The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
(By Col. Joe Myers

Among all the various sources of
wealth with which Carter county,
Oklahoma. is possessed and blessed,
her quantity and quality of oil is
supreme; and trip to the Wilson
field just now will attest that fact.
When l stepped from the train
upon arriving at Wilson few morn.
ings ago after less than an hours
ride from Ardmore, and went to the
business center of town, that Is
less than six years old. | found the
sidewalk congested with people and
the streets teeming with vehicle traf-
fic. but it was not long until / ex-
perienced n relief from the swirl Of
excitement round about me through
introduction to we'll known and
very successful oil well operator and
producer and when, by way of an
Introductory remark, l said:
We'll, how are things in the new
oil field?" he replied quickly and
tersely:
Fine, this field is just about
year old now and it's going strong!"
Encouraged to remark further on
the subject in which business inter
ests in Wilson are still growing by
leaps and bounds, he continued by
saying; Since the day the first well
here was brought in, a year ago.
that turned in a flow Of 400 barrels
CT oil, up to the present when the
production has reached about 2j 900
barrels, there has been little cessa-
tion of activities and with altogether
satisfactory results And he con-
tinued. with all these tests and
ccmpletions there is not n dry hole
in the Wilson field, which is some.
thing quite remarkable according to
my experience and I've had some
experience too"
| had conversations with other men
who are interested in development
operations in the field and all to
the same optimistic and reassuring
tendency-for they all are pretty
proud Of what has been done To push
forward every legitimate effort and
are complacently contemplating new
and even more effective activities
along the oil producing lines.
With this graciously bestowed en-
lightenment on Carter county's new
est and very successful oil produc-
tion strivings, | started out on an
Individual quest Of what is happen
ing now daily in and around Will
son, TO find that the southwest cor
ner Of the new producing area is
about one mile from town; that it
extends over only a few sections of
land, but of which every large and
small division is thickly studded with
derrlcks and other evidence of test
ing and deeper drillngs.
And here one gets a second glimpse
Of the waving picture scenes that
characterize the town streets, the
never ending line Of trucks and teams
arriving and unloading the best and
heaviest Of drilling machinery; iron
piping and huge timbers that are
used in the rig foundations and other
purposes and again rumbling back
to the cars that line the railroad sid.
ings for the many more successfully
used material supplies which are CON
Stdllly belIlS put III positLOi VI USE
fulness by the army OF construction
workers that are employed in the
fields. And from some of the fields
points Of vantage one can note the
steady flow of oil from many Of
the wells, which means the filling Of
their owners pockets with cash at the
reported rate of from one to twenty
five hundred dollars a day, which
fact verifies my first informant's
statement, that the field is going
strong"
And these busy scenes comprise
only a part of the business rush
around Wilson, for the streets Of the
town present lively picture Of busi-
ness activity. The stores OF all kinds
are large, we'll filled with goods and
are crowded with customers, while
the hotels and restaurants are all
doing capacity business. Then these