The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-06
Find Real Oil Wells in Real
Field; Big Meeting Held at
Cement; Cooperation is
Assured.
GOOD ROAD PLANS
AIDED BY SESSION
Party Piloted Over Field by Oil
Man; Explains Extent of
Field Estimates so
Tests by January.

"Chickasha should be the Tulsa OF
southwest Oklahoma, She has tho
opportunity but the opportunity will
amount to nothing unless you have
men back of It. The thing for you to
do is to boost and then get your sec.
ond wind and boost again"
This was the message of George
j Gorton, reputed millionaire and prob
ably the largest operator in the Ce-
ment oil field, to the men and wo.
men composing the Oil Boosters ex-
cursion party going from Chickashs
to Cement Thursday
Mr. Gorton consented to mako
short talk at the meeting which was
held on the street at Cement early in
the afternoon Secretary Brown, OF
the Chickasha Chamber OF Commerce.
presided, and the program was open
ed by the Cement school children
who sang several patriotic songs. l..
A. Williams welcomed the visitors to
Cement expressing the entire will
lingness of Cement people to cooper
ate with Chickasha in road improve
ment and in everything that would
help make Chickasha Il prosperous
suburb of Cement" c. L. Hutson,
Judge r. NJ Bailey. j. W. Kayser
and Judge b. f. Holding responded
in behalf Of Chickasha reciproeating
the frieEaly sentiments expressed
and dwelling upon the necessity for
cooperation between the two towns
in developing the oil field and pro-
noting mutual interests The Rev.
Mr. McCombs, Of Cement, also spoke
briefly. Secretary Brown announced
that he would arrange for a meeting
at Cement in the near future when
definite plans for road improvement
would be worked out.
After the speaking was concluded,
the boosters we're piloted through
the oil field by G. e. Montgomery,
general manager of the Gorton inter
ests, accompanied by Mr. Gorton.
They first drove northwest past tho
Prosperity well and made their first
stop at Fortuna No which Is pro-
ducing more than 200 barrels day.
They saw three tanks, two OF $50 bar
rels capacity each, and one OF 500
barrels, nearly full Of oil and they
saw the pump working Nearby is
the Fortuna No. /, the first big gas
ser brought in in the field From
this location the party swung back
eastward. passing a number Of drill
ing wells and stopping next at the
Gladstone making better than loo
barrels day, and then going to Cor
ton No. ., which is drilling with "a
rotary rig at depth Of about 500
feet. About three hundred feet from
this location is Gorton No. l., big
gasser which is now supplying the
town OF Cement.
In all there are thirteen wells
either drilled or in process OF drill
ing in the Cement field and about
seven other locations have been Sc
lected Mr.. Montgomery estimates
that there will be fifty wells drilling
by the middle of January
For several miles east OF Cement
the visitors saw where the line o.
the Oklahoma Natural Gas company
has been laid. This line will connect
with Oklahoma City, missing Chick.
asha by about four miles
Mr. Montgomery called attention
to the fact that it is seven miles
from the Gorton gasser to the For
tuna. indicating large gas field.
Messrs. Montgomery and Gorton are
expected to he guests at the Cham
Der Of Commerce dinner this even