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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-19

fuel oil and road oil. The latter is n
special product put out by this re-
finery, and is obtained from the resi-
due after the extraction Of the yola-
tile oils. This residue receives n spe-
cial treatment which makes Of it a
product Of exceptional value as a road
builder. and meets with ready
market.
The product Of the refinery goes to
both the foreign and the domestic
market. approximately rs per cent to
the latter. and 25 per cent for export.
AS stated at the outset Of this
article, the Chickasaw Is a strictly
Ardmore enterprise, its officers all
being residents Of this city, S. A.
Apple is president, Charles Won Weise,
vice president. John $. Owens, sec
retary-treasurer, and Otto B. Brad
ford assistant secretary-treasurer. The
town offices OF the company occupy
the entire rear end OF the second
floor Of the Won Wese building, cor
ner OF West Main and c street, south
west where the executive and cleri-
cal force is quartered. At the plant
In the Industrial Addition, W. A..
Jones, an experienced refinery man
Is In charge az plant superintendent
The company has total of so men
continuously employed. and the pay.
| roll TO employees amounts TO about
1000 per month
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had previous experience. He return
ed to the oil game as a tool dresser
in Indiana fields. and was with the
American Oil Prospecting Company.
when they drilled for oil in East st.
Louis.
Mr.. Felmlee's first venture in the
oil game for himself was as buyer and
seller Of production at Independence,
Kansas. He remained there two years,
and then returned to his job at dress
iAg tools, at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Then he came to Oshlata, where he
opened blacksmith and tool repair
shop.
His first effort in the drilling con.
tracing business. and which proved to
be the forerunner of the great success
which he has attained, was at Tulsa,
Oklahoma, where he drilled for the
Texas Company. Later he came to
Lost City, and then to the Healdton
field, where he has been engaged as
n drilling contractor ever since, work.
ing for the Texas Company in that
territory. Mr.. Felmlee has been in
this vicinity for the past six years.
He now owns nine strings Of cable
tools working in the Hewitt field. BE.
sides his interests in the oil game, Mr..
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ing in the form Of "gas oil' in which
form it passes through the receiving
house, is examined and graded by
the distiller. anu discharged into the
proper rundown tanks for storage or
rehandling.
There is always n residue which
passes through the still in the form Of n
dense liquid. This product is taken
through n pipe leading from the bot
tom Of the still at the front end, and
forced, by pressure, through pipe
leading into and through the heat
exchanger." II has n temperature Of
between 500 and 600 degrees. and
through II the coils carrying the
crude oil are passed before being
forced up into the top OF the "tuwer"
as described above. This residue pass
es from the "heat exchanger" to
storage tanks, from whence IL is sold
as fuel oil.
The writer Is but a novice, hence
the above description Is necessarily
crude and doubtless contains inaccur-
acies which the experienced refiner
will detect and smile at. Yet the
process as traced is that through
which crude petroleum Is passed at n
refinery, to be transformed into q
merchantable product.
The commercial products OF the
Chickasaw Refining Company are:
Gasoline. naptha, kerosene, gas oil.
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Oil companies are engaged in what
might be termed the busiest industry
in existence, but nevertheless, they
always find time TO provide the best
Of everything. including homes. food,
hospital facilities, etc, for their em-
ployes. But the most commendable
feature OF their activities in this re-
spect is the provisions for the educa-
ton Of the children of their employ
es, which the Carter Oil Company
and the Humble Oil and Refining
Company have made in the heart Of
the Hewitt field.
On a grass covered plot OF ground
they have erected schoolhouse which
is attended by more than 100 pupils.
1t is a beautiful little structure. COM
pletely equipped with modern desks.
benches, etc. The location of the school
is midway between the Humble and
the Carter camps, so as to make it
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T.. A. F'elmlee is the contractor
who drilled the discovery well Of the
Hewitt field. 1t was in January, 1918,
that the Texas company made the To-
cation for the well upon the opinion
of its geologists. after they had made
three previous attempts to find the
pool, all of which resulted in dry
holes, and We're located two to three
miles west Of the discovery well. The
initial well was located in the north.
west corner of section 27, on the
Denny farm. Ninety days We're re.
quired for the drilling of the well
which came in for an initial produc-
ton Of 375 barrels. This well has
held up its production better than any
other well in the field, and is the
farthest south producer.
1t is interesting to note that the
fourth dry hole would have resulted in
the search of the Texas company for
the present Hewitt pool, had not a
bit Of litigation come up which pre-.
vented them from locating the well
where they had originally intended to-.
The location had been made in the
center Of a 20.acre tract which the
company had leased from Mr. Denny.
After the Texas people had decided
to make the location in the center
of the tract, Mr.. Denny sold the south
half OF the 20.acre tract to Il. n. Hor.
ton. Thus the company had to make
Il new location, either 400 feet north
or 400 feet south Of the original.
They chose the northern direction and
the producer vas the result. Had
the we'll been drilled on the center
line, or 400 feet south of it, busters
would have resulted, as was proved
by later developments.
Mr.. Felmlee has been in the oil
game for the past "a years. At times
he has drifted into other professions,
but only for short periods, always
coming back TO the oil fraternity. and
eventually attaining great success.
Mr.. Felmlee halls from western
Pennsylvania, and gained his first oil
experience digging bitches when 16
years of age as an employe of the
Standard Oil Company in western
Pennsylvania. He received successive
promotions as roustabout boss and
then pipe line gang boss. Later he
ourneyed to West Virginia, where he
was employed as lease foreman for
several concerns. He was there nine
months, and then returned to Penn.
sylvania, where he engaged in the
blacksmithing trade, in which he had
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laid. The officials expect the plant
to be completed by February l, 1921.
The estimated cost Of construction is
$500, 900.
II. Ware, general superintendent of
the gasoline department Of the VOL
VERNE Oil Company, has charge of
the work of constructing the plant.
Mr.. Wares main office is at Tulsa,
however, he will remain in this vicin-
ity during the construction. OF the
casinghead plant. The possibilities of
the plant being enlarged, states Mr..
Ware, all depends on the demand
made upon it. II enlarged, it may
contain six or seven units. At the
present time, 1t is planned for four
units.
Southern District Superintendent
The man in charge Of the Wolver-
inei holdings in the Hewitt field and
this vicinity is +. NJ. Backom, super
intendent Of the southern district OF
Oklahoma. Mr.. Backom entered the
employ Of the Wolverine people in
April. 1920 He was formerly em-
ployed by the Texlahoma Oil and Gas
Company, a corporation with head
quarters at Shreveport, La. Born at
Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1872. Mr..
Backom spent his whole life in fol-
lowing the oil game, and has worked
his way up from the bottom, COM
mencing alis oil field duties as n
pumper, and advancing to the high
worked in almost every oil field in
the United States, and has n vast and
broad experience In the game.
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Wolverine Has Vast Proven Oil
Acreage in The Ardmore District

The Wolverine Oil Company is the
fourth largest producer in the Hew-
lit field. II has total of 70 wells
in the field, SO of which are pro-
ducing.
The company has total daily pro-
duction Of more than 5000 barrels.
Its highest flush production has been
$500 barrels.
The first well drilled for the COM
pany in Hewitt was completed in
June, 1919. The first well which the
company drilled itself was completed
on December 18th. 1919.
The Wolverine holdings in the
Hewitt field cover an area of about
400 acres, in two sections-15 and
%. Most Of their production comes
from the Dillard farm, in section %.
Five Known Producing Sands
Many of the Wolverine wells are
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wards drilled deeper. The Skelly OH
Company and Simpson. on
the Martin farm, in section Is, cased
off the fourth sand to reach the fifth.
but the Homaokla Company drilled
a twin well TO get the fifth sand.
Casinghead Plant
The Wolverine people are now
completing a casinghead plant which
will be one of the finest in this ter
ritory. 1t is n six million foot cap
absorption gasoline plant. The ma
chinery in it, and which has already
been placed in position, includes four
1865 h. p. Bessemer gas engines, four
l6xl6 Ingersoll-Rand duplex compress
ors. one 6x6 Ingersoll.Rand duplex
compressor, and one so h. p. Besse.
mer engine.
The lines and tankage, etc, to
complete the equipment is now being
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most convenient for the children to
attend. At the present time there are
two female teachers in charge. and the
companies are now completing ar
rangements for a third instructress
The entire expense Of operating tho
school is borne by the two oil COM
panies.
The school teaches all grades up
to high school, and children who at
tend demonstrate to anyone interested
that they are receiving as good an
education as could be obtained in any
school.
The Carter and Humble companies
deserve special commentator for the
conducting Of the school in that the
children could attend the schools Of
nearby towns supported by the coun-
ty, but rather than cause the tots
any inconvenience in reaching these
schools, they established one Of their
own.
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twin wells, because there are known
TO be as high as five producing sands
on the company's holdings. and the
twin wells were drilled TO get the
production from the second and third
sands. The company is now consid-
ering the advisability Of drilling trip
lets and even fourth wells. 10 get the
production from the fourth and fifth
sands. In drilling these triplets and
fourth wells, the first, second, and
third sands will be passed up.
The first sand is q heavy gas
sand. which produces as high as 10
million cubic feet, at q depth Of
about 700 feet. This sand has a
thickness of about so feet.
The second sand which is found at
about a depth of 1872 feet, has pro-
duced as high as $50 barrels, and is
about 25 feet in thickness.
The third sand, at depth of 1878
feet. is 30 feet thick, and produces
200 barrels.
The fourth sand should produce 81
to 125 barrels at n depth Of 1850
feet. 1t is % feet in thickness.
The fifth sand. found at about 1850
feet TO 1900 feet produces 800 TO
500 barrels. There are two stratas
CT the fifth sand, one Of which is
about Is feet thick. then there is
break Of IL feet, and the second strata
follows about 40 feet thick.
The Homaokla Oil Company, the
Skelly Oil Company, and Anderson
Simpson, each have wells producing
from the fifth sand. All these wells
reached the fourth sand and after
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Felmlee is also interested actively in
two motor companies in Ardmore, the
Felmlee-Nash Motor Company and the
Felmlee-White Motor Company.
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them to permit of crude oil poured in
at the top to trickle through.
Resting on a foundation beside
each still" is a horizontal boiler,
about 20 feet long, called the heat
eXchanger." 1t has double pur-
pose; into one end of it the crude
oil is pumped from the storage tanks
on the property, and into the other
end is discharged the super-heated
about 500 to coo degrees residue
coming from the still--as is explained
below. In this heat exchanger the
crude oil is heated as hot as the re-
turning residue from the still will
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
CLOTHING SCHOOLS
HELD NEXT MONTH

With regard to the Clothing
Schools to be held througout the
county in April, Miss Biles has de-
fined the policy which she expects
to follow while in the county as
follows:
In the first place she wants it
made clear that she is not a dress
maker and does not intend to
make dresses for women, but in
stead is trying TO give them, work
that will enable them to help
themselves.
Second, that it does not make
any difference at all as to how
many women attend these meet
ings, but that she will not attempt
TO handle more than twenty in
laboratory class. Therefore it
will be necessary tC enroll those
who wish to do laboratory work.
The third point is that she will
not expect to help women make
dresses or garments for them
selves unless those women have
dress forms, on which the gar
ments can be fitted and which
will save about one-half Of the
time in that school.
So in taking enrolment Of the
women who wish to do labOra-
tory work and to make garments
for themselves, if they haven't a
dress form have them plan with
me to have one before April l.
Following is the program Of
the clothing school for this sec
ton:
Ashland, April 2S, 20 and 80.
Time, 1912 a. m, IA p. m. Pro-
gram; Wednesday a m, CONNER
cial Patterns; ?. H., Problems in
Garment Construction. Thursday
a. m, Finishes and Decorations;
Children's Dresses. Friday a. m,
Textiles. Lecture,Ep. m, Machine
Attachments. Remodeling.
Talent, April 10, 20, 21 and 22.
Place, City Hall, Time, 9-12 a.
nj, Il p. m. Program: Monday
a. m, Commercial Patterns; p. m,
Problems in Garment Construc-
ton. Tuesday a. m, Finishes
and Decorations; p. m, Children's
Dresses. Wednesday a. m, Care
and Repair of Clothing and House
hold Linens; p. m, Textiles. Lee
ture. Thursday a. m, Remod-
cling; p. m, Remcdeling,
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
Talent Tidings

Mrs. Witherow has bought the
house of Mr.. Sloppy where Cliff
Garyn lives, and expects to
move in this week.
Mr., Vogali has traded his place
for the place where Mr.. Witherow
lives, opposite the school house,
The Rev. Samples is holding
special meetings at the Baptist
church.
Mrs. Ames was in town several
days last week looking after her
property.
Mr., Turnbaugh and A. ]. Bow
man have moved into the Ame4
rooms just vacated by Mr.. Multi
gan.
Mark Kline, formerly of Tai
ent, has bought Il place near Med
ford.
Fred Spencer and wife moved
up to camp No. Saturday where
Mr. Spencer will work and Mrs,
Spencer will run the cook house.
Fletcher Spencer has also
moved up to camp No. 2.
Mrs. Nora Walls, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs, George
Kerby, left for Nevada Saturday.
The Rebekah lodge took in five
new members Saturday night.
Lunch was served and a very en-
joyable time reported by all pres
ent.
Mrs. Inman has moved IN to
the McGTew mill where her son
Ben is head sawyer.
II. J. Barrett, who has pur-
chased the Andy Weidner place,
has moved into his new home.
Mrs. William Crosby is home from
the hospital and doing fine.
Miss Elsie Larson is back in
the store after her recent illness.
H. Z. Bowman is back on the
rural route.
Mrs. Carter and sons and Mrs.
Cook motored to Gold Hill Sun
day and behk again.
Mr.. Mul Igan's mother from Or
egon City ! visiting her son here,
Earl BriscOe has moved near
Oregon City and Mr.. Koozer will
move into the house vacated by
Earl Briscoe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Foster have
moved into the house vocated by
Fred Spencer.
We understand that Mr. Bost-
wick has sold his property near
Talent and Tom Bell is looking
for a place to move into.
John Crosby, who has been
very i'll at the state hospital at
Salem, is improving.
Andy Weidner is leaving for
Pennsylvania via san Francisco.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
CREW WGPADESM|LE
Of ROAD A DAY

The Jackson county road crew
has arrived equipped with Il
huge Caterpiller engine which
pulled a six foot scariiier and two
large road scrapers, says the Gold
Hill News. The wagon road on
the south side of the tracks, be-
ginning near the Sans Valley road
crossing and bridge was torn up
and graded at the rate of a mile
aday. The crew will continue
this work to Rogue River on the
north side Of the river This piece
of road so EARLY put in splendid
condition, has long had the rep
utation of being the roughest and
worth road in the county.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
rRICE OF MEAT
DUE TO TUMBLE

The price of meat will take a
tumble within the next thirty
days, according to the prediction
of Grover r. Neale, local cat
tie buyer, says the Chico Record
A general review of the market
shows conditions are favorable
toward a fiye-cent drop in price.
Neale gives as his reasons the
following conditions:
Release OF large quantities OF
meat stored for export to the
domestic markets.
Importation of meat from Aus
tralia, which is gradually flood
ing western marts with beef.
Due to the season rainfall on
the Pacific coast, all cattle will be
fat and ready Tor market at the
same period this year. Cattle in
the north have been fed hay all
,,,utor and C,ligornia cattle are
ina, f.,,oning dine 70 the late
.~inf.1
At present Nevada stockrais-
ars are offering for sale 80, 900
,oa oat,r, ,or fqiL certs on tba
hoos rr;o. which thav should
noootro 10 call ot cost The Iorp-
os, o,,or tbo market will hiring is
,o, oonts nor nornd accordinp
to 10 vea,o
,notbor indication or tbe
,,,,.o,,t d,u.,,,,,rd trord of tbe
n,,,i,ot 10 ,ho rocont action nj
,,u,or e. Inv IN ,rrrino on, IN
nast,re tfe0 f.t bav fed steers
hocanso morket conditions do moi
iu,tiry tbofr so1e
An ,boso c,nditiors combinod
will forca tho market down Nealo
soys and tbo fret tumbIo will be
tbo st,rt for tbe nrice of maats
will bo dou,r to 1qt5 standards
ho,oro tho srr,mor 10 o,or no.
sors
Tba vool m,r,ot sugyorol 81
charm doc,iro IN Gan pr,ncfyco
lac. ,rooI, br .bo f,,nort.,f,r of.
o. corgo or frozan vooI fr,., Ans
trotio prico, dro,rod ro, oo
~ - corts o. ,orrd r.i,, ma huv
ors ,s ,ho ros,I, ,f bo ir,,ortod
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Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
SEND EN- TO ASHLAND

SALEM, ORE. A. Churchill
state superintendent of schools
obtain photographs of severa
hundred of the most beautiful
women in Oregon.
The photos are to be forwarded
to Prof. Dr. Friedrich S. Krauss,
noted educator, author and lee
turer on the subject of ethnology
in the city of Vienna, who has re-
quested such a collection from
Mr.. Churchill for use in the pro-
fessor's life masterpiece, a histor.
ical work which is to be published
in several volumes containing
thousands of pictures similar to
those he hopes to procure from
this state.
Since the professor insists that
the women must be those who
can qualify as beautiful, it is un-
derstoOd the committee will find
it necessary to travel quite ex-
tensiyely about the state and no
effort will be made to conflne
the entire collection to Salem and
Portland. Names of several
prairie beauties in the Cow
COUNTESS it is said; already have
been submitted to the committee
1t is probable elat several sec
tions of the state will be assigned
to each member of the committee
The rural districts, as well as the
towns, are to be searched with
extreme care for damoiselles OF
rare grace and lineaments.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
What Are the Benefits of an En-
liStmcnt in the United
States Army?

The average young man enlists
in the army with the confused
idea of getting a taste of adven-
ture and travel with occasional
fighting. Then he first must
learn discipline and the reasons
necessitating its use; for without
discipline an army would become
a mob. It also teaches him to
see that it is necessary as a
means of keeping them ready and
alert for any chance emergency
that may arise demanding quick
and snappy action in execution.
If he is ignorant of the general
form of this government and its
laws he is taught to appreciate
/ the meaning and aim Of these
laws and this government This
instills a certain amount of feel
ing for his country and its laws
which may be flannel into the
steadier flame of love and patri-
otism.
Next his association with men
of all classes in life, of every race
and of every creed, in the army
cause him to understand and ap-
preciate others and their points
of view, thus broadening his own
outlook on life and the necessities
of the future. Also this will tend
to make him more tolerant of the
needs and wishes of his fellow
men thus making for higher
citizenship, and eventual pro-
gress to a higher plane in hui
man life and affairs.
It brings out a certain moral
and mental sincerity of expression
that is often brutal but frank
and true in every phase showing
that his capacity for penetration
and understanding of basic prin-
ciples has been improved and
benefited.
That right and justice is always .
better than wrong and injustice
he has readily conceived to be
true in every respect and condi-
tiOn of life.
lie is improved physically and
mentally by regular routine, reg
ular habits and hours, regular
diet and medical attention which
his training as a soldier has Civ
en- him.
For educational training he is
offered courses in grammar school,
high school and the equivalent of
two years college training in
camps and barracks. Some Of
The subjects he may take in these
courses are: reading, writing,
history, English. and
American literature, tripOnome-
Try, civil engineering, higher sci
,nces and many others.
These courses Of study, while
his military efficien-
", enables him to return to
'ivil life ready and better equip
ied for cooperation in industrial,
and general business.
Finally, however, the measure
II benefit any recruit may de-
i've from an enlistment in the ,
United States army depends sole
y on himself
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-03-31
PRESENT MONTH

UNUSUALLY WET
Those who were becoming
alarmed at the continued dry
weather through the past winter
months may have their fears al
layed, as this far the month Of
March has exceeded the average
precipitation for this month.
This has scarcely seemed possible
but the figures presented by Co.
operative Observer Louis Dodge
proves that it is a fact. The ay-
erage rainfall for March is 1.95
inches, while that of the present
month is 2.13 inches.
The past week has been ex-
ceptionally rainy, with four davs.
up to today, with precipitation
The report of the week is. 2tst
20 showers; 22nd, "a, show
ers; 23rd, fair; gath, trace of
rain; 25th, 20, showers.
During the entire month there
have been 10 days so far with
rainfall. These aside from this
week had precipitation as follows.
LIST, II; End, .O5; 9th, .23; 10th.
.Ol; 18Th, Al; 14th, .13; 18th.
pG; 18th, Al; 18th, .Oj. This
report shows that the ground Is
getting very well soaked in prem
aration for the spring farming