The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-27
messlmore and stelert Well Near
Norge Said 70 Have Pay at 1890
Feet: VIII Rat Tall for
Test Next Week.
INVITATION EXTENDED
TO PUBLIC BY NICHOLS
Plsns TO Give Watermelon Cutting
at Well East Of Town Monday
Evening; Night and Day
Towers Being Worked.

The test OF sand In the wei
being drilled by the McssImorc ant
Steiert sinterests. on the McGarvini
farm In section 25-6n.sw. eight miles
southwest OF ChIckasha. Is to bs
made tomorrow or Monday. Naccord
ing 10 the statement OF Mr.. Steieri
this morning.
This sand was picked up at about
1880 feet and shows good for oil. the
report says. They cored into foot
at which point they shut down
Work there has been at a standstIll
for several days. but they are sche
duled TO start drilling Monday. They
will start with a rat tail and II the
sand proves TO be OF sufficient thick.
ness. tiey will set casing and try 10
make a well H. This Is the third
strata Of sand picked up in the test
and II is causing much interest
among the oil men OF this section
OF the state. Located as they are.
some six or seven miles east OF the
Cement field and about the same
distanrc from the Harness well. ?
production at this location would
mean much to the development OF
the Grady county territory.
New Tests In Prospect
That there are to be new tests
drilled In the Norge territory is re.
ported on the strength of the report
cd purchase. OF, considerable acreage
by the panciger Oil and Refining
corepany aerr The Messimore test.
II wns ,'sU reported several days
aro that the Danciger interests pur-
chased 100 acres in fee, just north
west OF the Norge test and that ar.
rangements were being made fof the
moving In OF a rig or evidence that
this report is correct, however. has
been shown by the moving of rig
timhers tc the reported location.
Duncan operators have their eyes
on the Grady county wildcat and
the scouts Of the big companies are
here Giving the outfit the once over
A verdict in the present sand should
lie forthcoming early next week.
Nichols Plans Picnic
There's going to be an ice cream
supper and watermelon cutting
at the test of the Iowa Oil and Re
filming company, three and a half
miles east of Chickasha on the
Beauchamp farm in section 31-7n-e~
Monday evening, according to a
statement made Today by John b..
Nichols, manager.
Mr.. Nichlos declares that he's ar.
ranging for enough ice cream and
melons to feed a young army and
he has issued an invitation to the
public in general to attend.
Il havp't anything to SELF said
Mr.. Nichlos in explaining his mo.
tive. "The people of Chickasha have
been mighty good to me and | just
want to show a little of the appre-
citation feel We're just going to
have some icecream to eat and are
going to give the people an oppor-
tunity to bury their faces in sundry
watermelons. That's about all there
is to it, but the more we have as
guests the better we'll like it."
The Iowa test is down aroung
LOO feet, having reached that
depth through series of hard for
nations, the drillers state. A couple
of showings have been reported and
Mr. Nichlos, in G statement today,
declared that he would not be sur
prised to pick up a sand at about
1880 feet.
They are working day and night
towers and those who visit the well
Monday night will have the oppor-
tunity of seeing the big rotary in
action. Lights for the, occasion Of
the water.ielon cutting and ice cream
feed" will be furnished from the
rigs dynamo.