The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-19

cave, but At any rate. every effort Is
being made to find out and to see II
possible whether or not there Is
possibility Of pumping mud enough
into the hole. to shut of any iurthel
gas and thereby end the entire
trouble.
Suggestions have been made by
cranks all over the country as 10
the best manner OF shutting ott thls
young volcano. hut In the mcahulho
the Constanttn people are putting uP
mighty strong effort to get eNp.,'S
with "A practical knowledge OF tuo
game. who can save any further dlt
ficulty nv shutting IN this awful we'll
II can only be realized as to the mag
| nituro. hy visit TO one OF thcac
Young geysers located perhaps mlIe
away. which are throwing out iUuu
and water and are spreading enouen
| oil and gas around the landscape 10
| make IL "a Veritable sight ana one
! that is attracting multitudes every
day. and this In spite OF the warning
OF numerous guards and many s'snS'
Louisiana has had hcr troubles. as
| everybody will recall. when the DIG
gas wells that had burned Tor y"'t
| became the subject ot conference
between the governor ana iarEe
committee OF oil men, at whlch tlnle
a nlan was finally agreed upon thal
ended i'm the shutting In OF a well
that had been losing millions OF leel
OF gas daily for years IL was not
A criminal question then, but ques-
ton OF how best to handle mlghN
bad situation.
! Right here at Tulsa it will be re-
membered that when the White "
I'fer well which opened the Perry
man pool was first completed, that q
gas well quarter OF mlle away
= had been plugged at the casing head
and that 20 or 80 feet below the TOT
, OF the ground. the gas bad sprea,,
through tho water SAND untii
, reached the white 4 Ufer wen an'
coming up around the casinghea'
, had ignited from the forge
! What followed was described II
, the local papers as Hell bfoko,
= loose" and as .chaos contounded,
- as instantly there was an upnoaVal .
. the ground between the White
, Ufer well and the old gas, well, an
!, It looked as though monster ploN
= with a S0-foot share had bee
l. dragged through, so evenly was Tn
4 ground laid up in monster laSer'
= The splendid team owned by Johnni
/. Black, the best in Tulsa was kille
z as was also a fine team belonging I
h a farmer, but no one ever though
@ Of bringing criminal proceeding
n against i. j. White and Frank ufei
n Harry Parker, who Is as well qua
flied to know as anyone in the bus
mess. says that the only way he eve
succeeded In stopping the flow
these so-calied "goysors,' was
u drill a well as near as possible TO on
& OF them and then when the prop'
: depth was reached. put on the pun
&c and throw the cntire strata OF san
, with mud. 1t Is at best "a, man
" game, and II Arkansas were TO pa
3 law preventing women and chi
dren from coming within eight mill
Is OF drilling well, unless provide
l. with r pass. 1t would be doing II
K innocent citizens Il merciful act. ~
is in the meantime, 1t should welcY1
a the oil men just as 1t did when q
se Constantin well was first drilled
m by a session of prayer and thank
es giving. just az was called by Il
~ mayor OF Eldorado and was join'
ut in by the good people Of that tow
lis or perhaps 1t may have been q no
doc, who can tell?