The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-11
BIC PARTY OF VISITORS
IN ARDM0RE TAKING IN
OIL FIELD SITUATION

n very interesting DuHcll VI vi ihSh
arrived here last night by private
conveyance. In the party were w.
G.. Skeley, president of the Skelley
Oil and Gas Company of Tulsa, Okla
homa and other members of his COM
pany including Glenn Ford Mckinney
of New York; A. c. Gwynne Of New
York A. T. Farrell Of Saginaw, Mich.
c. c. Herndon, Tulsa and George s.
Bole, Tulsa. The party spent Sum
day In the Gushing field and drove
to Chickasha where they spent Sun
day night and on Monday they drove
through the Duncan, Healdton and
Hewitt fields and spent Monday night
| in Ardmore.
The party left today for Burkbur-
nett and Breckenridge, Texas, and
from there the New York parties will
60 to Galveston and take boat for
passage home.
Mr.. Skelley entered the Healdton
field early and purchased the Ward
farm in section 6, which was after
ward sold to the Carter Oil Company
He invaded the Texas fields and it
was there he organized his big com.
| pilly. ne nus lIlNlQ6u lJuHtdU
Hewitt and so far in the Carter coun-
ty field he has the credit of having
brought in the best well. Mr.. Skelley
is man who has passed the expert
mental stage in oil development work.
He has had his ups and downs, his
losses and gains ana he has taken
some OF The glory and has suffered
many of the disappontments that
usually go with the game but now
he has his feet on a solid foundation
of success. The Carter county fields
gave him that last start which has
rounded out his success and he feels
close TO Ardmore and the local oil
district. In his losses in the early
days Of his operations he never lost
q friend among the oil producers and
among the supply men. Whether he
was in affluence or in poverty his
credit was the same. The men who
sold supplies knew when they book
ed anything against Bill Skeley that
they would get their money. He has
gathered about him today some of the
most influential financiers OF the
country and his company will be
Buiueu pJ MS years vi eAPeticiicc
gained by hard knocks in the fields
and this guidance of rugged honesty
and efficiency is the biggest asset Of
, the company no matter how much
money it has in the treasury
81 love to feel the inspiration that
trip to Ardmore gives me-" said
Mr.. Skelley last night upon his ar
rival. Every time | visit this city
see changes for the better and for
luxury and entertainment and hospi.
tality no oil city in the southwest
has better TO offer than Ardmore and
my good friend Jim Sharp has built
. a monument or himself in your city
in this magnificent hotel. You boys
here owe it to Jim Sharp to put n
slab, a monument or q marker of
some description honoring the memory
of the man who gave to your city
this hotel. Jim Sharp was good
! man and his tragic death was caused
by break down in health and moth
ing else.
: But going back to your city and
4 your fields, l wonder if Ardmore real
= ly realizes the position it occupies
with reference to oil production. Your
n fields are the most wonderful in the
country. The sands are thick anC
e long lived. The first we'll ever drill
y ed in this county is still producing
e Healdton with its wonders will b,
e outstripped by Hewitt and the eye:
of the oil fraternity is upon you anC
: we are expecting you to do big things
= Your western citizenship mingled witt
J. the old southern spirit to give It cor
n diality and friendship and / nigh
say the warmth of love is your great
o est asset and these men will attrac
e others, that spirit cannot live alon,
e and undiscovered and combined will
d the new wealth and new blood tha
|. will come TO you you will build an OF
c empire in this southern portion o.
G the state and Ardmore will alway.
remain the capital of that empire"
r Mr.. Mckinney, another member o.
g the party. was feeling the freshness
a of youth although he had taken ;
long car ride. He had been shut IL
a in the city where he heard high inter
g est rates and his trip over this coun
try. his sight OF the gushing oi
: wells, his view OF the broad acres
?. green with growing crops were
revelation to him. They lifted hin
4 out of gloom and stretched befor'
!, him q wide panorama OF wonderful
= wealth that inspired confidence il
:, the nation and made him feel tha
', there could be no cessation Of de
velopment no financial panic or scar
In Of Npnp1prfil rag0ilrN,a
" and so many things to do. Mr.. Nc
9 Kinney has been reared in an at
mosphere of oil. He was original,
e from Titusville, Pa, where his fathe
at one time was president OF tn
u South Penn Oil Company. Mr.. Nc
y Kinney stated that every man VIII
u feels apprehension concerning IN
{ times ought to be taken on u tri
through the great southwest wher
% he will get 4 vision Of wealth an
e activity that will drown out an
le gloomy forebodings that the huna'
d mind may suffer,
&c Mr. Herndon, vice president OF IN
II Skelley Oil Company, has been n FIRE
auent visitor to Ardmore but thi
Is was his first trip here within tw
years and hc expressed surprise a
D. the growth Of the city and becan
e enthused when he began to describ
a. the long line OF derricks that reac
r. from Ardmore through Hewitt, Healc
c. ten, Loco, Duncan, Lawton and o.
lie to the west line OF the state.
ir In the party was also f. y. Bates
who Is In the land department of tn
n Skelley Company and who is FRI
n. quent visitor here
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