The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-16
ALL PARTS OF STATE TO
Be VISITED BY BIOLOGISTS

parties sent into the field by the de-
partment of geology of the state uni
versity the coming summer, all parts
of Oklahoma are represented.
All the students at the university
who are making geology their major
study intend to spend the summer in
research work either with the United
States geological survey or the Okla
homa geological survey, the two being
cooperative.
The largest party being outfitted will
be conducted by Prof. D. w. Ohern,
head of the department of geology at
the university. Prof. Ohern will be
assisted by John Herald of Cleo, Jerry
Newby of Guthrie, Robert Garrett of
Oklahoma City, Glenn Clark of Co
manche and John Newby of Guthrie.
The party will outfit at Chelsea June
10, and will spend the summer in Craig
an dother counties in the northeastern
part of the state, where they will work
in the oil field
Another party headed by Cal D.
Smith of the United States geological
survey will work in the oil region
about Tulsa and Claremore Robt. H.
Wood of Blackwell, just graduating at
the university will accompany him.
Later in the year Mr.. Smiths party
will take Prof. Oherns outfit and work
around Calremore and Pryor Creek.
Prof. J. W. Beede of Indiana uni
versity will start with party at Paw
nee, June 26th. The party will begin
work near Pawnee and work south
along the eastern edge of the Redbeds
studying the Permian formations. Prof.
Beede is recognized as the best author
ity knowno the Permian. He will be
assisted by Cleveland Thompson of
Erick, Chas. Eckes of Helena, a last
years graduate, and Geo. Meyer of
Pennsylvania.
A party will outfit at Cache, June
10, headed by Prof Taylor of the de-
partment of geology at the university
The purpose of this party is to in
vestigste the structure and mineral re-
sources of the Wichita mountains. Be-
sides Prof. Taylor the party will con-
sist of L. McCance of Mutual Okla,
and Ben West of Guthrie. Later the
party will be joined by Frank But
tram of Ada, chemist of the Oklahoma
geological survey who will spend six
weeks in the mountains and then be
transferred to Prof Ohern's party near
Vinita.
Chester A. Reeds, formerly stu
dent of Oklahoma university, now a
teacher in Bryn Mawr college, will
continue work in the Arbuckle noun
tains where he has spent the last four
summers investigating the geological
and mineral resources of that region.
DR.. Reeds has just publihed a report
based on these investigations. Prof.
H. I. Jones of the Muskogee high
school and Mr.. Burr McWhirt of Rolf,
student at the university will ac-
company him.
E. 2. Carpenter of Lexington, a 1911
graduate of the department of geology
has accepted a position with the Unit.
ed States geological survey at Wash
ington, d. G. He will go with a party
to northern Utah where he will work
on the question of water supply in
that region.
R. A. Conkling, also of Lexington
and 1911 man, left Oklahoma May
26th, for the Klondike where he will
investigate the much heard of Alaskan
gold deposits. He will spend the sum-
mer north of the Arctic Circle
Chester Clark of Comanche and
Chas. w. Hamilton of Michigan left
last week to join Frank A. Herald, who
graduated in 1910, in North Dakota,
near the southern line of Canada. The
work will be on the coal deposits along
the Missouri river.
Lewis Roark of Wagner, will be
with party in the Big Horn noun
tains in Wyoming, Trout of Norman
works in Montana and Monnett of Nor
man will be in the Black Hills of South
Dakota.
It can be seen that Oklahoma uni
ve.sity is producing practical men for
practical service. The fact that young
men from almost every locality of he
state are flocking to the university to
fit themselves for practical work indi-
Gates more an dmore that the system
of specialties rather than too much
generalization, is success. And too,
the increasing number of students
from distant and neighboring states
goes to show the high degree of ap-
probation in which our educational
system is held by the sister states.
Wheat Harvest Begins in Kansas.
Wishita, Kans.. June 1O-The wheat