The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21


hhuuid be done with the gas com
pany, and hat any newspaper fcl-
.,I Hh ''.. damn ow .QujiJ and
yoclfcrously has been contaminated
with their ~ gotten gains
| hope that ~" weather lH mild
for the purpose - 10 address ra
uunaI audience thai viii think
straight and fairly. | am fully con
7,l.p 10 ur .,,.g'9Cy OF Judge Ma
gees observation that one IL apt 20
be Incorporate when their hands
and fovt are cold But we are not
going tu ruwrdy the gas situation
by responding altogether TO cold Zee.
and h1rdh. Nor are we going 10 &c.
anywhere win the problem II ",
max" 10 winter study Instead OF
a -HUr"U ask
d"n expect 20 t" popular wish
either the gas consuming public or
ne EnS company after this article
d published. But fairly honest ef
fort 90 secure facts erts a writer into
met sort OF 4 predicament very FIRE.
qurniIy
hr hclef Is general that there II
an unlimited supply of ras In okla
homl Th1i belief Is prevalent right
here I'm Tulsa in the very heart nf
'''' wa anu biH lll'Nuf4llE .lilIIN'il y
liut Il IL utterly without foundation
In fact. II is true that there are
g,ls wells that At" not contributing
to the pressure available for raS
consumers hu' thorc IL a good and
sufficient reason why this is 40.
tns Company Culpnblc.
In the first place, let # be said
that the gas company-all gas com
panies--hrc culpahlo In the highes'
degree and Criminally negligent OF
their Obligations to the public be
c'hIse they respond 20 the impulsions
OF human nature. just as does the
oil man, the merchant. the lawyer.
the newspaper writer, the laborer
aud all other folk OF normal minds
and conventional activities.
They have a product TO sci. and
their purpose IS To market as much
OF II as possible at the best possible
price and within the shortest posst-
bic time. They are unfortunate IN
that their service is essential TO keep
'ur hands and feet comfortable In
frlgld weather, And unless our
hands and feet are comfortable we
arc pretty sure to revert TO types and
turn uurctspnIrg savages sans he
war paint
80 far as oklahoma is conceNrcd n
so-called reserve supply OF gas Is
about nS uncnrtuin and fugitive az a
will-o'-fhe wisp The gas well
drilled In today and gaugng 10000
COO feet. may he capped in--sealed
absolutely gas Highland without a
single foot OF gas taken from, II.
show only n trace OF gas when
iaf ha
cal forma ton Of oklahoma stra'a "a
vastly different from those old Penn
sylvania and West Virginia forma-
tibns where the pressure has held |
FOR years and years.
Capped AT the top OF the casing I
the gas finds ways and means or |
dlss!pating itsclf In the structures |
through which the drill abs pene
trated before II tapped the cap-rock |
that has confined the fuel for cen !
turtles
The so-called unliHtcd gas sup
ply OF oklahoma has. much Of g. I
disappeared In 'he very manner jus'
described wasted forever | re
member attending the gas hearing .
horc IA Tulsa several years ago
brought about through "h" ignorant /.
OF certain Kansas city /
"auf fhorl'ies" tha, there existed
81 fficicnt supply Of the fuel In the
Tulsa region TO furnish Kansas CITY
for years
Testimony Under Oath.
The Kansas Ciiy utilities board
appointed a. committee 90 conduct
here I'm the Neld Il
-a' In TulS7. and II had before l.
many witness " in particularly /,
several gentlemen In the federal
service who's" business Il was 20 sec \
hat gas vln'Is on Indian lands were
sealed a. The time, and TO
lest them each 90 or l20 days to see
hat no Jcnks had occurred.
one such official took 'he stand
w. m a great mass of rrpor' cover
ng a very considerable numhcr OF
gaS wells In tho hen known gas
area" south ot Tulsa. Tn" thror"i
"a gas hori'!cS of Kansas ti'y \
mad copies ~ 'hCsc reports. which
m their face showed an enormous
cottage OF ras In trscrv" capped 4
IN and ready SO be turned into i
: mains
For instance Well No ,on the
f. .chnrI Roe lease we viii ~ for
purpose of illustration, was enterc"
m the record as gas well rauglnF
20 On0. 600 cubic feet The invcs
,ntors took his record and fnllowc'
> mn II icyC'op"d that the federal
Inspector himself gaugci tho well
md made the record Bat whom ne
,cNt visited tho properly. who.ho'
ne i'm, was three months or s.N
IA immn'eri1l Tho EaUg"
howr1 only a couple % million ca
,r zee. or as b. nppcar'l was
reduculy the case. no pressure
,hu'nvcr
Tho unlimited or HncNhous ihle"
upr'v OF gas @" papcr hal d.,ap
.carcI cite This incident because
was ono ~ m. Ctsos where cN'-
.rucc I'm the r1s controversy was
aiken under oath ana wher" Of
.cfa1s ~ the Eovernmen' were N"
hief witnesses
\ Well Known Case.
4 numhor ~ Tulsa gentlemen
oEa associated I'm an oil protuc
rr enterprise fu the old Glenn pool
rri-' T. sr happened that they
crRu 20 acquire Uas wells s-mUs' of
hem hir heavy fellows. They q
AIMED and scaled tNcw and went ,
n about their quest for OIL And ,
he gas wells continued Cntil they q
aA something like 10 o0001O cubic
,,t delv gas production Beirg oil 2
zen. ,r,v wanted 90 soil their gas 4
rpr1v iu hulk 60 some Eas man
lw1ar with the technique of gas 6
.str'hut'ou and sale.
An eastern gentleman looked over