The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-11
OIL HEARING
HERE FRIDAY
WAS QUIET
THOSE COMPLAINED AGAINST,
TOOK NO PART IN HEARING. J..
M. CRITCHLOW THINKS PRO-
DucERS SHOULD BE FREE TO
SELL.

Chairman j. Il. Love and Judge Hen
shaw of the corporation commission
devoted two hours here Friday after
noon to the gathering of Information
with reference to the production ol
oil in the Healdton field. At the close
of the hearing the commission an
nounced that attorneys would be al
lowed 10 days in which to file briefs
and within 5 days after briefs are hled
oral arguments will be heard in Okla
homa City and as soon thereafter as
the commission can agree, rules VIII
be promulgated for the regulation OF
the production of crude oil in this
field.
Chas. Won Weiss and J. w. Harreld
appeared as attorneys for the Ard
more Producers Association and c. c
Herndon of Tulsa appeared Tor
Wrightsman and Foster. The com
plant was made by the Producers
Association alleging that Wrightsman
4 Foster and others were producing
oil in violation OF the oil conservation
law of the state. Mr.. Won Weiss con
Quoted the examination of witnesses
and outside of the questions asked by
the commissioners, none of the wit
nesses were cross-eXamined. The facts
developed at the hearing were that the
w. X +. people are putting oil in
steel storage, that J. +. Crosbie is
piping to his refinery about 1000 bar
rels a day, that the Thelma Oil Com
pany piped from the field during the
month of March, approximately 1000
barrels, that other companies includ-
ing the Coline Oil Company. the Pro
ducers Oil Company and the Gilmer
Oil Company have been or are now
putin goil in storage. The proper
ties of these companies adjoine the
Crosbie and the W 4 f. leases.
The feature of the hearing were the
different views expressed by j. NJ
Critchlow, president of the Dundee Pc
troleum Company and Byron Drew,
president of the Bayou Company. Mr.
Critchlow expressed the opinion that
whatever mischief could be done, had
already been accomplished and that
the remedy to be given producers in
the field was to open the field up and
allow the neighbors of Wrightsman
4 Foster to produce their oil and
dispose of it in any way they could
Mr. Drew expressed the opinion that
the field should be shut in and that
every barrel run should be pro-rated
among all the producers.
Both OF the commissioners were not
so much interested in the evidence
which told of the conditions already
well understood, as they were in OBJ
tanning from the oil men what remedy
in their opinion should be applied.
The producers themselves. it seemed,
did not have any concrete plans for
the control of the field but We're look
ing to the commission to originate a
plan for that purpose. While the com
plant made mention of the price that
is being paid for oil. there was moth
ing in the hearing with respect to
price regulations,
A. j. Walker. federal oil & gas in.
spector, as well as Mr.. Critchlow and
others testified that the gas produc-
tion was being conserved.
L. f. Lee, president of the 1911 com
pany, testified as to what companies
are producing oil J. NJ. Critchlow of
the Dundee Petroleum Company was
possibly the most important witness.
He stated that his company had pro
duction Of from : to thousand bar.
rels, that it had never put any oil in
storage. that the w. & F. lease was
producing nine wells and putting oil
in storage, that the Corsicana Oil Com