The Little River news., 1916-03-29
AN OIL EXPERT
 MAKES REPORT
Scout for Big Capitalist Making In- yestigati0n of Field; He Says
 It Looks Good.

A scout for a number of large capI- tal1sts has been in Ashdown looking over this field with view to makins report as to its oil bearing pros> poets. We have his name, which w. can furnish, but at his request we are not using it in this article He says that he believes this will prove to be the greatest oil field in America. Fol lowing it his interview:
 ITO the Editor of the Little River News:
 Having been employed by some capitalists to make an investigation of your lands in county as to bringing an oil-bearng formation. I wish to make the following statement:
 l have carefully gone over your lands in what would be considered oil
 bearing territory and beg to state from my experience in the producing fields ill Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, l
 an Fd the opinion this county contains some of the best oil producing lands in the country. I don't hesitate to say that in my opinion when drilling is carried down to from 17O0 to 2200 feet some of the best high grade oil will
 be found, and I feel certain a 10000
 barrel well will be a common occur ance. (This means the production of 10000 barrels every A hours which is the basis upon which oil we'll are re, corded.)
 II am not writing any leases and don't expect tc. make any attempts to do so at this time. find the lana owners usually clever gentlemen, but it seems the same plague has visited this territory that has visited most all other wild cat fields, because there has been some few leases taken by differ ent men at different times and have failed to develop the country; they think every man is of the same type, therefore the prcspecter who would do meets with but little en- The correct way to de- velop this country is to have the pro- posed oil company identify himself through ycur banks here; let them show they are financially able to de- velop the field. put up their money against so much acreage and when .he contract was filed turn over the eases through the bank.
 "I also find there are some oil men now drilling in some localities in this and I find them to be real oil men and strictly honest and sincere in .heir undertaking. and willing to CO., operate with other oil men who mean business, but while these men, 1 am sure will do the right thing, it means the drilling of several wells oeffce a country is fully tested. It may take several test wells and thou- sands of dollars before the first pro- lucing we'll is brought in, and on the 1therhand, should the first we'll be & producer, it would not mean that every man who owns a little tract of land had oil under it.
 If the land owners and producers could get together and this country proven to be an oil field, it would be a revelation to every cne in the county. I know of any number of land owners in Oklahoma who have an income or royalty of from $10,000 to $16,000 per month and the land is toe poor other wise to raise any thing on. Drillins an oil we'll on a piece of land does does not mean the destruction of a mans land. It only takes about one> half of an acre to drill and give space to care for all material. All oil leas- as also contain clause whereby the briller pays all damage done to crops, where drilling is started in cultivated fields. With the price of crude oil where 1t is now, if farmer had two )r three producing wells on his land, even though they be small, he would soon find out the difference in oil wells and farming and not disturb his farm either"