The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-30


the corner of Main and C streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Gill of viii.
son have returned home from visit
through southwest Texas and New
Mexico. They made the trip by auto.
mobile.
George Otie is at home from Fort
Logan H. Roots where he has been
training in the officers reserve camp.
Mr. Ote says he expects to be with the
boys in France before long.
Mrs 10y Childress, who underwent
an operation in the Hardy hospital
some weeks ago, has returned to the
hospital and will be obliged to undergo
another operation.
The Forty. Sixth Star Refining Com
pany at Healdton, is building its under.
ground crude oil tanks and will be
ready TO make its first runs by the
latter part of the month Of August.
Gates Oil Company is building sid.
ings on the Ringing and Oil Fields road,
in section Is, south of Healdton, for its
big casinghead gas plant. This plant
will be the most modern of its kind in
the state. Farley Richmond has the
grading contract.
Roxana Petroleum Company No. 10
Horton, in section 6.4.3, has been com
pleted and will make possibly $50 bar
rels II had sand from $50 to 943 and
a second said from 955 to 1917, and
the drill was stopped in the third sand
found at 1895.
Accompanying James w. Hannah, of
Apache who came here to obtain drill
ing material, were Mrs. Hannah and
the Misses Fern Rumble and Ethel Kell.
Miss Rumble is the daughter Of a west
ern Oklahoma stockman, who is also
mayor Of Apache, and Miss Kell is the
daughter Of an extensive real estate
man.
Zan Williams with Mullen Mullen,
operators in the Kentucky fields is here
from Winchester Ky. He states that
his people have a large acreage with
four wells drilling and another start.
ing. These people have taken over the
stock and the holdings Of the Oklahoma.
Kentucky Oil Company.
Mrs. Frank L. Ketch is spending the
heated season in the Great Lake region
near Chicago. Mr.. Ketch is arranging
his businosss to spend two weeks with
her during August.
Harry Steele with the Ohio Cities Gas
Company is here from a trip through
the western portion of the state. The
Ohio Cities has been active in wildcat
countries lately but since its purchase
OF the acreage Of the Quaker City Oil
Company II has vast acreage in all
sections of the state and IL will do no
more buying until the situation has
cleared up.
The Empire Pipe Line Company. al
the site of the refinery in Gainesville
will have its 35O,OOObarrel concrete
reservoir ready to receive oil by the
first OF September Construction work
on the huge reservoir is moving along
nicely. The company is also compet
ing a 55.000.barrel steel tank and has
steel in transit for another tank Of tn'
same size.
The Santa Fe Railway Company Il
now delivering oil from its concrete
reservoir at OIL City TO Ardmore. Th'
company's reservoir has a capacity o
lOOO 900 barrels or more, and the com
pany makes deliveries during the sum
mer months because the oil is incline'
TO be heavy and 1t pumps more easil,
during the warm season OF the year.
Five tank cars Of Healdton crud
were shipped from the field today to tn
Colcord refinery at Pemeta for a thoI
ough test. The Colcord refinery ha
the Parker cracking process and
will be determined in this test III
maximum amount Of motor spirits tina
can bee made from Healdton crude.
McKes oil Company in section 25-'
3. put well No. on the pump today an
also spudded No. on the same farr
ON the north line OF the lease. Highnot
Development Company has the drillin
contract. The McKes people are givin
the small marine engine test fo
pumping purposes. This engine is abot
one.third the size OF the engines thG
are being used In the field and use
much less fuel.
James W Hannah, a banker
Apache. Okla. was here yesterday
get material to be used in drilling
well for the Chandler Creek on 4 Ga
Company in section 4.7n.lw, four mill
south and one mile west Of the town
Apache. Mr.. Hannah will direct u
operations OF the company. The no
win DE started with l5hinch bit az
will be drilled to at least 1000 feet.
Colhoma oil Company has compl'
ed a rig over It's No. 2 well that WI
DESTROYED by fire a few days ago tn
location Is on the Cobb farm In secti'
2S3.2 In the oil City district. The r
was the property Of 10y Childress wi
was drilling the well. His first VOL
now will be to recover the tools tn
were LOST I'm the fire, before drilli