The Adair County news., 1921-03-30
OH NEWS.
[BY E. T. KEMPER.l

tOOoa OOnO0iA w" III PiOOOoo Vi VI
ganization, expects to be ready to be-
gin drilling its first we'll within the
next week or ten days. Some of the
most prominent people OF the commu-
nifty are interested in the proposition
and they are furnishing the money
necessary for the work. The first
drilling operation will be in the edge
of town, on the Finis Phelps land,
just east OF the old fair grounds, and
near where oil was found years ago.
The Palmer Oil g. Gas Company are
pushing drilling operations on the
Sam Royse farm to the limit. They
have recently secured additional cable
and wire line to enable them to go
to the lower sands, and Mr.. Geo. 81.
Palmer, president, says work will be
continued uninterruptedly, and with
the full expectation of their striking
s'pay'' soon. Mr.. Palmer has unbound
ed faith in Adair county proving to be
one of the great and paying oil field of
the country, and he proposes to stay
on the job to the limit.
The J. B. Doolittle well on the Geo.
Powell farm, near Joppa, has been
abandoned at depth of a little over
800 feet on account of the Pencil Cave
formation giving so much trouble in
drilling. A fine flow of gas was en-.
countered when casing was being
pulled, and through the carelessness
of bystander with a lighted match
the rig was in danger of being destroy.
ed by fire. Another location has been
made on the Henry Taylor farm about
one mile south of the former location,
and near the town of GlenVille where
drilling work is progressing as rapidly
as possible.
Mr.. S. L. Ginter, the well-known
operator who left here recently on an
extended trip combining business and
recuperation of his health, writes
from Olean, New York, where he is
spending a short time with relatives,
that he is already feeling very much
better, and he hopes to be able to re-
turn here later on in the year.
No further WORK will be done at
present by the Columbia Development
Company on the we'll on the Bob
Rowe farm, just north Of town, but
later on larger and more powerful
rig will be secured with which to re-
move broken machinery from the
we'll and for the purpose of continu
ing deep test.
Mr.. j. T. Garyin, Blackwell, Okla.
home, arrived here one day last week
and has gone to the Brush Greek, Cum
berland County Field, where he ex
poets to begin drilling operations soon
Other Oklahoma parties, who wired
> here Saturday asking for best trave
route to this section, are expected tt
arrive here within the next few days
Messrs. Jas r, Doak, Parkersburg
West Va, representing the Parkers.
burg Rig g. Reel Company, builders
of drilling machinery and manufact
urers, of general oil well supplies; R
v Rice, Bowling Green, KY, and 81
J. Kuykendall, Nashville, Tenn, the
two latter representing large supply
houses, were interested visitors, tt
this section the latter part of thu
week. They reported conditions yer!
favorable for oil development durins
1921, and they are counting on som'
nice orders from this territory soon.
Messrs. C. e Walker and L. @
Coleman, Frankfort, KY, were herr
Saturday on their way to the Brusl
Greek feld'where they are interestet
in drilling operations now in progress
on the Jake BEDFORD farm. They ar
expecting a-well in almost any dal
there. and they are looking for goo'
results
A credible report has just been re
ceived here to the effect that tn
: Winter Oil s. Gas Company, Bicknell
Indiana, have contracted for 1000 fee
of drilling on Big Renox Creek. Cum
berIand, County, in the vicinity o
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