The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-06-27
GIVE LOCAL DEVELOPERS
CHANCE TO GET BUSY
MP. HICoLEsROoK WILL WAIT
90 DAYS ON ARO"osE MEN TO
START OIL WORK.

Gay. -t.4 l.. I'D SNOW glA INA. D
aau, 20 ase yo-r local people
chance t9 DO some developing work.
. have taken q lease ~ 500 acres Of
land south Of A-dmo--. belonging 90
Mr George Crner There seems 20
a. ar rJad of Arimo-e men who
want 90 got busy 0n th.s same land.
NOW ] am going 'o pI- tae leases on
this land in escrow for ninety days
and 10 within that time these parties
sill begin developing wells IT'S hands
of for mo. and will release the
leases. u a, ,ae end Of that time
they have not made good ! Hll then
take the land and develop g. ! have
agreed .o put down a H.ll on every
forty acres 600 the ef'o-, % find out
u there .s old Isu. taa. a fair pr9po-
s.tI0u9
Continuing boz said 20 understand
thar 8, has been said that dollar
1000 a..o can uo. secure leases ou oil
land D, you go into a field where
there ar, producing Reils an around
y.u. you can not get leases for tha,
p-.r. But 100 any proven field. such
as Tulsa for instance. there ls land
all around ,Aa, city that can be had
fo- deal Jess than a dollar an
acre. Why. there you can get any
amount OF land given 20 you with a
con'rac; 20 give very small pe-
cent OF wha; 30 may be found 20
produce The government itself only
requires that 10 cents ain acre De-
paid for full tloo1s lands on oil
leases.
"Of course. mo. o. Us believe this
viii prove a prod. ing field around
here. We don't know 80 absolutely ye,
though What do you want your land
'or' Don't The people want it deyel
oped2 Don't lhey want someone with
money 20 come here and develop H..
or are they going ahead and develop
10 themselves. have had just one
bona fIde proposition made me aad
that was for 30 acres Of land right
in the Wheeler field where there
have been some proudcing wells found
The party offered 20 give me a ~
ln'crst for $500 and 20 receive ,..e.
eighth of the production. II any. And
this was on land within half a mile
or less OF wells alrcady found 10 be
producing small amounts. That was
fair proposition
Il have been charged with being a
Standard oil agent because We have
a contrac, 20 sell 20 them. or course
We sell 20 the Standard We have %
sell 20 somebody and they are the
only ones who buy Why shouldn't
We sell 90 them? II YOU don't sell
your OH 20 the STANDARD you"u uey.
er get your fields here developed. ]
can say that Are the santa Fe sell-
ing any OF their OH from the wheel.
o- nold2 { find they are Gaping AN
their wells
m The people who have control ~
The land 49, 20 find wells. then
cap them up and refuse 20 sell bo.
cause they can s,ll only 20 IN,
S'audinf Will be a long time be-
fore you have any development work
done here That is. the kind that will
DO Ardmore any good n the people
Rho have lands on which OH may
likely Doe found they would do the
best FOR themselves II they would
'urn 10 over a. % reasonable price 20
someone with tho money 90 come iu
and develop FOR them and help them
get something our of n. They say.
oh. We have a big field near Ard.
more Well hoR many barrels OF
oil are being shipped from herco
Who is putting in any money for
development work. ] still say that
your progress is being delayed on
account of the granrrs They have
secured leases on most of the avail
able land around Ardmoro ON which
there are OH prospects and the min.
ute au oil man who aas the money
10 go ahead and develop the field
comes along, mp goes the price of
their land \ sprculator will perhaps
pay fancy prices, but the real de
yolope- knows what he is mp against
and viii only pay a fair price to
find on, whether ho is able 10 get
anything out OF the ground or not.
Il should Ike to 20 20 Oklahoma
City, Kansas City and 81. Louis and
through friends on papers in these
cities ] would De able 10 boom your
oil fields here 20 the very great ben.
eft Of Ardmore and the surrounding
country The Illinois oil men would
soon be seeking 10 start development
work here. and Oklahoma city and
Kansas city realizing that it would
be 70 their interest -r s0l'hwcs,
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