The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-05
OIL mAHKrr QUOTATIONS.
LoyditB Due LABOR


Dor. dedicated to tho men ana .
women who I'll the soil, run the i
manufacturing plants or oth"rW''' .
work 20 prudu.d and create the pee
ceasitlcs Of lie and hhppiuot" ''-
cry Individual tu the world, uhl.77
he ho parasite. fis into the
schcme of labor Ia a d'iiuii' W'J'
and everyone has q uuty to p'ri"i "l.
No matter what ID mans station 'h
lifc may br. thc HuperluiitA "t "u'
man over another hts iu ihr amount
ba can produce or tho "rti.r ne
rcudors humanity ci'h,r directly or
Indirectly. and not BY any totem or
mower Inherited from his Hnc"Htoih'
Nhatrvcr tho industry the per-
sopal element cor the nhiurhl hulhhn /
sentiment cannot ho ublit"rat'd
from the working ursociatlon OF
capltai and labor, na every indl /
vdunl ~ partly ruled by his f''l-
iugs and emotions no matter now
Uncomfortable an exterior no may +
prcaent Human appreciation ana .
gratitude arc not motsurhhlc IN /
dollars and cents, but has llH own /
reward outPidc the pail of business /.
relationship. Loyalty and cUurng"
are never forgotten, and always in- /
cruo an unpnyable obligation. won /
dcrful acts OF horolgm and loyaiy .
are an everyday aftnlr IN ih' on
business. ~ II hereby illustrated 10y
the case Of Bili, the prEl'g drllrr'
Everybody who operated Ia the
Cushing field during tho famous
dnys of lAi3 knew liill He was an
honest -to-God oil drillcr fearless. u
master uf "cuasin' ana bootleg
Joints, and conscience ana loyal 10
his employer. In January OF that
wear hc was working on ~" No. 4
well of the Independent on corpora
ton. whose lease lay IN the conl"r
OF the big pay. |
The IndcpendCnt concern hnd
been lucky, and were tho owners OF
an so acres over which seemed 20 bo
the richest spot In the pool Thcy
were also unlucky, Gs all Indcp'n-
dents wore during that period, Wn"n
thousands Of barrels of OIL were b'-
Ing producer FOR which there ""h
no market, and when what oil wnl
sold only brought a price OF 'V
cents n barrel or below. ThcY were
storing their own production, and
h,d coustructcd a $4,000 barrel
tank on tho north end OF their long
SO-acrc strip, into which they were
running the daily 4.000- barrel pro-
duction OF their three wells on the
south end. II was on the night OF
January 18th, when BHi pulled ms
big deal
The night was bitter, ns was most
nights that winter. which was IN"
most rigorous season ever oxpeti
enced in the Gushing country. SNOW
was piled up all around, ana inc
wind was whistling a tune OF dispalr
as II seemed the whole world was
freezing.
Bnrs tower had ended nt mid
night, and he mad gone 20 the punk.
house to go to sleep, after hard
days work. Az he was gettins ready
Ia undress. he heard II peculiar noise
like a falling body outside of the
window. and, grabbing n gun, he ran
out into tho cold to examine.
Uo saw two figures running, one
from the bunkhOusc and the other
from tho vicinity of the big $1,000
barrel tank. Stories had been tod
of the work OF certain pcrniciouS
and sinister organizations, who were
spreading propaganda among the
oil employees, of tho burning or
tanks and the wilful destroying or
property. and all of this lnforma-
tion rushed into Bilrs mind M ho
saw the flying figures. His intui-
tion seemed to tell him there was
trouble at the big tank, and he
rushed the quarter mile TO 1t In rec
ord time.
Sure enough something was
wrong, as he drew near the tank
he could hear the rushing OF oil ana
saw IL filling mp inside tn" dirt emt
bnnlSmcnt. The workers "l dlS'thc-
tion ana ruin had wen started th"ir
designs. rs In short time the leak
ing oil would 20 down the creek to-
ward the boilers and the whole
lease would 80 up in mass or
flames. iiill took in the situation
at glance, and In spite ot thr trccI-
ing temperature, his own dtscom-
fort and the fact that his working
hours were over for that day, dou-
bled his Fpood to the tank with one
purpose In ylCW-tO stop tho leak