Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-01
$ uH.S ,ss;s.;H wv SUPPLY
OF GAS DOUBLES
One Hundred and Forty Mil
lion Feet a Day Can Be
Furnished There Now.
TOWN SEEKING FACTORIES
Only a Small Portion of Pro
duction Can BE Used by
Concerns Operating.

I'iNlN lpNt ohlh.. nov. oU,--iirlStOM
had two weeks ago a gas supply Of
approximately sixty million cubic feet
of gas daily. Today 1t has more than
double that amount-or. speaking in
round numbers. 1t has lac, ,0oO.O Gu
bic feet Of gas for light. heating aud
luel supply
OF this amount the city viii pr ba-
hly use from 100000 TO 5000, 600
feet per day during the winter months.
but 1t - doubtful If the actual con-
sumption viii run to 100000 a diy
tor the year round And. taking tina.
figure as a basis this would leave the
city Of 10000 600 cube feet o. gas
to be sold for Industrial purpos,s-tu
advance the manufacturing enter
prlses in this city.
To this end there will soon bc
started a campaign by the BristoN
Commercial; club to secure a number
of manufacturing concerns FIR thiS
place that Is IN need of cheap tIel for
their needs. II has not hccn definitely
decided ON what line the campaign
VIII be opened up ON, but II is soon t.
Ice begun on a big scale. and the
amount of publicity that will be riNcu
the city win make it on" OF the best
known towns H. the state of okla
homa.
The president of the commercial
culb. +. III. Groom, says he intends
calling a meeting of the executive
committee in a very few days and will
then outline a plan of campaign, with
their assistance. and that publicity
man VIII be cmpiJyed who will not
only have charge of the publicity cam
palgn. but Will act asrasslstant secre-
tary with Instructions to search and
find out enterprises that are seeking
new homes and that are willing to
come to the best town in the state.
Mr.. Groom is very enthusiastic
about the town since the finding of
the new gas wels-two of them with
In week. and each of forty million
cubic feet capacity every "a hours
and says that he fully believes that
within the next three months that
BristOw will have one of the largest
oil fields in the state of Oklahoma
lie say5 that he has information that
this is to be the result of the finding
OF the gas. MIR. Groom has quite an
acreage of leases and also owns sew
eral large farms south and east Of
Bristow, and is interested in more
than one way for the future of
Bristow.
Another man who is Interested in
the future of Brlstow but did not
want his name mentioned at this time
said that he was told over year ago
that there would be big oil field in
this territory by the middle OF the
! summer-meaning the summer OF
l9l7-and this man said he was bot
ting his money on the tip that had
been given him. In fact he had pur-
chased several pieces of property on
the strength of that tip.
" hat makes many people who are
connected with the oil industry in
this locality so optimistic is the fact
that B. h. Jones and NJ. Jones have
sold all their holdings I'm the Gushing
and Drumright fields and practically
held onto every foot OF ground and
lease In this part of the country. OF
couros this might mean nothing. but
then again 1t might mean whole lot
and from the way the wind is blow
ing 1t looks like II smells of oil good
and strong The Jones brothers. have
been In tho oil game long enough to
not want TO give 1t up and the chances
are that they knew of other fields
when they sold their Gushing and
| Drumright holdings.
IT Is true they are contemplating
| drilling for oil In Mississippi. but
then that Is an untried field as yet
| and they know there Is oil here in
J oklahoma and they are also practi-
callv sure that there Is oil In the i'm
mediate neighborhood Of Bristow
| They have II warm spot In their heart
| for Bristow and from sentimental
| point of view they would rather see
an oil field opened mp here than any
| place else in the state. And 1t Is be-
| lieved by many that Bristow Is vir-
| tually on the very OF becoming an
oil town OF the first magnitude.
Some people claim that MI this pub
/ iicity dope about BristOw Is all bum
1 combe. But such Is not the case for
/ there has not been word OF news
| gent cut but what has been legitimate
ws and not merely booster stuff oS
/ Is mCSt generally gent out from oil
| towns, or would be oil towns, Brls-
/ tow has enough natural resources 20
! become q good town on its merits and
i VIII as soon as the oil conditions set
tie down, II has grown steadily since
! its first inception, but slow OF course.
for 1t has depended entirely upon It's
agricultural resources.
New that oil is almost an assured
thing the citizens are beginning TO
plan on an oil Citv. Not one Of mush-
room growth nut one that win be a
sure enough city. PrlstOw can well
stard il for II is almost NJ the hnli
way Joint between Tulsa and Okla
huna city. and far enough from either
one t. make good and not Interfere
with their growth or DEVELOPMENT in
| the least,
! nth both papers poosting lo'ai'~
for the town, - live-,vire publicity man
and the. Commercial club working a.
a unit Tor the growth of the town,
there is nothing that can keep the CITY
from being = big city; not a town bu,
"A city-the best In the county, and
enc of the best In tho state. That Is
the aim and ambition of practically
every man in the ctv and Is special
| " so Of President Groom Of the COM
mercial club, and Harry Clarke, the
secretary Of the same organization.
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SAN ANTON MO. Nov, SO.-Becaust