The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-14

borrowed from his father was at
point ten miles north ~ The town
uf Mount Vernon II proved cue
,rps.Hnd the wei continued TO flow
Tor moro than twenty three years
HftcrWHrd ana ~ tho prc"nt I'm"
IN r. very good yell of the kind. TINS
we'll la go feet deep and IL cascd
from top 10 bottom with twp.iuch
pipe. They had plenty To DO from
the start. na South Dakota nt thni
tim, experienced several drought
years. making Il nocorsary Tor the
farmers to get water from any
eourco they could and the Norbc"k
drilling ouint proved to be- o boon
10 the settlers ~ those days
Thoy wrrc drilling succrEsful wells
~ varying depth at prices ranging
from 1900 to $500 each. This was
about unr.tcnt> what uutmdo com
unritH had boon charging were 'HH
ing thcRc wells a. their own cNp"ns"
and were nevertheless making money
right from the start IN ono of the
wells drilled bv them went wrong
ihcy promptly drilled the farmer an
other ono nearby, free of cost
Their reputation for honesty ana
s1uare dealing spread before them.
Their surCcHH also was enhanced by
their improved machinery Tor arm
Ing. which made II possible 10 do
tho work much more Chcnply They
combined MI of the hest ideas of tho
old drillcrs outfits and then invent
cd dcIccs ~ their own
Overcome ihriy Obstacles.
Their second well waa drilled for
Dawson county bank, which had
capital or fl0.O0". Yet. owing TO
the hard times prevailing at tho tim"
this bank had loaned down su low
In trying 10 aid the discouraged set
tiers 10 remain that II could not phy
for the nrtcHinn well when II was
completed. NorbcCk and his asa"
cites took n certificate of dcpoait
| Tor the amount due, Then they cor.
l tractcd for second HrtUStan well
| drilling outfit They gave the ccr-
| tincatc of deposit in payment of 1t
and put another crew NJ work. There
/ was pl.nty of II ~ be- done. Every
/ farmer IN tho surrounding country
who had live stock ana many who
/ aid not, wanted one Of these cheap
| artcslnn wells
Rut people were hard up and
| could not pay for them one man
! turned over To- them u harness. an
/ other ono gavc HIS new wagon In
mart payment. They dtliird a sec
| nnd well for the bank which had
| given them tho certificate of de-
/ poslt for the first one. This bank
! had fnrcclogcd mortgagc and had
taken over nice team of horses.
| These were applied ON payment nf
! the scchnd we'll Thus the firm now
! had u team, wagon and harness
! They used the horses one season
and then sold them for I"arly dou-
! bile what they had allowed Tor ;hcm.
Thus the little firm, through bar
| ter and otherwise. began To grow.
! Al the end of two years the origi-
nal partner retired md &. l., Nich-
Olson became associated with Peter
| Nurbcck and they are associated Ia
| this day under the name OF Norheck
| Il Nicholson company deep artrs-
/ ian well contractors
For anmc years they have been op-
Grating more than two score we'll
drilling outfits. and all uf them are
kept busy all the time, In addition
to drilling artcsian wells In South
Dakota. the company also has drill
cd wells In Illinois. indiana, Ne
braAkn, Wyoming. North Dhkota and
Montana.
Has Vast Well business.
They have thus far drilled upward
OF 1000 articstan wells In South pa
kota alone. more than 1000 OF thcs,
being In their home county OF SPHINX
where they had to drili an average
depth of 1000 feet before they
struck the great artisan basin.
For some time the company ha'
had part OF It's force at work drill'
ing oil and gas wells In Wyoming
and more recently one or two OF th'
drilling outfits have been put u,
work drilling Tor oil In supposed
new oil fields In the extreme west
ern portion of South Dakota.
That the new United States sen
ator from South Dakota does not
shirk fight when It becomes nee
essnry to take radical steps In be-
half OF some measure which ht
deems essential to the needs of the
peoplo has been repeatedly shown
during his two terms ns governor
and during his service In state sen
ate before being elected lieutenant
governor lie served six years II
the state senate, During his early
Legislative experience there was not
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