The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-15
In the Oil Fields
Before Ldnds We're AHOttCd
10 the Eipe Ciriiized Tribes

days ~ the oil game has been re-
placed by the cold matter. Ot fact
buHlnCHH principles Of today. thid
BUD Carter OF carter BtoihctH. iu
speaking of when he and his brother
I"Bill' Carter, ana j. j curl ih"
pioneers Of the mid continent field.
landed TN BartlcSvillo In lho spring
of 1909. "At that time" says Mr.
| Garter. this pHrt ~ oklahoma wa.
indian Territory ana tho riVc CIV.
2cd Tribes had not received thcir
allotment tickets. and HHrtosti To-
was in the Cherokee Nation. cha.
mute, kan, was then iu the height ~
her oil boom and several stock com
pHuica were operating leases
Tho Indian Territory lumiuat
ing on company hold a blanket lease
on all tho OstEo Nation and had put
down n few t'gta uorihHrat uf baft-
lesville about 10 miio8 without sue
CosH. but later moved their opera
tlons 10 lot % Oslgo on the Cherokee
/ linc. two miles UurthwrBt of iiHrtlca
lvillc and had few small wells W
Ia Brysnn OF BLACK. Sivllla a lirN
son. TANK Illuminating OH company
was superintendent OF the field FOR
the Indian Territory field We
lloarnCd through Mr.. lif}sun lint MIA
company had an office In Sew YORK
lcity and that they were anxious TO
gcl developments going iu tho Usage
After "A long aud soemingly uueu'
Ccsaful search We located the com
pany on lower Broadway boa NcW
York city. bat our reception was
something similar to that of the
prodigal Son. as thorc was no iutor
ost taken In Indian Territory by oil
men ana the indian Territory com
pnny was travelling a gait not ma
lchtivc Of paying any but lrith dlNi
dcuds
we occurred leases ON three tracts.
IJ ]. curl No IS and so. and my
brother and No a.. Lease 40 30
gtnrtod q test ID half mile wee
IChcruk GO line. bui n did not produce
lnny oil No. / Almcda on lot 40, goo
feet from the Cherokee line. was the
lucxt togt while this well was drill
ing my brother and I started No !
on lot g.. u half mite west of the
IChcrokcc line The Almcda So. I
icamc In with a production Of about
500 barrels at depth Of 1HNo &c
1850 fcrt n was this well that gave
the UHrtlcsviilo sand its name. Bart
lcMil'o was then n hamlet Of aHn"'
500 people but tho ncws of Almoda
80 / coming iu real oil well was
flashed east aud within few days
Ian the old "up country bunch ot
lthcir trail blazers from ponnsyl
vania. west Virginia und ohio We're
fockiug to Bartlcsvilic similar Ia the
strip opening. and within 80 days
premiums were paid 10 livery stables
for privilege OF sleeping In the hay
loft
"rhc Old Right way hotel was I'm
mcdiatcly the center of the bunch
land was the scene OF many prank'
land good times Among the first OF
the eastern hunch to arrive was j =
Glenn Of the Harnsdall interests
Senator Matson. John Galley Johr
Markham. Jr., ana W Prioslly
I'm those days the Neodeshd rc
rincry was smull affair and over
evans wna la charge There was n,
pipe line In Indian Territory nor ha'
| Tho NJ. X. a r. been completed hu
The Santa Fc was In operation
! through as far south as Owasso an'
ono had 10 drive from owhsso 4
Tulga coming south In order to &c
our oil from Bartlesyilic Ia Ncod"
, shn loading rack was hutlt at th
/ brick plant west Of Hartlcsvillc an
the NcodcRha refinery furulahc'
tank ears, paying price Of 81 Is ~
harrrl T. o b. Ncodcsha lin O'Noil'
W. II. Gatcs and n, q. Scott wcr
| I
mcnt up at ChanutC, but they al
came To Rartlesvillc and PERSONAL
Z Installed pumping station ON tn
Almcda lease and started tilliu
. tank cars. Within q short tim
thereafter the Prairie opened nn OF
T flee In Uartlcsvillc In a shed back q
the gas office and Ed Littlmcr an
p Dave stewart arrived on tho scene
= We built little office next To their
land the Indian Territory compan
= ncNt To- us and this was tho eNtcu
! OF the oil business AS carried on /
indian TcrriturN upon the compleuo
. OF the AlmCda No I.
ON remarkably short time osar
: leases were sold to operators dow
20 tho Cherokee line as far as Ramon
70 and developments were vry sdtisfac
:. tory on the Cherokee line, but fo
some time operators were shcpticg
about drilling west Of the ninety
g sixth meridian Later great poo
" werc opened west and gradually dc
W Nrlopmcuts extended westward. !
, those DAYS the OsREe was a huntcr
" paradise and the streams were ia
- uf bass Deer and wild turkey wCr
plentiful. also bob cats ana coyote
J, Those were the days Of the buck
" board and horses, and no matter hn'
= great tho distance. winter or sun
" mcr. fording tho streams hofor
" bridges were built and whom watt
WAS high, camping az tho tords e
y, hours or duvs until tho stream W.
y. forduhlc. We seemed TO aCcomplis
our work aud the "frtt' was lust on
,I hg Jolly crowd ready for hadE,
"A fights or any otho, familiar spor.
,uny time. Those were old scho'
3 DAVIS and belong to a generation Nh.