Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-08
News Of the Oil World
The Petrolenm Route.

The Petroleum Route,
The Midland Valley ralIoad can lay
some claim to being called the Pclro-
Iclum Route. Starting at Fort Smith,
Ark, that city is supplied with nat
uraI gas and has hopes Of finding OIL,
a test well being drilled livcmlIeo
south Of the city by James O'NclIl on
block Of leases containing 1000 ac-
res, Muskogce is an oil producing
town and has refinery Coweta
| is using natural gas jerks has an
oil well and is one of the chief dis
|tributing points for the extensive
Glenn Pool.
Tulsa is pretty well known every
where rs a natural gas town and
|istributing point for a large part OF
the Cherokee, Creek and Usage oil
producing districts, with an increaS-
ing production and population of
people interested in crude petroleum.
nm.
Going northwest from Tulsa, the
Midland Valley traverSeS the Chero-
kec oil development to Skiatook, with
the intermediate station Of Turley-
all oil. North Of Skiatook new stop
ping place has come into promn-
ence, called Oil City, the home of all
the people who are interested in oper-
ating the rich pool ON Usage lots 16.
-. Il and -, located along Bird
Creek. The petroleum center is made
up Of tents at present, strung alon"
the right of way, as the creek IS on
one side and precipltou, rocky hills
ON the other the village is forced to be
come long rather than broad. Some
thing like thirty good producing wells
have been drilled in that section of
the Usage, the total production of
oil running 10000 barrels per day.
Tucker is the next stop. This VI
yacious burg fumiShe most Of the
lumber and rio SupplieS fo the oll
leases surrounding it, and W. \. Har-
rington, Wisconsin badger, is very
prominent citizen Of his town. He is
also am experienced oil man, having
drilled duster 50 dry that it put a
shower ont of business and barrel
Of beer had no effect upon It's own
cr.
Nichols is a Observation-Disclosures
Nichols is wide place in the road
at this writing. but will undoubtedly
accumulate some population.
James Bigheart, for some years
chief of the Osages, lives ear Bird
creek, where he has an extensive
ranch, and wanted posterity to know
that he had lived. So a town was
tlaiduo cmfwyp vbgkqi Nzfiltfilivbg
laid out ON fine prairie with an east
em exposure and called Bigheart by
the railroad. Ii is only few months
old. but has all the necessities and
appearances of n town, including a
printing Office, from which Frank !
Cole issues the Bigheart Star. When
the reservation ISIS allotted within |
the next twelve months. and So
100000 is distributed equally among
the 1000 Usage Indians, Bigheart will
be a right smart sprinkle Of town.
Nelagony sports two railroads and
union depot, which is more than
Tulsa can boas, Of Qdite a few of
the "Katy' passengers still make
the trip to PawhuSka via hacks, but
many prefer the observation ears. y
printing office was strewed along the
depot platform Yesterday, so II Is
reasonable to presume that some am
bitious politician figures that two
railroads, one depot, water tank
and - inhabitants are suffering for
hi, fatherly advice and encourage
mcnt.
Pawhuska has doubled it, popula-
tion. exclusive Of the fat and pros
pcrou, Osaoes within year, and is
now city of the first class, with nat
ural eas and Bob Panther, the Usage
with one eye and a dis
like for cigarettes The government
maintains an excellent Indian school
at Pavmska, and 1t Is well attend
,d. The agency has natural gas and
@ wgtcr plant, and Chief Clerk lIm-
ley /, one of the most popular at
.achcs Of the Indian department.
The REGULAR passenger trains Of the
Midland Valley stop at Pawhuska.
and q mixed tain run, to Arkansas
Fifty, but ON July %, through pas
,cugcr service will be established from
Fort Smith to Arkansas City, from
which place the road IS being graded,
Editor Hill is printing a daily pa
oer at Pawhuska
Ramona Field.