The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-15
By EUGENE RAY.

lease is the lessee. The man that
brings in a new oil we'll is more in,
teresting than the well itself. The
student of human nature who thinks
he has some knowledge OF all classes
is mistaken if he has not mingled
with people in an oil field. These
oil fellows are a new class. They are
very much like other folks, OF course
except they are always going some
where or are coming from some
where, and in either event they are
always in hurry.
As this morning we sat at the
desk Of c. w. Henson, cashier OF
the First National Bank, man
rushed in and said, Henson tell
McCauley to come on out to the
lease--I can't wait any longer
| learned that the man is /. Z.
Patterson OF Oklahoma City, who
has some production in the field.
DR.. ]. II. Smith, Saturday morn
ing, was hurrying off to Comanche,
Okla, where there is new excite
ment and where he and associates
have leases on some town lots Up in
Tulsa one investor actually flew
over to his new well in the Cushing
field. Down at Ranger the superin-
tendcnt of one Of the big companies
also made the trip in an airplane to
his new well.
Ofthand one would say that these
men are moved by their love for
the dollar, but that is not true.
They care about as little for money
as any other class on earth. In
decd, many OF them are prodigal
with their money and all are gen
crous.
They are just naturally fast in
mind and on their feet. They are
not plodders. They thrive when they
are in action and survive because
Their life is in the open. Excitement
is food and drink to them. And they
arc indispensable to the country.
They are the ones who go wildcat
ing and discover oil, and finally
. prove the field. There are virtually
no companies made mp OF the orig
inal owners OF the land OF an oil
field. These old owners lease their
farms to these fast, daring fellow,
who had rather try and fail than not
to try at all.
We were riding with one two al
ternoonS ago. Look out. you'll tear
mp Your iitncy," we said.
Cars don't amount to anything.'' 81
he replied laconically as he gave
Jhc wheel a turn, touched button
somewhere and went bouncing over
a series OF bitches and gullies. So
II newspaper man in an oil field
docs not get all the news or doe,
nor get it straight, he is not ia
blame. We offer this as an alibi for
other newspaper men operating in
an oil field.
1t was two wells instead Of one
the Gypsy Co. brought in last week
-one on Friday and one on Satur-
day Both are in section IS.
K. ". Carmichael of Healdton has
gone to Ranger, Texas, where he has
oil interests.
H. r. Anderson. representino
Black, SiyaIls and Bryson. mann
lecturers OF oil tanks, Bartlesv.lle
was IN Hcaldton Monday.
ilcaldton, Jan 13.-As has been
said, all signs fail in an oil field. For
iunatcIy all bad signs fail as well
as all good ones. Last summer 2
well known oil company drilled \
well on its Robert Tucknev lease
section ), four miles east OF Heal6-
ton, At ZOO feet the hole was pro-
nounced dry, abandoned and was
plugged.
Now the pool on the surface at
the top OF the well is full of oil
oil. When it rains it overflows and
runs the stock pond Just below
and the owner complains that the
overflow of oil is affecting disas-
trouNIy the hest part of his farm.
The location, being three miles
from Oil City and four from Heald-
ton, far out of any proven" terri
iody the company perhaps lacked
confidence and readily said dry hole
plugged it, and surrendered the
lease. The Acme Oil Co., has re-
Gently leased the property and will
it Is announced, be drilling there
within the next 60 days. John Nc
Cawley, rig contractor of Healdton
went out a few days ago to move
the rig Of the old company and
discovered conditions there
Young Goes to Ranger.
John NJ, Young, superintendent
for the Sammies Co., is leaving thi,
tcld. lie goes now to the Ranger
field for the same company. Tohn
Young knows as much about the
producing end OF the line as John
Rockefeller does about the refining
and selling end OF it and is as wide