The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-08
STILL M|SREPRESENTING
HEALDTON CRUDE OIL FIELD

The consistency with which the talent in the oil game
misrepresents and the persency with which it bees the
oil business in Oklahoma is brought out in striking
in the oil industry supF of the New York Evening Post
Just issued The oil situation whole and from govern
men standpoint treated at length There special articles
from fields To the unnitated would that
the industry we'll reviewed
But let us take up from viewpoint of Oklahoma Incl
dentaly and specially the HealdOn fled In table
purporg to give the production of oil in the various fields
1915 and the increase and decrease in 1916 and 1917 all the
Oklahoma fields punched in one and the production given
approximately 107000000 barrels for the current year
In Texas where the production for the current year put at
2OOOO0O barrels eight northern and nine coastal fields
shown and Louisiana where the production reached
twenty million barrels nine fields enumerated
The word Headton is mentioned only in the entire
ysX pages and this is in schedule of the price paid
for oils in the principal fields and put at $5, whereas the
pipelines had posted DAYS the
of the publication However, there illuminating fact in
this line which sets forth that in 1913 the price S05
that it dropped to 80 cents in 1915 and went all the av IN to
80 cents in 1916 This will probably ca the attention of the
local producers to the time when they caused the Magnolia
Company great expense in fighting case heard in Armoe
before the Corporation Commission and George c. Greer told
them their faces that they would for it. But when
all the figures gratifying to know that Head
ton actually produces twenty cent oil than Louisiana
approximately much the whole state of Texas twenty
percent than nos three times much Kansas
West Virginia five times much Wyoming and four times
much as, the Standard Oil state of Pennsylvania
And this brings to another story Headton crude is
due for another raise right quick at that and ney raise
either
The Ardmoree repeatedly called the attention of the
navy department the bureau of mines the committee
rOeum well congressional representatives Wash
ngon that the low price which has prevailed for Headton
crude and which still bringing less than its value causing
unnecessarily large amount of crude oil be kept storage
with the result that of almost tank week
varying in size from $500 to 5000 barrels destroyed by
fire resulting from lightning While tank or two of storage
oil has probably found its way into the pipelines week
since the price began creep up there still considerable
atty oil running to storage and the total the big tanks
into figures thirteen million barrels This storage oil
menaced by lightning and fire well "ac aided abeed
by the enemy Can the government continue let this
mendous amount of oil needful in remain where it
while waiting the will of the price fixers in the oil game? This
is question which may be answered without notice almost
any day
The Ardmoreie today prints splendid picture an Okla
homa oil fire. showing just how week after week. the stock in
storage consumed without compensatng benefit The
purchase Of storage oil by the and only
that this condition of affairs will be changed and action
should be taken before great congraon
million barrels at time This is point that The Ard
moee intends keep strongly before the people the gov
emment for in way be of service readers
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