The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-31
Mid Continent Holds
Election of Officers


tee of the Kansas Oklahoma division
of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas as.
sociation met at 1890, October rs, and
elected the following officers for said
division for the ensuing year; Presl-
dent Burt II. Collins, of the Echo Oil
company; First vice-president. w. l..
Kstler of the Producers and Refiners
corporation; Second vice-president, Her
bet Straight of Empire Gas and Fuel
company: Secretary.treasurer, Harry
II. Smith.
The committee also chose the repre-.
sentatives from the Kansas Oklahoma
division TO serve on the general exc
cutive committee for the fiscal year
beginning October. 1921. as follows:
: j. w. Bates, Roxana Petroleum cor
poration, Tulsa. Okla
Frank NJ. Breene. Winona Oil com
pany, Tulsa. Okla.
Il. A. Broomfcld, Barnsdall Oil cor.
pcration, Tulsa, Okla.
Burnette Blue, Indian Ter, Illum.
Oil company, Bartlesvllle, Okla.
IL. N. Cole. Pure Oil company,
Tulsa. Okla.
Burt II. Collins, Echo Oil company
I Tulsa. Okla.
ID. +. Connolly, Echo Oil company,
Tulsa, Okla.
j. X. cCttingham. Slice Kathryn Oil
company, Oklahoma City, Okla
VIM. n. Davis. Foster & Davis
Bartlesvile. Okla.
4. l.. Derby, Derby Oil company
Wichita. Kan.
Chas. +. F'arren. Tulsa, Okla.
Writ Franklin. Ardmore, Okla.
John s. Griffin. Griffin Production
mpany, Tulsa. Okla.
L 4. Griffith, Sinclair oil 4 Gas
mpany. Tulsa. Okla.
j. II. Hill The Texas company
. .sa. Okla.
lana H. Kelsey. Prairie oil & Gas
CA amy. Tulsa, Okla.
jahr Il! Kane, Philips Petroleum
ccmpany Eartlesvi'lc. Okla.
- v '"0doa. Indc. cndence. Kan.
Pat Nulloy, Constantine Refining
company. Tulsa. Okla.
j. II. Mlskhnn, Jc.. Tulsa, Okla.
y w ia lanI. Aarlanl Refining
ti'l'finN NJ ~ okIl.
l.. l.. A"rcen, White Eagle on &
l;rlinins mnany. Wichita, Kan.
Chrr.es owen, ramsey OH company
& rcy. Kan.
l.. Il. l..ry. Coslcn 4 Company
Tulsa. Ola.
Waite in Hips, Tulsa. Okla.
Judge .luhu ,. shea, Tulsa, Okla.
". G. 81 H. SkcIly Oh company
Tulsa. Ola.
James y. vcascy, Carter oil com
pany, Tulsa. OKLA.
L. q. Walker, Jr.. Tulsa, Okla.
Caas. r. Wllron. The Petroleum
ompany. Tulsa. Okla.
The committee also held u confercnc,
with State Commissioner of Labor
Claude u. Connally, concerning III,
attempt of the commissioner to cxtcnt
The requirements OF the boiler cod,
10 the American Society OF Mechanical
Engineers T. oil country boilers. II ap
foared that the commissioner had de
c.dcd to take this step although tn,
producers wGo purchase boilers strong
ly protested because as stated by them
Il would mean an Increase In cost ol
from 20 TO 80 per cent for boilers
used In oil country work without @
corresponding Increase of efficiency ol
safety. II apparently being impossibl,
to reach any agreement by which tn,
effective date oi the new regulation,
could io postponed " yond Ja"Gary
:. lias. ihc ,mmittec AUTHORISED tr'
president 10 appoint q legal commit
-. All l,..
the validity of the regulations which
would prohibit the introduction int,
uhls state after January /. 1929. OF any
boiler other than those conforming
to the A. T.. VI. l.. code. This commit
tee hs appointed by Chairman Collins
consists nr James A. Neascy. John
Kane. L. II. nm. H. Il. llndley an,
Harry II. smith.
The committee also voted to get nc
lively behind the movement to reduce
freight rates on petroleum and IL,
products from Mid.Contincnt field nnt
on oil well supplies shipped to the ficlt
In this connection following Telegram
was sent to the corporation ccmmis
nion which is now considering the In
tinstntc rate on petroleum In Okla
honn, "Thc executive committee ol
ih. Mid-Contincnt oil and Gas asso
citation in session today respectful,
calls attention to the fact that IL th,
s5 per cent increase IN intra.stat'
rates on petroleum goes into effect OF
November 20. as proposed. the in
durtry IN Oklahoma will be discrimn
ated against and seriously crippled re-
sul'ing in unnecessary tribute beins
a txarted from Oklahoma consumers