The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-12
OIL OPERATORS
NAME COMMITTEE
TWENTY-FIVE SELECTED TO APP
PEAR BEFORE CORPORATION
COMMISSION TOMORROW.

If the statements of the oil operator
in the Healdton field are true AM
there is no evidence at present to con
tradict their statements made at tn,
meeting at the Commercial club room.
last night, it appears that the slimy
tentacles of the oil octopus alread,
have fastened themselves on the op
orators in the Healdton field in an en-
deavor to choke them out of existence
and make them quit business, anC
twenty-five of these gentlemen repre-
senting as many producers, were Sc
lected to appear before the corpora
tion commission at the hearing to-
morrow at Oklahoma to register a Wig.
orous protest against this practice.
| Mr.. Dodd, manager of the 1911 com.
pany stated last night that not only
had the Magnolia pipe line company
reduced the price of oil of certain
grades in the Healdton field far below
what was being paid for the same
grade of oil in other parts of the state,
but yesterday came out with state
ment that they We're not. in position
to handle the output of the field at
present and could only take a small
amount from each operator allowing
the balance to be wasted or checking
it up to the operators to build their
tanks for storing it. AS common car
riers Mr.. Dodd maintains that the
pipe line company can be compelled
by the corporation commission to take
care of the output of the field.
Charles. j. Wrightsman who was to
have been here last night wired that
it was impossible to make connections.
but in lengthy communication to w.
B. Johnson urged the operators to
appoint committee to meet the cor
poration commission tomorrow and be
prepared to fight the action of the pipe
line company.
Judge /. r Mason stated that he
was before the corporation commits
sion Tuesday on business, and Col.
Love urged him to see that a proper
was sent from Ardmore to |
the hearing Friday, and to come pre-
pared to state their case in forceful |
manner as the pipe line company
would be there with a mass of figures |
that would be confusing to any but |
practical oil men.
Mr. H. n. Cole of Tulsa stated that
the present pipe line was sufficiently
large to handle the output of the field |
at the present time and that the dis
against that field was an
outrage.
Writ Franklin of the Apple and
Franklin interests stated that some
thing ought to be done even if re-
inery was necessary to be built at
his city to handle the output of the
field and urged that immediate action
De taken, committee to be known
as ways and means committee was
appointed to look into this feature and
sndeavor to find an outlet for the
This committee consists
If G.. A. Ramsey. p. C. Dings, Roy
Johnson, Writ Franklin and DIR. J. =. Il
Smith.
The committee appointed to appear
,efore the corporation commission, are
I'll oil producers and will go to Okla
loma City prepared to present a
strong case against the pipe line COM
,any. They are not only going to in
list that the discrimination in prices
lgainst the Healdton field be stopped
tut are also going to urge that the
commission compel the pipe line CON-
ANY to handle the output of the field.
w. B. Johnson stated last night that
imilar committees would appear from
arious parts of the state on the same
mission as this one and felt sure that
fter the hearing all the differences
would be amicably adjusted. The fol-
owing gentlemen compose the com
nittee chosen last night: :
Byron Drew, Bayou Oil Co. I
Robert McFarlin, McMan Oil Co.
r. S. Rowland. Rex Oil & Refining @
%.
w. S. Critchlow, Dundee Oil Co.
C. J. Wrightsman, w. & +. Oil Co.
R. S. Sterling, Humble Oil Co.
G. w. Strawn. Strawn & Harris.
Writ Franklin, Crystal Oil Co.
w. 2. Johnson, Ideal Oil Co.
|. r. Mason. Cradwood Oil Co.
H. N. Cole, Twin State Oil Co.
T. H. Dunn, Coline Co.
Ralph Hochstetter, Gunsburg & For