The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31

does not mean that any likely looking |
stuff is going begging, for the oil men
are alert to every opportunity offered |
to get production but it means that they |
are not buying in large quantities and
running the risk of paying rentals for
series of years before drilling can be !
done.
+. c. Hoyt president of the Union
National Bank Of Wichita, Kansas, was
in the field yesterday, the guest of Jake
l.. Hamon. Mr. Hoyt owns oil produc-
ton in Kansas and is president of sew
eral banks I'm addition to that i'm his
home city. He will return here the lat.
ter portion of the week and spend as
much as three days going over the field
The S r. T. Oil Company, which built
rig in section 34-2s-2w on the Lee l..
Calf farm, has changed its name. 1t is
now the Shafer-Vaughn Oil & Gas Com
pany. The capital stock Is 100000 The
officers are 7. II. Slower, of Davis, pres
ident; 7. V. Richards of Ardmore, vice
president; c. c. Chestnut, of Kingston
treasurer, and j. +. Ellis, of Davis, sec.
retary Besides the officers named the
board of directors consists of j. a. Jack
son, Of Coalgate.
Gray Oil Company, on the Skidmore
farm on the south line Of section 11-4.3,
is drilling at 100 feet.
Rau Consolidated Oil Company, i'm 29-
3s-1w, is drilling in blue shale at
depth below 1000 feet.
Pipe is in transit for the Woodport
well on the Or. Dow Taylor farm in
section 17.3slw, and drilling Will be re-
sumed as soon as il arrives. The pres.
ent depth is 1910 feet Il. p. Shoemaker,
Of Pittsburgh, Pa, is here looking after
the interests Of the Woodport Oil Com.
pany.
Van Winkle has cleaned out and shot
his well No. in section 3-4.3 and the
production has been increased TO $50
barrels
Blue jay Petroleum Company on the
Walker & Voorhees, farm in 2O.4-2.
spudded in last Friday and the well is
now drilling.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McKamie were in
Ardmore yesterday afternoon from
Healdton. Mr.. McKamie is a contractor.
T. f. Caldwell, of Gushing. who is
promoting a refinery for Ardmore. is in
the city today.
j. c. Maxwell. of Tulsa. is here look.
ing over the fields and will spend sev.
eral days in the Healdton district Mrs.
Maxwell, a former Ardmore girl. is
spending the summer at Clear Lake,
Iowa. and Mr. Maxwell will Join her
there during the month. Mr.. Maxwell
states that the wildcat acreage market
! is little off now and needs new pool
to make buying more spirited
William A. Rogers who has been rep.
resenting the 1914 Oil Company here
for seevral months. has returned from
business trip to Tulsa Mr. Rogers has
severed his connection with that com.
pany but will remain in Ardmore and
devote his attention TO the oil business.
Sis Hopkins, who. at one time was
sOuthpaw on the Ardmore base ball
team. but who entered OH field work
when Healdton was opened, has return.
ed here from oil City. La. where he
has been for some time He plans to
remain al Healdton.
Judge and Mrs. A. Eddlemau and
| family, who have been on an auto trip
| TO Santa Fe. New Mexico where they
visited with their daughter. Mrs Ernest
Lee. are now on their way home Let
] ters To friends here state that they
have had an enjoyable trip.
Smoke Charles the Fourth Zoe Cigar.