Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-22
WITH THE OIL MEN
BY FRANK BTIingsIe0. Telephone 900

III pldHh ptuullnB tntm Nllnln the
thirty day period. By the notice be-
Ing given as soon as the lease II
signed by the Indian, II vii be in
deNed in the Indian office at Mus
kogee, the oil fraternity in the In
dian lease business can ascertain
there what leases hive been executed
and the date thereof, and know just
how long the man who has taken
the lease has within which TO file IT,
Another important rule is the re-
quirement that assignments and stip-
ulations changing the terms of leases
be also filed within thirty days from
date Of execution,
Commencing June /, the Depart
ment viii require filing fees Of $500
for each lease and each ignmont
and $500 for each stipulation, sim
llar TO the filing fees requlrd at
ether Indian agencies.
The Department has not yet pre-
scribed any mothod of treating gas
wells along the hno of the demon
strations now under way at the Cush-
ing field, but the now regulations re-
quire operators to report the location
Of wells and to exercise more pre-
caution to prevent the waste OF gas
and also in protecting the oil or gas
sands from tho inflow Of water. The
secretary Of the interior has had
under consideration reports Of the
engineers Of the bureau Of mines
(who have investigated the reported
waste Of natural gas in Oklahoma)
and feels, in the interest Of the In
dians and the public in general, that
the department should insist that the
operating companies, with the coop
GRAFTON of the departmental engineers
find interfering with or entirely dis
continuing the drilling for OIL and
believes that this may be accomplish
cd with entire fairness to all.
The bureau Of mines is lnvestigat-
ing the methods by which gas is pre-
served In other state, whether IT oc-
ours in the same strata and comes
from the wells with the OIL or wheth-
er the gas sand is encountered sep
arately. The department wants to
ascertain II these methods can be APP
piled to Oklahoma, and if so, they
viii furnish operators so desiring
copies Of any publications that may
be issued on this subject.
The amendments are rs follows:
Effective June I, 1913.
Section 2, &c and 30 Of the regula
tions approved April 20, 1908, with
subsequent amendments, are hereby
further amended and mofied to read
as follws;
Section 2. All leases shall be in
quadruplicate, and, with the papers
required, shall be filed within thirty
days from and after the date Of ex-
ecution by the lessor, with the United
States indian Superintendent at
Union Agency Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Assignments of leases and stipu-
lations modifying the terms of exist
ing leases shall also be filed with
said Superintendent within thirty
days from and after the date of ex-
ecution.
A filing fee Of SIS for each lease
and each assignment and 81 for each
stipulation modifying the terms of
existing contracts, is hereby required
and shall accompany each lease, as
signment or stipulation from and
after June /, 1913. Such fees shall
be accounted for by the disbursing
agent of Union Agency under the reg
ulations governing such funds.
Within twenty-four hours Of the
execution by an Indian lessor Of an
oil, gas, or other mineral lease, which
requires the approval of the Secre-
tary Of the Interior, the lessee must
either file in the office of the Super
irtendent of the Union Agency or de-
posit in the mails addressed to said
Superintendent a notice of the eX-
coution of such lease signed by the
lessee or his agent upon a form fur
Rished with the lease blanks, show
ing date and hour of execution, des-
cription of land, names of parties,
character of lease, etc. 1t Is prefer
red that these notices be sent by
registered mail. ISnot so sent, other
proof OF mailing may be required. |
Immediately upon receipt of such no.
tice by the superintendent, entry |
thereof viii be made In the same |
Information and notice of the pub |
lie. Failure to file the lease within |
thirty days from and after the date |
of execution, will be considered an
abandonment thereof, and the land |
may be leased to other parties.
Sec. 26. Operations will not be |
permitted under any lease requiring |
approval Of the Secretary Of the In
terror, until the approved lease has |
been delivered If there has been a
contest respecting lase or leases,
the approvd, disapproved or cancel
led parts thereof will be held in the
office of the Superintendent for five |
days after promulgation by him. by
mailing or delivery Of the Depart
ment's decision, and will not be de-
llverod, If within that period a mo-
For Sale-Ten-acre oil and gas min
ing lease, commercial, in Nowata field
section "a, township north, range IA
east Address James d. Rives, Jr.,
MI