The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office. gal w. II. PECK Residence Pap

scrNatiNe development, IL has all re.
solved itself into one continuous
merry-go.round OF excitement.
The outhern Pacific railway
which parallels the MexIa and
Wortham fields for 10 miles. is
congested with traffic, and ali oil
trains have the right OF way over
so-callcd through passenger trains
An army Of laborers are oulldIng
spur tracks over the entire distance
Of 10 miles north and south ~
Mexia, and loading racks are spring
ing up like mushrooms along the
right Of way.
The supply companies have built
warehouses and stores and up to
the present the demand for material
has been so great that the supplies
are sold on the cars with the result
that very l:tle material has actually
been placed In the stores vast
Quantities OF second hand and used
machinery are being received In
Mexia daily, shipped 10 this field nv
contractors and oil companies from
other fields.
In checking up shipments from
the Duncan field alone, II IL re
ported that II carloads left that
town for Mexia during the last four
weeks. What Is true of Duncan &C.
likewise true Of BurkburnCtt.
Wichita Falls Eldorado, ARK.
Shreveport and the Houston district
as contractors are assured OF hF
profit when drilling at Mexia, as tho
price ranges from $3.50 TO 81 n foot
and It requires from 35 to 60 days
10 complete n well.
one Of the busiest spots In Meyia
Is the Western Union office, an I'm
prumptu affair, which has neen
built to take care OF local traffi"
and In 30 feet square. There are ap-
proNima.ely twenty insttumonts re
ceiving and sending messages. and
1 constant stream OF oil men com
ing In and out Of the three
entrances. business is handled re-
markably well under the circum-
stances. and there liz but little com
plaint as TO the service rendered.
Colonel Humphreys, the OF king
of Mexia, around whom the major
portion of the development rotates
n addition TO being grossly occu-
iped with the details Incident to
managing his great enterprise, Is n
genial host, and on Tuesday last IN
vited the Fort Worth and Dallas
chambers OF commerce to he his
guests at Mexia. He imported two
bull moose from Wyoming. which
we're barbecued TO the queens taste
and everybody was strong for tho
Colonel and his brand of hosprtaHty.
Colonel Humphreys at the APP
pointed hour. addressed the guests,
at which time ne stated that dur
Ing an illness which overlook him
some few years ago. he made a
promise that If the Lord won III
spare his l'fe and he regained his
health, he would devote the balance
of his time TO the oil industry, and
The profits accruing from such ef-
forts would in turn be dispensed
solely for the benefit OF mankind
He gives God credit for leading aim
to Mexia, and also full credit for his
success.
He stated that a recent survey
of his property had been made, AZ
which time II was estimated that his
holdings are worth Ss7 600, 900. Tho
estimate seems tfifle low. in view
of the fact that the Colonel has
closed contract with the stand |
ard oil company OF Indiana and |
Sinclair for so per cent OF his pro-
ducation up 20 100000 barrels |
and IN addition has promised the |
Pure oil company 40 per cent OF the |
oil up 10 10000 barrels a day. In |
fact, the biologists who are esti- |
mating the production at 100, 900,
900 barrels In the ground. are find |
Ing no one TO dispute them, and up |
to now nothing Of a serious nature |
IKE salt water coming to the sur
face, has happened.
II IS point d out however, that |
for every million barrels taken from |
the Mexican field. the salt water
raised one foot, and I'm spots whore
there is intensive drilling ~ has
brought the water to the surface
ahead OF II. There Is a flood OF IN
dependent refiners at Mexia, who
have noted the announcement Of the
sale to the Standard Sinclair people
at $3.50 per barrel but these same
people are finding II a compare
lively easy matter TO purchase OIL
lt dollar a barrel with the money
paid in cash and the tank ears 20
move II. This of scourse VIII he n
hing OF the past as soon as the pipe
lines get into the field. and each
and all OF the big concerns are re-
ported TO be making frantic efforts
10 get in and take tho oil while the
getting Is good. There Is a dlsposi
ton to make light of the pipe lines
who had connections early in the
development of the field, and are
now making the dirt fly geeting
back again.
There is only one regret, and that
IS that some one having the inter
EST OF the country at heart, could
not have been sitting on the safety
valve when some of the oratory In
'egard TO the vast production that
s going to flood the country; was
IN tap. The Colonel might as well
,ome down to earth and remember
his promise TO develop conservative
" and moreover; put and END to
hese vast estimates by geologists
md sales OF oil yet IN the ground
because they are bound to hurt at
east some, where there is in fact no
eRson why Mexia should be
menace.
In the Continental Pool