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Chickasha Oklahoma Monday December 11 1922.
Number 203
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ADDED IH FIELD
I IS BELIEF
8togner Slated to Drill In Today;
American Drilling Company to
Complete Gasser by Wedftc-
day Officer Declare!.
DRILLING ACTIVITY IS
CONTINUING IN SOUTH
New Weill Pick Uo Band: Othera
Cemented; Holmee Declare Re-
' port of Oil Sand in HI Well
la Entirely Unfounded.
Tim RtrliiR f its producer In the
ClilckiiMliii field Kluiod in ho In-
creased ty hi ..;int two wells tills
" k. with three or four others ready
to cement on tlio wnid. according to
reports from tlin felid toduy.
fctogner mid Baldwin In the north-
wet of llm southwest of section 23-rn-K'
1m honk ci for tlui next pro-
ducer. They were prepared to drill
Into tlio Kami toduy anil wore ex-
pected to hull out tomorrow. Tho
Hand In given credit fur being high
ia:s nti'l oilers expect tills well to
be the first prndiirer on the west side
of tlio I ittln Washita river bi nd
through tho fU'ld.
Tho American Drilling company In
tho southwest of tho southwest of
Heel Ion 23-5n-Sw Is to drill out the
iIuk Wednesday according to an an-
nouncement by tin officer of tlio com-
pany today. ' Tho well h expected to
Im completi'd by Thursday. Thin
with tho Ktopner well h to mark
tho most northern point of produc-
tion being a quarter nf a mile north
nnd about tho same distance west of
the discovery well and nightly north
o flho LeMastcr In section 21.
Cther Well on Sand.
Among tlio wells on tho sand la tit
l!nm:;ey In tho northeast southeast
northeast of coition 27-5n-8w. It was
reported here today thut Ramsey had
picked up the mind and was prepar-
ing to net casing. Tho Atlantic be-
ing In the north of tlio east halt of
tlio.- northwest - of tlie north-west of
auction 25-"n-Sw In cemented nnd
r-hould bo ready to drill in by tho last
of this week.
Tho Little Nick company. In tfie
couth west of tlio southeast of neetlon
2G-."n-8w Is assembling material for
tlin job of cementing tlio casing. The
drillers expect to pick up the Hand
in tlio nextilay or two. They are
drilling (it slightly below 11)00 feet.
The well Is a north offset to the
Mandeville which Is a 340000000
cubic foot producer.
The Niclilos Oil and Drilling com-
pany Is moving timbers for its sixth
well In tho field. It Is the Nlchlos
No. 1 Perrato In the northwest
northwest of section 23-5n-8w and Ik
the third derrick for tho Farwell
townsile. Drilling is to start as Boon
us tools can bo rigged up.
Southern Area Active.
The southern urea of the feild
opened by the mammoth gasser of
. tlie Sunray company in flection 11-4n-8w
is continuing active.
E. P. Harwell of Tulsa is drilling
lit about 1000 feet in the center of
tlie northeast of the northwest of
Miction li-4n-8w being a north off-
set forty to the Sunray well.
Mumniert Drilling company of Pon-
ca City has a derrick completed in
the center of the northeast of the
southwest of soction l-4n-8w.
Shaw and Nolan -liave a derrick
completed in section 6-4n-7w and
tools will be moved in at once.
Wildca.tting is progressing merrily
to the north of tho field proper. Prin-
Rio and Delalioussay have a rig com-
pleted in the northwest of the north-
west of section 9-6n-!)w on the J. P.
Wolverton farm. Tools are to be
nioyed in at once.
Denies Oil Sand Report.
A. A. Holmes interested with
Wharton and Allen In the well in sec-
tion 12-5n-8w this morning denied
the report that an oil sand had been
encountered in his well.
Me stated that someone had brought
some oil sand to Chickasha which'
showed plenty of "kick" when tested
and which was claimed to have come
from the Holmes Wharton and Allen
well. "There is no truth to the re-
port .that we have an oil sand" said
Mr. Holmes. 'HVe passed up about
sixty to seventy feet of sand that
showed some gas. We did not think
it would make a pay well being we
believed about the same as the sand
found in the Arrasmith and McBee
well In section 19-5-7. We are drill-
ing at around 1500 feet but have
not encountered any oil sand. We
hope to get the Arrasmith and Mc-
Bee oil sand at around 1900 feet
but will not report it until the bit
tolls the story at that depth."
SCHUMANN-HEINK BETTER.
(By The United Tress.)
Garden City N. Y. Dec. 11. Mad-
ame Ernestine Schumann-Heink fa-
mous singer ill at her home here
with bronchial pneumonia Is improv-
ing steadily but is not yet out of
danger according to her physicians
today.
. SUPREME COURT RECESSES.
Washington Dec. 11. The supreme
court today recessed to " Tuesday
Jan 2.
S00
Fleet Gulf Boats
to Combat Liquor
Smuggling Crews
(By Ti t I'nltal rnm.)
rcDHncnlii I la.. Dee. II. A flout nf
fust vessels In government service
IiiiiiiiiimI by intents of hi federal pro-
hlhltlon ljwrimiiit will begin mir-
ations noon along tlio roBnt of J-'lor-
lilu Alabama ind UmlNlnna accord-
ing to Information received hero
Tim fleet will operate In gulf wa-
t"r In an effort to curb wliolc4le
fiiiimxHin of lliiunr mid to be going
on In icuir port.
PROGRESSIVES IN
CLEVELAND -MEET
Farmer. Laborer Socialist and
Representative of Other Organ-
ization Join to Mao Drive on
Political Iciuet.
(Tty TI. I nltrd Pre.)
Cleveland Ohio Dec. 11. More
than 2uo deleitiitc farmer labor nnd
Hoclallst and various other organlza-
tloiiB were hero today for the two-
day (tension of tlio i-nnfc rem-e for
tho progressive political action.
Flushed with victories In various
parts of tho country ut the recent
congressional election the confer-
ence will map out plans for perfect
ing its statu organizations. Tim i-es-fion
also will draft a national plat-
form which Ik expected to play an
Important rolo In tho 1112! prosiilen-
tlnl (lection.
William 11. Johnston president of
tho International Association of Ma-
chinists who Is chairman of the con-
ference delared before the opening
of fie meeting today that formation
of third major political party will
not be considered.
Antl-Htrlkfl legislation advocated by
President Harding in bis recent iiies-
sugo to congress will be taken up by
the conference Johnston said.
Johnston declared the sixteen rail-
road labor unions opposed anti-strike
measures and appointment of a board
with tho Interstate Commerce coin-
mission to t.ike the pluco of tho
Railroad Labor board. He explained
that the tribunal urged by- Harding
would havo power to enforce Its
rulings.
QUITS TO Jim. 1
Next Session to De Held In Paris;
No' Agreement on Reparations
Reached; Status Quo Be
Maintained for Present.
(Py The Uniti-'l Prcsi.)
London Dec. 11. The conference
of allied premiers adjourned this
evening until Jan. 2 when they will
meet in Paris it was officially an-
nounced. Agreement upon Cerman repara-
tions was not reached and the status
quo will lie maintained until tho
Paris meeting.
(tly The Unitc'l Press.)
London.' Doc. 11. Germany
was
'no"
pro-
to receive today an emphatic
to her reparations ana oian
posals submitted to the allied pre-
miers' conference Sunday.
When the now big four of Europe
none of whom participated In the
Versailles treaty now being revlsod
met this afternoon they were to
give Germany her answer and con-
tinue work upon a reparations plan
of their own.
Seeking common basis for discus
sion the prime ministers did not
meet formally this morning but
Premier Poincaro of France was
closeted with Theunis head of the
Belgian government at the Rilz
while Benito Mussolini of Italy
sought counsel with Bonar Law at
10 Downing Street.
The full conference was to bo re
sumed at 4:15 p. m.
What Germans plan submitted
yesterday was the communique an-
nouncing its receipt did not say but
it was understood to renew sug
gestions for a moratorium and for
internal and external loans. It was
reported to be accompanied by a
note from Chancellor Cuno.
NOT CHICKASHA MAN.
William 'Sterrett. one ot the men
killed in an automobile accident
near Oklahoma City Saturday night
iwas reported to have been a resi
dent of Chickasha. It was late
discovered however that he lived
on Chickasaw avenue in Oklahoma
City. He was not a resident of thi3
city.
DELANO REPORT RATIFIED.
(By The United Press.)
Washington Dec. 11. The supreme
court today ratified a report of ex-
penditures in the Red river boundary
case submitted by Frederick A. De-
lano receiver for the oil lands in
the disputed territory.
Among the expenditures allowed
by the court was one of $30000 to
Delano for his services.
PREMIER
ILL URGE TAFT
APPEAR TUES. 11
DAUGHERTY CASE
Rep. Keller Scoffa at Suggestion of
Republican That Chief Juitlc
Da Saved "Embarratsment" Of
Giving Tettlmony.
ASKS WHY WOULD NOT
BE MATERIAL WITNESS
Would Aak Ex President Testify Con-
cerning Alleged Unfltnes of
Burn a Head of Investiga-
tion Bureau of U. 8.
Ily LAl'llKNCK M. I1KNKIHCT.
41'iilted I'r'Hs Staff ('orreKimnileiit.)
WnshltiKloi. Dec. 1 1. Efforts by
republicans o tbu housn Judiciary
coiiitnlttto to Havo Chief Justice Taft
l bo "embarrassment and Inconveni
ence of appearing ai a wiiness in
tlio Dauglicrty Impeuchinent bear-
ing starting tomorrow were met
toilay by a declaration from Itepre-
Rental Ivo Keller author of the im
peiichineiit resolution that ho will
insist ii foil T.i ft bring hummooi'd.
In a public letter addressed to
Chairman Vobitniil Keller took the
committee to task for alleged gen
eral bad faith and criticized it par
ticularly for Us failure to Include
Chief Justice Taft In the first group
of witnesses lor whom subpoenas
were Issued Saturday.
Keller wanted Tuft to testify con
corning tho alleged unf linens for
public office of Win. J. Burns ap
pointed by Daugherty as bead of
the federal bureau ot investigation.
Stating ho had been advised "only
through the newspapers" that the
committee had decided It wus "un-
necessary" to call Tuft to the stand
Keller demanded of Volstead: i
"What means havo you of know-
ing whether Chief Justice Tuft Is
or Is not a material witness In proof
of these charges that enables you
to decide in thiB pre-emptory fush-
Ion that personal testimony would
not throw further light on the
transaction? - - ......
"How do you know that wo are
going to elicit testimony from Chief
Justice Taft on some of tho other
charges. Does your committee pre
stime to take the wholly unwarrant-
ed und high handed stand that be-
fore you will summon any witnesses
you must know exactly what they
will testify to?" '
Keller charged tho committee
with being "biased" and with hav-
ing "prejudged" the case against
Daugherty.
Keller is insisting that testimony
shall be taken first on the Burns
matter. Tho committee decided by
resolution to start on tlio chaise
that Daugherty had refused to
prosecute vlolat6rs of tho anti-trust
statutes tho first of tho fourleeii
specll'ical ions laid down by Kel'er
and go right down tho linn in order.
Unless the commit too gives in 1:
Is likely that the hearings cannot
go on without another postpone-
ment. (n The United Press.)
Streetman Texas Doe. 11.
Cay negro was captured
-tieorge
shortly
before noon near hero today and is
held in connectionw 1th the attack
upon -Miss Florino Grayson 20 who
was found this morning bound and
gagged near un outhouse at her fam
ily place. (
Whether Gay will bo lynched was
believed to depond on bloodhounds
which were put on the trail of the
attacker. They are being . brought
back to town from their chase and
will be used in an effort to identify
the black.
If the hounds Indicate Gay was
the attacker a lynching is believed
Inevitable.
Passengers Hurled
From Seats as Tug
and Ferry Collide
(By The United Press.)
New York Dec. 11. Passengers
were hurled from their seats and
shaken when the Staten Island ferry-
boat Manhattan crashed with a Texas
Oil company tug off the southern
end of Governor's Island early today.
Forty feet of deck rail and over-
hand on the ferry's port side were
swept away but because of the small
number of passengers no serious cas-
ualties were reported.
RUSSELL WINS POINT.
. (By The United Press.)
Oxford Miss. Dec. 11. Gov. Lee
M. Russell scored a victory today in
the $100000 seduction suit on trial
here when Judge E. R. Holmes ruled
as admissible testimony introduced
to attack the chastity of Miss Fran-
ces Birkhead the plaintiff.
NEGRO CAPTURED
. Bf ARID IB
CONGRESS TODAY.
(My Tli l'nlt.41 IV.)
Senat.
Ileslns coiiKldPratlon of tMp
aulvidy
House.
Takes up bill making pi'-M-24
appropriation for mute und
Justice depnrtmentx.
Judiciary committee to make
final preparations for start lug
hearing tomorrow on Keller
resolution of iliipcuehiuriit
against Attorney (.ciieiul
Dautthcrty.
BANDITS BATTLE
y. Streets
Hostile Gang Strike Terror to
Gotham In Pitched Cun Fight;
Tako Wounded Away When
Police Reserve Arrive.
(Ily The United Prc.)
New Yolk Dec. 11. A gun battle
between two hostile bandit t-'Uiigs
brought hundreds to the street n.
panic at Koi ty Seventh street ami
Broadway early today.
Scores of shots wero exchanged
by l ho combat until W'ho need about
tho vicinity In automobiles. The
breaking of plate glass windows
miiilliig with tho rattle of guns ami
roar of motor exhausts uwukeucd
sleepers for blocks.
Some one among the men and wo-
men who darted about sidewalks
and hallways in night clothes us
the bullets hummed perilously near
put In a riot call for police. When
tho reserves arrived tlio bandit
fled taking any of their numbers
that might have been wounded with
them. Two men alleged to bo gang-
blers wero captured.
Two automobiles riddled by bul-
lets weio discarded by tho thug.s.
IRISH REBELS IN
TORCH CAMPAIGN
Radical - Burn Free State Officers'
Homes; Woman and Two Chil-
dren ' Injured; Campaign
Spreading Says Word. -
(Ily The United Pre.)
Dublin Dec. 11. Rebels used tho
torch today in their campaign of ter-
rorisinand reprisal.
Hemes of present Free Stato sup-
porters including that of Jane
''ower woman senlaor were burned.
In one Instance a mother and two
children wero Injured. Tho dwel-
lings of J. J. Walsh postmaster-general;
Michael Dunpliy parliamentary
secretary and Sean McGarry a dep-
uty were rendered uninhabitable.
No Arrest Yet in
Ft. Worth Flogging
Case Say Officers
(Ily Tlie UniteJ Press.)
Fort Worth Texas Dec. 11. No
arrest had been mado Monday of tho
three unmasked men who Saturday
night spirited Emmett Clark ice
man away from his car in which ho
was riding with his wife blindfolded
him and administered a severe flog
ging.
The men told him they were offi
cers and that he was wanted atliead-
quarters. Ho was forced to get into
their car when they sped away with
him saying: "You've been a bad boy
to your wifo and we're going to pun-
ish you."
Three Men Helped
Clara Escape Say
L. A. Jail Attaches
(By Die United Press.)
Los Angeles Dec. ll.-Clara Phil-
Hps convicted hammer murderess
was aided in her escape from the
Los Angelos county jail by three
men in the opinion ot jail attaches
who have made a thorough investi-
gation. Two of these men were on the
roof of the jail and sawed the bars
probably working simultaneously.
They are believed to be underworld
characters skilled in the use ot the
small chilled steel saws used by
professional criminals. The bars of
Clara's cell window were cut so
straight and accurately that none
but an expert could have done it
jailers said.
The third accomplice was a man
in an automobile it is believed. The
conviction is growing that Clara is
safe in Mexico although no effort
is being spared to run down clues
In this country. It is admitted
however that not the slightest
trace of Clara has been found since
she disappeared.
More than 1000.000 boxes of ap-
ples moved from the Columbia river
and Puget sound by water to Europe
in 1921.
ENFORCE TREATY
IF GET MARKETS
FOR GRAIN TIGER
Clemenceau Appeal to Weitern
Farmer In Final Addre;
Speak Before American Farm
Bureau In Chicago.
NEED AMERICAN WHEAT
TO FEED EUROPE SAYS
Declare Peace In Europe Would Be
Insured If Versailles Pact Put
Into Effect; Say Not After
German Territory.
(By The United Pre.)
Chicago Dec. 11. American fann
er must Hee that tho treaty of Ver-
sailles is enforced if they want a
market for their wheat Georges
t'lenieiiceail declared today in his
final uddrcsH In America.
Speaking before tho American
Farm bureau the Tiger former pre-
mier of France declared that Amer-
ica must have foreign markets for
Its crops but will not havo them if
isolated.
"Russia Austria Germany and
France are hungry bat can't oat"
he declared.
"We havo no money beeauie our
friends did not do what was neces-
sary to mako Germany pay.
"Wo need American wheat. Only
about one year in ten tin we pro-
ditco sufficient grain for our needs.
Wn would like to buy from you the
other nine but of course whether
wn will or not Is not for mo to hay.
"Peaeo In Europe will be Insured
If tho treaty of Versailles Is en-
forced. "If not In the years to come there
will bo a great cry of 'Too late too
late.'"
Clemenceau said ho was going
home having carried out his mission.
"I am hero on no official busi-
ness" he said "but I came as a
mission for my own conscience.
Whatever you decide my heart Is
with you. Nations must make mis-
takes and If you make a mistake
and later realize It I am aure that
you will lio quick in repairing It."
Clemenceau derlured that France
wanted none of the German territory
on the left bank of the Rhino.
Ho nppealed to tho gathering as
ono farmer speaking to another tell-
ing how ho spent bis youth on the
farm and as a descendant of a long
line of "dirt" farmers.
Ho declared that France would pay
Its war debts but reiterated that
Germany must also pay.
Appeals to Farmers.
(ily The United Press.)
Chicago Dec. 11. Georges Clemen-
ceau carried his appeal for France
to tho Midwest farmers today. Pay-
ing his second visit to Chicago on
his present lour of the country the
Tiger was greeted on arrival by farm
leaders with whom ho discussed the
situation in Europe previous to spoak-
ing before tho annual convention of
tlio American Farm bureau.
(Hy The United Press.)
Washington Dec.' 11. A cold wave
of marked intensity will grip nearly
the entire country within the next
36 to 48 hours the weather bureau
stated today in a special bulletin.
Tho Northwest and Canada now
are experiencing an extreme cold
wave with the thermometer register-
ing as low as 28 degreos below zero.
Temperatures reported include:
Wtllstono N. D. 14 below; Helona
Mont. 16 below; Havre Mont. 24 be-
low; Calgary Aita. 28 below and
Edmonton' Aita. 26 below.
Northfiold Vt.. reported a tempera-
ture of 8 degrees below zero.
Frisco Applies for
Seven Million Bond
(By The United PresB.)
Washington.' Dec. 11. The St.
Louis & San Francisco railroad to-
day applied to tho Interstate Com-
merce commission for authority to
issue nearly $7000000 of bonds to
be sold on pledge for the reimburse-
ment of Its treasury for money ex-
pended on operation.
The carrier desires to Issue $5644.-
700 of its prior lien mortgage 6 1-2
per cent gold bonds series "D" and
fl047900 on its adjustment mort-
gage 6 per cent gold bonds se-
ries "A."
AUTO INJURES WOMAN.
(By The Unit -d Press.)
i Oklahopia City Dec. 11. Mary
Blair 33 was S"lcusl;' injured when
she was struck b an automobile
here yesterday
C F. Moore driving tno automo-
bile said the woman had crossed
in front of him and became fright-
ened and ran back in front ot the car.
COLD WAVE DDE
SOON IS REPORT
Comb Garage Ruins
for Man Relieved
Have Been Runted
n The rnlleJ Pre-.)
Kaunas City Mo. Dec. II. Auth-
orities aouglit In tlin ruins of a
Karaite hero today for tho body of a
man believed to have been burned
III a ITo.ooil flrn late yesterday.
Two men reported to pollen that
a companion with I hem in tho Ba-
raga had not been located after-
ward. Firtyllvo trucks worn housed In
tho garage when tho flro atarted. A
number wero saved nfter narrow
escapes by firemen und others.
FEDERAL AGENTS
HUNTING SLAYERS
Kentucky Hill Combed Today for
Men Who Ambuthed Two Prohl
Enforcement Men; Second Man
Killed a Raid Still.
(By Tlie United Press.)
Mount Sterling Ky. Dec. 11. Fed-
eral officers and posses of citizens
scoured tlio bill country of Men I fee
county today for tho alayer of Ihivo
Treadway 2S prohibition agent allot
from ambush lute Sunday.
Treadway was slain from ambush
as he led a party of county officers
on the trail of moonshiners thought
to bo respoiiKlbio for tho death of
Prohibition Agent Robert Duff who
also wus shot from ambush tho day
before.
Treadway fell within a few yards
of the spot whero Duff was killed.
The hunt for Treudway'a slayers
was resumed this morning after bo-
lug abandoned last night becauso of
darkness und cold.
Tread way's! companions said they
saw three men dash out of the hush-
es after the shots that killed Tread-
way woro fired.
Tho deaths of Duff and Treadway
climax .Menifee county's long war
against moonshiners. The posses
searching for tho men who shot Duff
had a few minutes before uncovered
a still and destroyed 1400 gallons of
whiskey mash. They were prepar-
ing to leave when the firing began
from nearby bushes.
ASSESSMENTS OF
GRADY CERTIFIED
Public Service Tax Matters Cleared
Up; Steps to Be Taken at Once
for Approval of City Town-
ship and County.
Public servlco corporation assess-
ments In thin county have been cer-
tified to tho co'tnty excise board and
final action on tlw) various budgets
will be taken Immediately J. D.
Bryan county assessor declared this
morning.
After receiving the certification
Saturday Mr. Bryan Immediately re-
quested that a meeting of the excise
board be held this afternoon In order
that final action on' the county city
township and school district budgots
might be taken and tlrtj county's tax
machinery again put In operation.
Members of the board said this morn-
ing that in all probability the meet-
ing will be held tills afternoon.
Approval of the budgets may now
he made since the Rock Island and
Frisco railway companies' suit pre-
venting tho state board of equaliza-
tion from certifying the assessments
against those corporations' property
to the various county excise hoards
has been settlde.
Must Slash City Budget.
The city of Chickasha's budget for
the fiscal year which began last
July 1 is one of those which remain
to bo approved by the board. As a
osult of the terms of the settlement
of the suit against the state hoard
between $500 and $1000 must be
slashed from the city's budget ac-
cording to J. R. Wellborn city clerk.
Mayor Coffman will appear before
the board and make recommendations
as to where the decreases should be
mado. .
Budgets for all townships and
school districts touched by either
the Rock Island or the Frisco sys-
tem must be decerased according to
W. T. Cloud county clerk. The de-
crease in man yinstances however
will be small it was indicated. .
Many outstanding warrants against
the city and county will be paid
as soon as the budgets are approved
and other steps required by law are
taken it was announced.
97 ARRESTS IN CAPITAL.
(By The United Tress.)
. Oklahoma City Dec. 11 Local po-
lice made 97 arrests over the week
end according to records.
Charges covered practically every-
thing from "mashing" to "hijacking"
and speeding.
One youthful "masher" carried a
gold vanity case a search of his ef-
fects by police showed. '
More than 300000 persons are ent-
Iployed in the United States making
auiouiuuueB.
PLAN GAS MAINS
TO GRADY FIELD
IF
Engineer and Financial Head Confer
With Local Committee; Would
Get Permission to Lay Laterals
In Alley.
BRING FACTORIES HERE
IS AIM OF INTERESTS
Would Supply Cheap Fuel or Indus-
trial Boiler Now Using Coal or
Oil;' Favorable Report Made;
Quick Action Seen.
Chickasha's prospects for natural
gas for Industrial uso loom brighter.
This was tho anuonnemneiit nimbi
by Chamber of Comnierco official
after a joint meeting of Mayor O.
Coff man's spitial "natural gaa"
cominitieo and th oil and gas com-
mittee of' the Chamber of Com-
merce with representatives of finan-
cial Interests which desire to con-
struct a pip" lino from the city to
the Grady county gas field 11 miles
southwest. This meeting was held
.Saturday afterinooii in tho C. ot C.
rooms.
Tentutlvo proposal to construct
tho pipe lino to bring natural gas
to Chickasha for Industrial uso only
was mado by R. 11. Ferris banker
and nil man ot Driiniright and O. II.
Bingham Industrial engineer as
socluted with tho Verrls Interests.
Tho Hubslatice of tho proposal Is
that they bo given permission to
lay their lines through tho alleys
that they havo tho material and
finances to begin work at once and
that th'.-j desire to begin the project .
Immediately preferring permission
to lay their pipe lines In tho city
ralher than a franchise as the
granting of a frnnchlso 'would dolpv
tho beginning of the work several
weeks. No bonus or finunclul as-
sistance In any way are asked for.
Factories Would Locate Here.
Mr. Ferris doia.red that he has
assurance that a glass fuctory and
a plant for tho making of corrugat-
ed and other pasteboard boxes would
Immediately locate here when given
assurance of an adequate supply o
naturul gas. Other lndi'strles 'would
follow these plants to Chickasha th
financier declared. Ho stated that
thoso persons who desired to put
the gluss plant Into operation had
Investigated conditions in Amaiillo
Texas Ada Cement and other points
In Oklahoma and have concluded
that Chickasha Is the logical loca-
tion for tho plant if arrangements
for natural gas can bo made.
If tho proposal to construct a
natural gas distributing system in
tlio IndUHtrlul section ot the city de-
velops into a reality Mr. Ferris
hopes to supply tho plants already in
operation hero with cheap fuel.
Tho Ferris interests are not In-
terested In tho distributing of nat-
urul gas for domestic uso ho de-
clared. If a surplus from their main
becomes available however they
agreo to sell this surplus to tho
Chickasha Gas and Electric com-
pany or any other corporation or
concern engaged In distributing gas
to tho domestic consumer at a raty
of 25 cents per 1000 cubic feet.
Definite Proposal Expected.
After a prolonged session with
tho two committees Messrs. Ferris
and Bingham left Chickasha for a
conference with tholr attorneys af-
ter which they will rottirn to Chick-
asha to meet with a BUb-committeo
representing tho two communities.
At this scspIoii a definite proposal
will bo drafted for submission to
tho city council for action. They
are expected to rottirn hero in tho
next few days.
Members ot the Bitb-coinmlttoo
which . will recolve tho definite de
mands of the financiers and In con-
junction with them draft a proposal
to submit to the city council are:
P. C. Stacy and Den F. Morgan
representing Mayor Coffrnan's com-
mittee; John A. Hyndman and My-
ron Humphrey representing tho
chamber; Secretary J. W. Comer of
the Chamber ot Commerce and Har-
ry Hammerly city attorney.
Mr. Bingham tho engineer associ
ated with Mr Ferris recently mado
an exhaustive survey ot the Grady
county gas fiold and the industrial
field hero. The findings in this
survey prompted the proposal of the
ferns Interests to Install the eas
distributing system in the indus-
trial section.
"Most Satisfactory Solution."
Commenting upon the tentative
proposition submitted by the Ferris-
tiingtiam interests. Secretary Comer
of tho Chamber of Commerce said:
1 his arrangement. I believe af-
fords the most satisfactory solution
of our natural gas problem. A con
nection with the Oklahoma Natural
Gas company's main towards which
definite steps are now being made
assures us .of a permanent supply
of gas for dome'stic or cooking pur-
poses. The Ferris- Bingham proposal
would afford us an abundant sup-
ply for industrial purposes which
supply could not be secured through
the Oklahoma Natural lines. In
addition to furnishing a supply of
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