Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-14
caro- SELLS Will DECIDE ON
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
~ OKLAHOMA.
A MOMENT0US QUESTION
Complaint Made That Pipe Line, Are
50 ihrg" That They Out-iIid
Little Producer.
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'"'lnH aHhiIH comes 10 decide
number or important matters on pro-
tests which have been made to him
| from time 10 time past he will GER
ialnB have his work cut out, for
thero Is no doubt but that the most
momcntDus question which has ever
arisen I'm connection with the oil
business in the state OF Oklahoma. |
namely, shall the pipe lines be al
lowed To bid on any more oil leases
n Usage county VIII have to be
0uicd upon by him and that at no far
future date
A hue and cry has been raised
against the pipe lines on account OF |
the fact that they were the largest
aggregate bidders on Usage lands ON
September 80 last, when the maguin-
cent sum OF over 5000 was paid
In bonuses to the Osago Indians for
approximately 1000 acres OF land
near the famous Boston pool OF tho
Gypsy OH company
The complaint that is heard tho
most is that the pipe lines are NJ
large that they out-bld the little pro
dpcer and 30 make II Impossible for
| him 10 secure any more prospective
territory; that II the pipe lines were
excluded there would be many OPP
| portuntics for him TO secure valuable
territory especially In view OF the fact
that the interior department Is pro-
posing to lease some more acreage.
and that In the very near future.
The incident Is cited Of the Prairie
OIL & Gas company securing lease
on 400 acres OF land Just north OF
the famous gypsy on companys
| Boston farm, which to date Is pro-
ducing more oil than any other
lease In the state. The Prairie COM
pany, bidding $3.50 per acre, all or
none on the entire 400 acres, secured
the trect and as II result several Of
| the producers who had bid on dif-
ferent portions OF the same 400 acres
failed to secure the small tracts de-
sired by them.
Then. too. tho Gypsy OF company's
large production Is on It's lease I'm
section l-2l-7, Boston farm, Is held
Up 10 be menace to the little pro-
duCsr and the claim IL made that the
pipe lines. owning, piping and refin-
ing their own OIL VIII soon be- in a
position to produce ell they require
for the operation OF their lines and
renneries and will break the price.
and already the claim Ia made that
the pipe lines have this one object In
mind and that they are working 10
this end at the present rime.
Some Sentiment Worked Up.
While the complaint Is not gen
erBl still there has Deen some senti-
ment worked up and. while many are
prone to believe that the agitation
has some ulteriur motive TO benefit
few. sull the commissioner viii no
doubt give the matter careful and
| considerote attention and whatever
his decision It will only come after
ths most careful Weighing OF the sit
uatiOn aud uninhuenced either by in
diudual or company. producer OF
pipo line and viii be as his best iudg-
ment dictates
IAN or None" Clause Attacked
The chief attack At this time Is on
the manner Of leasing OIL lands In
the Usage nation and the chief OBJ
lection as far as anyone can learn 4,
10 the fact that the Prairie OF ~ Gas
company secured big lease under
clause s of the regulations which
read
The regulations were published q
long time before the land was
leased. every one interested secured
"A copy " these regulations and the
lands and regulations have been pub
llshed several times HencefOrth u
Is unfair to suppose that any person
who bid or desired TO bid on these
lands was not familiar with the reg
ulations. but IL they we're ignorant
that such clause existed. II was mo-
hodys fault but theirs that they
failed to realize the meaning or this
clause. Surely It occupied q promi-
nent place In the regulations Il was
not Joker to be overlooked. nor was
It Inserted at the last minute ~ has
been In the regulations ever since
they were promulgated and the plea
that tn. clause was not understood
or overlooked IL hardly any reason
FOR IT, abollShment
II was there and the Prairie OH q
uas company bid with that clause In
serted. and BY giving the Usage In
dlans t225. 900 in lump sum. which
was more than 100000 more than
all the other bidders on that trac,
put together secured the lease.
hence the opposition. II is certain
that with the protests that have been
made. the "all or none" clause will
he eliminated IN the future
Tho first leasing Of Usage lands Of
recent years was made on November
II. 1911. at which time tO5. 900 acres
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