them. Thev
'suffer through the fault o'f oth-
ers, and can only pray for anoth
er chance-
t*9«M|iar*nk (HI #*W-
akiag 3&uu bamla aaiutal,
Miwnl lb* rrsirie (HI *s4
poaipaay I* *b*'(*** tin N*> I
Kr*-«i Turlirr Mfilns 3*1? 7 TW
X)*Dr IHI r**apaa> 4 Kesnp I •>
I arrlioa 4 IT T lhf»*<|iiail«n sf
nib* ttofth*r»l of Ibe yualwa
al lb* anil and m leiny ans
UMly *aleb«<tl Hr««n «< lis
irr Butt makii a 'mlif barr
lay. Thr diM-o%ery of ib«
lartle*% dlr aai.it al I u*hing i
find aa aaa the ( I
and | oul two yraia agu.
Thr | rodiu ticn of tin* Ciudiing
field a ould »lmtt a healthy gain
luring February, the late <4»m-
liona in the llarlleaville Mind
ml of the field holotng up
markably well- The l'r»dueer*
III eiiiiipiiin 'a No II on the Me-
utoxji iii aeelion 3-17-7 Ml ill mak-
ing better than 3,MX) barn-la a
lay and ia the large*! ttell rout*
etui -ill the devolopeiuent for
uooiut- At "lie tiu.e produetiou
the field waa about 110,000 bar-
In a day but it declined tin
il in January it was lens than 2i»-
00 harrela- As th
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* Hiag it* ib» r**t Ik i ig it'll «i
on top nf lb* •HI
*n«l da* today
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' * ibr |«ntte farvi la lb# **nlef *f
lb* r4*l Im wf Ibr Half IKtlr I
,a*rl< r of Ibe n»rU>«rr»| quarter
**f *r«>tMin l(i«l7 7, al 3/ i«»-i n
*-hr llarllmt |||r aand i* making 70
,4fr' 1« | rr b»ur and t'ie «n| i«
•I'll l>ring ile« |(en«^f The loii «.f
Ibe aanil ttaa f«unil al 'I, ill (•***'
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in Ilo
nt
rbe w.-ll U
^o. | in thr
frdfcd in the Wb«e|«.
*pl| wade in 1'ial aais
lli, |»r.-lti,..;» in;
2 tthirll t% loeatei
"r of tin- hoiiUi line »»f the nortJi
•*'f of ibe a» ti th went fpiarter of
••ti«»n -I 17-7 ba« t'ie in the
,0b*. and in tryin^ i<> j» i tb«aui
ml the rin waa |»"lj«*d in. Tbu*
' 'I wa* r< |Mirt> «i nround TuUa
'*i night a* making 2I<) bnrre|a
»er bimr.
I h.. Quaker O I & ()** t o a
Veil mi the •(•'iiiiiua lliebarda
™rm in h . ti«»n 4-17 7 i« do«n
'.l"ti f-et a 'id tlie Toxaway Ol
t Vunpany'a well on t»>e Snni Kie1!
. 'rdfj in Hauie a«vtion ilril-
t 'iijilnng oil Ming at 2.4-W fe. t.
THE HOME TOWN
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to-aa* II «a% |aai «#* «Mal*i
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lalta*? HiaiMIra »to« iHai * large pmt Mil »f ito
mi y*m I^to In tMiar* g***g • 7W M*«* ib*»
to** |»Ml tb bea4> •$ Ha wit «•*•. ft* !«,**» i|*|
bt* a#* ibe i*aaa Ibal gi«* «**«icv^
la la**if i«* ft«ato* lb* «*t*i
aalty b>a* *f fa*bnl to gal*. |
la lVaaa|l«aaMi I Sto iw«a* bat*
laal to*
Ibraa a cirri* * lib a rad>«« *f |*a nib* anwad aarb af
lb« fanr.*r.*a It'gMl rlllea n lb* failed Main Tab* a
tmfmm»f lb* |«|«ibllMi an*' >ua will fkrd Utfng wMbln
Ibeae drrba al |>itf«imalel)r f 'ati ur«i (wuplr. or abniil n«ir
Iblfil uf all lb* paofde of ct»nt <>*nlal I n.tnl .Slater* Tbay
ui* lethi) ibtMaitdil (an of ibe eniir* area of
lb* Mttnlrjf.
Tbe lo» n of one tbuuaami or over should I* ibe aperta!.
apiriiual and rommefrial real r for lb* |—|4f aiibla a ra«
dims of ala or eigbl mile* A.e yau trying lo
loa n aurb a center?
A *|»irlt of pride engende
any cummuntty wbo belietea
ttaate |<*|«*r and empl> ti4*ar
etample. rreale a apiril of d
I make for a clean town
ci*d by the n ail) patriot* m.-n and women of this town
will do wanders. Practice wh»t you preach
Kach one doing his or hei part every day can rtuike this
tou n of graaa ii.atead of wi da. of fl<*wera, of rleaner
atreeta, more pretty duor yania, a town of larger and bet-
-avor laim of a know-ledge of
i- w# ran make this
>eur
' pnde. A few eiliiena of
n clean atreeta. free fr%*n
• Una. ran. bv precept and
c |Hide tn all th* peo|ib> that
ajarlt of town toyalty eaer*
ter atores, a town of hiyal er«
the inlenlependeneits of all r
a still belter place in which to
to leave.
people,
live and
make
mighty hard place
•iirrM-h .« vi-ry l..r)4.. ,.. r j Thc oi| prnr|ucin Bllrt|c8vme
>f gasoline and the lighter reftn- L. , . . . , . . .
•d products, it is much sought af-' , ( 18 8 re^chmg to the west.
U-r by refiners- That the produi- 'as^ evidence lieing located
tion declined was bad news to | in the southwestern part of the
hem, the independent* depending field.
in that field for a large part ol The new well is the farthest
their crude. Several Hartb sMlli ,„.cf nnt, . .. ,
wul Wi lls arc .lrillinK which west of any. »rod"cmg well and
diould add to the pool's prociue-118 ,n 8ec^'on 11-17-6, on the
tion, and offset the decline in the ^rank Morgan farm. It was
lorthern end, where a short time brought in Tuesday evening in
i^o John Markham, Jr., the Me- the Bartlesville sand and is pro-
Mann Oil company and several j iucin 75 barreJs an hour
>thers were bringing in wells m. . . . ' , .
which started at beter than i, ™ bringing m of this well
000 barrels. The Roger Kemp 'ia8 aroused much excitement
est in section 4-17-17 is due and and will tend to make this part
f producer will extend the field of the field the scene of activity
Me to the west. It is located Operations in this section have
Ihe Jemima Richards iarm.' _f , , . ,
Oyr»y Oil company is drill-'"? ® pnshfd much lately,
ng for the Bartlesville in section e abandoned Hammond hole
S-17-7 and it would extend the 's directly south of the Morgan
j ool further to the west- Gun-; well.
A significant feature
tir.- Mid-Continent field. Tlie
gu*h(.r eharaeter Of tlie well. i»
'•••ry attraetive and adda mat *ri
t<» the total proil iieiion
■vtiieji Ii ii «I lm-gUu to nIi|i a trj'b*
•eeaiHe of bad weather condition |
• h<- pipe line ruiiH from l''e
•uiiej, «,f Qew u-ella ill the tie p ih|
•rt,,d nIiowh mi iticre*ae in ti'*" i \
ushing protluetion since thefirat
if the yi'iir of l.'LOOO bbln
Jr lla«ke|| and S«*iuto Oil eoin|»-
•«v and Itrewer k Klliutt in the
niddle and north we* tern parta of
lie field, the two latter o|»eratora
laving tiie I'iinarron rivar bed-
W. Mcliritle, a* tin- Silurian
b| company, a|*« own« eosuiilcr-
aereiiffe to the we t. It is
ry iutereKtjiig projioiiitjon a*
I lays ii ml will I* watched with
l«y Iiueh intereat, etpseially rts to its
•vhieJi put* the field *8 total rijiht tfeet ti| on tin
• round .'10,000 barrels a day, the; taction, which, several' months
ogheat mark yet reached during ig„ WIU| a||4.K,.j |iy ,Jlc principal
two years *ine*« the well whs >i|ie line eompanya to ho near
ompleted in the northw<at cor-1 he danger point.
th
The above is tak(-n from the
iKliinoinan and with » few
•light correction,, ix a fuir Htat-
,u'nt of the situation. T. R. Slick
'lo,,ld be atlded to Bartlesville
and producers, and this same ter
itor
sburg & Forman are drilling in j
section 19-17-7, several miles to
y is somewhat further devel-
We Told You So'
the southwest. Both of these test
are due.
It is reported last night
nection with this well is that it
The above is a news dispatch
from Sapulpa to "Wednesday's Ok
lahoman-
Thc despatch is significant in
that it resembles some of th<
rediculous arguments put up by
the opponents of Shaffer County.
We eall the argunit-n's redic-
rloi s I ut th^y fooled some of j
the people of Lincoln County-
Number Of New Derricks In
Ihe Berry Pool Section.
There are signs of speedy de-
velopment in the oil field imme-
diately northeast of the city,
that is, in the vicinity of the
Millikin well. A citizen counted
five new derricks in that vicin-
ity. The development in this
new pool will undoubtedly be
rapidly pushed.
It will be remembered that the
W. O. Eurroughs. of Hominy,
is spending a few days here with
his parents, Mr. and Mra. A.
brings the Bartlesville sand pro-
that duction much nearer Cushing.
iunsburg & Forman deepened ] Things are looking extremely
iheir No. 1, Richards, in section g00£j for increased development
-17-7, through the Bartlesville jn the Cushj fle|d Th
*and into water and that its pr0- , ,■ , , ,
luction was cut off- This well (Juc^1on, ,ha« been Poetically
llad about 85 feet of sand before doubled in the past week. In
^ was deepened and it w'as not addition to this there are in-
learned last night lvow much sand creasing signs of activity in the
was found before the water came fieJd immediately northeast of
mThe well was one of the first 'the city. Two more rigs were
to be completed in the newlv- hauled out to this part of the
found saa'ci and was rated as " , field Tuesday, and we have been
1,000-barrel producer. If ),!ie re- told that a number of contracts
Port is true, it is too bad1 e well have been let for drilling in this
was killed but the water c^n j t-
»e plugged off and the well be .
made to produce again. It has j Cushing has the greatest oil
■*erveci Gne purpose and that to and gas field in the mid-conti-
determine the thickness of the n^nt already devoloped and the
B«^edrsmr SS^'-^Pn-nt is only fsirly be-
deepened jts No. 1 on the Mcln ,gun-
tosh and the well is making 2,400 Cushing is destined to be one
barrels at 35 feet of sand- The greatest oil centers in the i toot of the aerage is already own
company's No. 3 on the farm is ' d and «leveloped in one or more
making 3,000 barrels at 68 feet
of sand.
T. B. Slick 8 Xo. 2, in seetion
advocates of the organization of' Burroughs.
10-17-7 is making 85 barrel
hour at 70 feet in the sand The
Prairie Oil and <ia* Co's. No. 3
°n the George Tucker farm in se
Ai
Cushing Fie'd
this time the naw
Bartp
ville sand development along th#
southeastern "dge of the Cushing
t|pld is the most interesting and
uer of section 32-18-7 by C. B.
Shaffer, J- B- Sliek and the Jon**
I tlrolJiers.
Ry drawing an eggwKhapc<l cir-
! le taking in the southwest quar-,
•r of section 9 and the northwest
1'inrter of s(>ction 10-17-7, a nub',
north and south and half a m1'0 , as latter wells are rej>orted.
'ast and west, the |»resent produc Gunsburg and Foreman have
ing area of the Bartlesville sand deepened their well on section ?•
ItTZ c^llT'outh'cUS ^ '°a"'c sand and
th , norheast and the sharp dip to , 18 maklnfi: 40 barrels an hour.
'he west may run into water, indij
iiated by the reported water s'iow '
'tig in tlie Gunsburg and Foreman
No. 1 Richards in section 4-17-7, i
to the north. Studying the geo-j Didn't we tell you that as
logical ages of the Bartlesville th soon as the election was over
w ncclcr, the cleveland end. the Sapulpa would start another cam-
bayton sands found in the Cusn- . . . , . ,
district, it appears that thc ! P"gn fora bond issue to build a
I own at the east prong of Tiger { court house? Sure enough they
creek. As this formation wrs Jtre at it already, and greedier
covered with alluvial wash Wheel! than ever. One hundred and fif-
<t formation found lodgment far- j ty thousand was the amount ask-
'•'•er northwest, as did the Cieve-1 , , -? , ,
land stratum, the heavy Layton ' ^ they have climb-
Hratum being la;d down farther | one hundred and seven-
west, in section 18-17-7 to the, ty-five thousand. This part of
southwest,, north through sectioi s t'ie country should oppose this
8, 5,4, 32, 33, 29, and 19 and 20 , n-0position. When we contri-
>reaking a little and thickening ,Mte an thj t h .
ui> again in sections 8, 7, o no °
19, with an edge in section 4- ! ^Qld.be for one which is not lo-
something like putting four taps ^ated in a foreign country. We
on a shoe, with the toe and over-jnaed a court house, but better
tapping toward the northwest- | wait till we can get a new county
It is quite likely that the Bar- j heieabout or re-locate the county
tlesvilk, Sand will show good in seat which was dragged off to
one or two spots northwest of the -apuipa a few years agQ b CQr.
it is ruption and fraud. This part of
protluetion inthe mile of territory Cre< k county is not interested
now showing strong. There »ap-; iii a court house at Sapulpa ex-
pears no chance for new pe v ; cept as an instrument of oppres-
'>le to get into the swim, as every sion in the transaction of our
public business. We may be
f the unper sands—thc Prairie trodden upon, but we must not
Oil and Gas company, the Produc lick the hand that oppresses
• rs Oi! company, the Gypsy ° 1 us."—Drumright Derrick.
company, Giin-shuri? and Forman,
Steel Brothers, -Tones Brothers
Shaffer and S^matheis and Hugh -Some people down in Lincoln
King owning lea^with the Me- county will find themselves up
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tUon 3-17-7 is showing for at least promising of anything in the en-1 Man Oil company, J- II. Markham against even a worse proposition.
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