Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-01
An Oil Well Shooter Could Be Made
Valuable Army and Navy Adjunct
If Uncle Sam Should Go to War

OILTON, Oklahoma, July 81
The oil well shooter, the man
who sinks the shot of nitroFly-
ccrine to the bottom of a 2500-toot
hole and cxplodes an oil sand until it
makes a gusher out of poor pro-
duCer would be a valuable adjunct to
beth the army and the navy of the
United States in case of war, accord
ing to Jud Hoskins, an oil field work.
man, who has followed the game in
every section Of the Union where oil
as been found. And if Hoskins has
his way about it, the shooter viii be
given an opportunity to show what
he can do at the proper time.
IF the war department would pro-
Vido for Gn oil Well shooters depart
ment, saiG HOskins recently, and
take over the bunch that rs now OPP
Grating l.. the Gushing Oilton field
as a nucleus, this country of ours
would h&Ne the edge on anything or
anybody that imagined they would
like TO tackle us for n fight, anywhere
from a tcn-ruund bout to a finish.
In fact If | could Just get Secretary
Daniels ear for a few moments, /
would nominate Col Barney Horn-
gan, the head of the oil well shoot
ers of this state, for place on the
strategy board along side Tom Edi-
con, Hank Ford and Orvie Wright
THE oil well shooter must always
be man of nerve and CoOl-headod-
ness. And in my opinion. 1t wouldn't
make any difference 10 the shooters
in the Cushing-O -Oilton territory, if
they were on the field OF battle,
whether the approaching forces were
the Black lIussars, Hapatas cut
throats or Nogi's marines. They
would and could handle those twenty
quart cans Of the nitro with the same
GOODNESS and certainty of results that
they display in lowering n shot into
the bowels of the Barney ThlOcCo and
the Emma COkor.
Tho oil well shooter must be n
man OF consistent, Cr-fIltering
bravery He must stand by while the
sweet glycerine Is being mixed with
the nitric acid knowing fun well that
If there is the slightest misCue the
entire country for n considerable dis
lance around would Immediately look
like those insurance company pic
tures of the Omaha cyclone district
And after the two are mixed. the
shooter must handle the twenty quart
cans Of the death-dcalinr fluid care
fully of course, but with an air of
nOnchalance that will dispol fear in
the hearts and minds of any and all
ether wD kmcn who may be in the
Would Win Queens Garter.
And speaking of bravery. how
long do you suppose DaVcy Smith !
would be with the allies on the
French border before he would be
wearing the Queens Garter? with |
but one exception, | saw Smith dis !
play the greatest amount Of absolute |
bravery and quick-thought in the his !
tory Of the oil world. ! was working |
On a lease. In early winter. when II |
was decided TO shoot some Of the /
wells that had become lazy and had |
fallen off in their production The !
nitro wagon had arrived and was |
hitched some distance away. II was
necessary to carry the twenty quart |
cans down steep, rocky incline to |
where the wells were located
ut happened to be Davey Smith |
hat had that carrying job. and he |
was taking no unnecessary chances,
Tor there was frost upon the ground J