Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-16

same are consumed. used. sold or Of
ferod 70 be sold or disposed Of TO mer
/ chants, consumers or other persons
within this state. and the corporation
/ commission is hereby authorized C.
! appoint, with the approval Of the gov.
! crnor oil inspectors. who shall per
| form the duties now prescribed by
! chapter SO, session laws OF 1915. and
| to perform such other duties as mas
be required by general rules and rcgu.
I lations of the corporation commission
Sec. b. The oil inspectors hereby au-
thoricd shall receive the compensation
now provided in chapter 90, session
laws If 1915, for the inspection OF oils
and liquids.
See. q. All acts or parts of acts IN
conflict herewith are hereby repealed
| Sec. I. An emergency is hereby de-
clared bv reason whereof it is ncces-
sary for the immediate preservation OF
the pubic health and safety that this
act take effect and be In force froln
and after ITS passage and approval.
AT COUNCIL GROVE Steam
heated seats and steam cheated foot
warmers are part of the equipment
OF the well drilling rig which began
drilling on the Homestead lease six
V.
Those steam heated seats are for
the comforts Of visitors.
The derrick is housed in. and in ad-
dition 10 the steam radiators, fed
from the two big boilers used as mo-
tive power for the machinery, and for
driving an electric dynamo which pro-
VldeS light, big stove adds to the
further comfort OF visitors and work
men.
There is no disposition on the part
OF those in charge at "Oil city,, the
name which has been given the new
colony, to be secretve. Visitors are
welcome to sit on the warm seats and
watch whatever the bailer brings out
of the ground
The Homestead company Is made
up of farmers and landowners who
own five thousand acres. The well
site was selected by Prof Erasmus
Haworth of Kansas university and
benjamin Parsons, head geologist of
The General Petroleum company of
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal.
The development work is being
financed by Capt. John Rarnason.
president Of the General Petroleum
company and number of associates.
Charles Fellows. former mayor of To-
peka, caused them to investigate the
Morris county fields. with the result
that they made Il deal with Home
stead company in which they deposited
$50, 600 in the Farmers and Drovers'
bank of Council Grove for the com
pletion of, the well. They are TO re-
ceive n half interest in the oil and
gas rights OF the Homestead company.
The rig is said to be the best
equipped of any in Kansas, and unless
oil is found at a less depth, the well
VIII be the deepest in Kansas. as
preparations have been made to sink
an eight and one-half inch casing
$500 feet II necessary. The well was
started with hole is inches in dame
ter. The well is located in 24-15-Se.
From the top of the derrick seven
other oil derricks can be seen.
At BIACKWELL-Gettinr n sanl
at 2,1i2 feet, the Delmar Oil com
pany has opened interest in around
the Hartman test. southeast quarter
OF 35-29-lw, and the well is filled up
700 feet with fluid. II is being deep
ened and is drilling still in the sand.
The Hartman Is located two and one
half miles directly west of the orig
inal Albert well and is a half north
and one miles west of the Duluth a.
Oklahoma oil CO.'S No. on the
Myers farm in 1-22-1w.
Blackwell Oil & Gas Co. has de-
cided to straightream the test on the
Ellwood farm. southwest quarter of
I-2S-lw, instead of underreaming the
pipe. and is pulling the five and six
inch. II is the intention to. ream the
siX-inch to the present depth, $3.50
feet. if possible.
Blackwell oil & Gas Co. No. on
the Wolf farm, southeast quarter of
6-2S-1e, is waiting for a now outfit
of rotary tools 20 replace the ones
destroyed by the fire a few days ago.
The new rig is up and Contractor
Eastman has a new outfit on the
way. The No. on the same farm,
which was rotary, contracted by L.
p. Garfield, has been stopped and the
contractor has given up the attempt
TO make the rotary a drilling propo-
sition In this field. The well will be
with. cable tools
c. Il. Clifton, Oklahoma state con-
servation officer has Just completed
an inspection of the work of each of
the drilling wells in this field. and at
the close of the tour was OF the opin-
ion that operators in this district were
every possible effort to con
serve the possible gas supply. and that
II was being handled satisfactorily in
each OF the departments. The big gas
is no longer giving drilling contrac-
tors and companies the trouble it did
at the beginning. altho II is Just as
strong and as great n volume as ever.
The reason is that the men have be-
come accustomed to handling the
high pressure wells and can mud off
the sand in a few days now, where
they were delayed for some time at
the first because they did not know
the exact work to be done. The Cali
fornia circulator, which was all but
required by the corporation commits
sion at one time early in the game In
this district. is no longer used or thot
of and the mudding system Is used en-
til ely.