The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-20
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office; 624l w. II. PECK Residence 2442

almost unanimously signed ana have
decided on the change Of name ~
goes without Vnying that the NU1.
land Valley rRilrSad VIII mako ih"
change immcdint y and doubtless
tho pOstoffiCc Department viii fol
low suit Yesterday was great
day for the town NJ BiEho1rt, here
after 20 be known aH the town ut
BarusdaI
In the party accompanying Pros.
dent Robert Law, jr, who now makes
nus home in New York, were T. D..
Itecsor vice president. New YORK
city, r. A. Broumficld, yl,n prcal
dent. Tulsa, y. T. Muard. vice
president Now York City. Juo t..
Gray vice president, New york Cit,.
r. T.. CUnnOrs. yicc pr"mdout. Ti't-.
burgh. Pa, u F Macarthur. vice
president Imrtlcwiilc. T.. r. Butler.
vice proaidcnt, Joplin, Mo, w. -.
Blackm"r. vice president. Tucson.
ArlZ.. George D iocks, vice prrsl
don't, Chicago, ili.. Juo. II brennan.
rouusclur. Bnrtlrsyulp A. T.. BIn.
cock, Vice president, Guaranty Trust
company, Ncw YORK, H. VI. EdlnEcr.
treasurer Tulsa, g.. g.. Good. uur
chasing agent, Tulsa, T.. probcrt and
General Manager Leftover ot th,
MltlNNl Nhll'N lNlllNNu.
While the activities OF the Barns.
dali on corporations with about IO..
600 daily barrels production. scat
tered over "a hair dozen states and
Mexico, are well known as they have
been among the progressive pro
duccrs Of crud" oil In the country.
n is not so well known that the re-
finery recently purchased from the
Bighcart Refining company is ono
OF the best In the state, and la
equipped to manufacture everything
down To the coke. II brought btu
tho organization some Of the best
talent in the United states, includ
ing Jno. l.. Gray well known az q
great petroleum engineer, and
George -. Locke, one Of the most
popular salcsmanaEcrs In the couu-
try. and moro than this, there are
the great mining Interests OF the
corporation,
The mining activities OF the Barns
dall corporation are no small part Of
It's busincss The company has owned
many mines for number of years
but II Is only recently that they
have been developed, and the year
1920 showed "a substantial profit
from the operations OF this division.
lead, copper and zinc mines, and Il
has the ouly high grade tripoli de
posits In the United states, and valu-
able coal fiaids IN West Virginia.
There are several properties In
the republic OF Mexico which will
be developed very soon, az the new
In that country seems
To bo successful and operations can
be carried on with perfect safety.
Tho profitable operations of the
mines for 1920 reflect great credit
upon tho economies practiCcd by
those In charge. and, notwithstand-
ing the fact that all metals are
bringing low prices at present. they
cannot remain Mt these low levels
long, and there Is every reason to
believo that 1921 viii ho more prof
table than the past year.
Looking back to the time that
Theodore Barnsdall was In the lime
light. when the department was re-
duCing the amount OF acreage held
by his company, Il IL recalled that
there were many among the news
paper fraternity who took n lot uf
pleasure in taking rap AT the old
man, who would now reolil the
same and take Il all back, There
was only one writer among the
bunch here that had tho courage To
say that az long as he had acquired
this acreage In n Legitimate man
ner that II was mighty bad policy
to upset titles, and to take away
any part of the acreage held by him,
Another interesting feature Of the
situation as II was at that time, was
the implicit faith thai the old Barns
DAN crowd had In his ability u
overcome all obstacles that might
confront him, There was lease
boss In tho Usage who sometimes
visited Tulsa. who said, what can
this government do with Blrnsdall,
walt until he gets n chance NJ that
secretary OF the interior" ana when
Mr.. Barnsdall was given a severe
Jolt by Secretary Hitchcock, there
were none of the Barusdall crowd
here who could believe 1t possible
They were then az now intensely
loyal
The party Of Barnsdall officials
was met at the Bighcart depot and
a great reception was held, every
body was there ana lot of en-
thusiasm was on tap The party
visited the refinery and the Barns
dali warehouses, shops and proper.
ties with a great deal that was "
interest to inspect. The refinery,
for instance. IL now a fuN-fledged
refinery and IL running on the oil
produced on the BarnsdaH leases. II
was the consensus OF opinion that
the refinery recently acquired was
located exactly right To take care Of
the OIL produced by the Barnsdall
properties. and hence was a mighty
good purchase.
There was a banquet In the cyc-
ming at the Midland hotel NJ which
= NJ. Martin was tuastmaster and
j. L. Mccoy OF the Bank OF Big
heart extended the glad hand, and
made the address OF welcome on be
half of the town. Tho address was
responded 10 by Robert Law, Jrr
Mtssrs Reoscr, Gray Minard. Bah
cock and Judge Erouncn, general
counsel for the Barnsdan people.
There was a splendid entertainment
with a prize fight for the chief at
traction. The party of visitors r"-
turned 90 Tulsa last night arriving
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