The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-29

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-ae state .oard OF equalization WeE-
-@z5ay 5y r 4 Bartlett. secretary
treasurer o. -1e Oklahoma Natural
Gas so--zag Eaicl supplies ne "a
for cons nD,.o1 .a Oklahoma City.
G--ar.e. Sta=ree and other OElz1o-
uz esues
he testified "a, lzu Of ne com
-a-s-s $4,000 o. capital stock had
aaaa gwen in exchange for zas r.g1-s
.- -1e Hozs-ooter ned. wh.eh -he
company expected 10 hold as . re-
---.- 80 ply. and -hs- a. thar time
-1e eeIs seemed likely 70 las ten vesrs
.1- ua- since The other Big comPs-
Mes had i@z1n % drain The field f. is
nov q question whether II ~ill lss-
lalr thai long. and hat since the Kan
So Natural Gas company started 70
1-a zas from -ha. aeld The pressure
had decreased from go 20 36o pounds
H~ stated that The Oklahoma Ma
g-al Gas company rad 10000 acres 70
the Hogshooter field. which Fl had
never used 70 supply Us own distribl-
lion. which areraged about 100000
feet Der day. The gas for that is sup
ll.ed from Coll!nsy.lle and Mounds.
He declared. however. that when the
SIX big companies began piping from
The Hogshooter field and draining his
company's assets i- began 20 sell gas
from thar field in self-detense. as rs
property would be drained whethe-
f. sold OF not. and that so far IT had
sold 100000 worth 70 the Kansas
Natural Gas Com-any which, was TAX
ing out from 3j,o00,O0O 10 100000
feet per day. and took as high as si,-
100000 feet ar times last winter.
Mr. Bartlett also spoke FOR the
Caney River Gas company, now own
Cd by G. T. Braden Of Tulsa. who paid
100000 for its stock. in addition 10
$4,000 Of bonds He claimed tha,
The draining Of the gas field had de
preciated the value OF the property
until It was not now worth more than
800 600 altogether. including the
bonds. Il was assessed ty the board
at s1.1s9,OOO
Reed on Stand.
James l.. Reed Of Chanute appeared
for the Kansas Natural Gas company
and The Marnett and Quapaw com "a
nies. He contended that his company
ig not doing any business within this
state and would not admit that fl
bought any gas here except through
the Marnett company. Attorney Cen
eral West asked him about the state
ments in The gas cases in the federal
court that the company is suffering
millions Of dollars damages through
.he states refusal 10 let it pipe gas
ont Of Oklahoma, but obtained no in
formation on that score.
The Teyas PIPE Line company was
. represented Dr. A. I. Beatty, associ-
ate general attorney for The COMPANY.
who denied hat the state had a right
to tax anything except the actual ply
steal property of the company, and
claimed ,hat sufficient allowance had
not been made for depreciation, John
T. Gosmore appeared for the Port
land Pipe Line company, which was
assessed ar S527OoO and said that he
considered an addition Of 100000 for
the value Of his company's prorerty as
a going concern was too heavy but
That he was willing 10 let IT stand.
A. the morning session Warren H..
SNYDER. attorney for the Oklahoma