The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-16
MUIand WW Make Fight
as Matter Of Principle

The Usage council, when IL came
10 the very important matter : OF
giving Us approval to tho leases
dlsposcd az az the Pawhhska sale
Nonday. refused to approve the
sale 10 the Marland Refining com
pany and the Gardner Petroleum
cofporltion OF tract 10 on the west
side. hue did not do II. not because
The osages were In any way dissat-
isned With the net results OF the
sale ln general or this tract In par
ticular. which brought $4,000. but
because the department. has sprung
something new on the oil fraternity
namely Has geologiSt on tho job
who IL henceforth TO pass on the
value Of leases after the sale has
been held
This new nolicy on the part OF the
department would appear to be ab-
soiutelv right IL there were mini.
mum price put upon the various
tracts before they are sold. but
when It comes to allowing an OF
man to think he has acquired title
as the highest bidder. and ther
allow q representative OF the United
states geological survey-whc, OF
course knows all about how much
oil there IL ia the ground--to pas'
on 10, IL something that the OF
fraternity is not going TO stand for
T. w Marland and j. II. Gard
ner are pretty well versod in geol.
ogy themselves and appear to be
in addition to this mighty game
bidders when It comes 20 sale
They paid $4,000 for tact 20. In
face of the fact that thers ~ Il dry
hofA half a mile south. ana everS
one who was at the gale vas fur.
prised at the bid and wonder
Ing what they could do with the
lease when they got Il. But lei
Mr.. Marland tell the story;
'Tho principle is a bad onei T. !,
bad thing to permit oil men &c
bid on leases and at the same time
have in mind themselves a minimum
price at which they will allow tbs
ruff to go Said Mr.. Mariand
over the phone yesterday; "a an
not saying anything against the
hut | am going to make a fight as O
matter OF principle because thes.
sales will 60 ON for the next n
country is Interested in this matter
- Aph hhS BaiAf ~ Aftf NaAA
about this lease. but we have de.
clded that II we purchase Il t,
make a deep test to the lime or
this property. and the fact that I'll,
well half a mile south is showias
some oil from the Burbank zane
does not provo the looks OF II. In thi
least IL they are going to have .
minimum value on the propcct.
hereafter they should tell us abou'
It and we cah stand 1t just as wei
as the next man,
81 understand that Geoiogis
Heaid. who was at the sale. will re
port as to the probability OF gettini
oil from the Burbank gand: but. o
course, his judgment Is NJ bette
than thost of some of our own geol
ogits The department has move
objected, or withheld approva
when we have. paid as nigh a
'35O,000 for lease which turnet
out poorly, and / don't think It I
very good treatment they a.o givlnI
US now"
All the oil men who attended tn,
sale at Pswhuska will doubles
back up Mr-~-Mariand In the posi-
lon he has taken in regard 20 thl
lease, as there is absolutely no rea
son why 1t should not have heel
approvedI and should It be turno,
aewn by the council and the de
partment It viii not be a cause 20
grief on the part OF anyone. Oai,
as the principle OF the thing l
wrong
This lease, it will be refnem
, e.ered' started at $500, and II was
lPns time before anyone offered t
tlse the bid 1t finally dawne
upon the crowd that Marl9nd wa
oleaing on It, hence the bIE prlc
which II finally brought.