The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-12
Making Good as
oil Conipdnu Manager

PONCA CITY, Okla. Feb. l2.--
With the opening Of each new oil
district some new company and some
new individual figure in the oil game
becomes a feature. This is true again
with the recent opening of the liick-
man field In the western Usage, 20
miles northeast OF this city and
a new figure that it is bringing into
the limelight of the oil industry Is
Charles i. Martin OF Ponca city,
general manager Of the Francoma
OH company and former city clerk at
Little Rock. Ark The Fruncoma
holds considerable acreage In the
western Usage, together with the
Marland oil company, Kay County
Gas company, Kinney Clcary Oil
company, and others, and only re-
Gently got it's initial production in
I the Hickman district when the Gar
Der Petroleum company brought in
4 $50 barrel well I'm the southeast Of
l-26-5c.
Martin had been elected city clerk
OF Little Rock four time and was
still i'm office when he received a
call to visit st. Louis. lie did 50 and
was told that he was to become man
ager Of the Francoma oil company,
Just then being formed with $1,000
600 capital stock. The oil game was
new to him and TO accept the posi-
tion he had to go into a new coun-
! try, Oklahoma, but he accepted and
| in November. 1919, camo TO Ponca
| city to assume his new duties. The
! Francoma Oil company is composed
OF 50. Louis capitalists principally,
| including David r. Francis, ir., and
| IL is from the latter that the COM
pauy takes its name "Franc-oma,
tho latter portion being a part of
"Oklahoma."
The Gardner Petroleum company.
! Of which James Gardner Of Tulsa is
| the chief figure, is planning immcdi-
| ate further development OF the lease.
| one fourth interest in which is
| owned by the Francoma and one
| fourth by the Marland Refining
company. Several new rigs are to
make their appearance in the near
| future. according TO the present un-
! derstanding. The initial we'll IL an
offset to tho Kay County Gas COM
pany's big gas well on the Bertha
! Hickman allotment.
May Abandon Chilocco Test
The Mid-Co company may aban-
| don its first test on the Chilocco In
| dian school reserve OF 5000 acres in
| the north central portion of this
| (kay) county, n is reported, because
NJ salt water being encountered at
1861 feet, the depth where Il was
| expected to find oil-thc same as the
| Marland company got production IN
its school land we'll. two miles east
| The Mid-Co secured n lease on the
Chilocco reserve in December. 1919,
and agreed 10 put down three tests
Two others are to be drilled on other
| portions of the reserve. The De.
partment vf Indian affairs had hoped
| to find gas in sufficient quantity tC
supply the school for many years.
! The Mid-Co has also abandoned III
| deep test in the Mervine field. thi'
| county. where 1t drilled to a depth OF
1870 feet.
4 deep test, several miles north
west of the Mervine district, is be
| ing drilled by the Pirtle-Pittman OF
| company on the Ames farm. The
present depth is 1900 feet and the
+, intention is TO go $500 feet IL nee
essary.
Continuing the Construction.
| Although the local plant of tho
| Empire Refining company has beer
closed down temporarily because OF
the poor market for refined prod
ucts. the construction on the exten'
sive additions to the plant is beinr
continued undated. The present
program includes the expenditure OF
s1,75O.OOO in repairs and additions
and this may be extended to tota
Expenditure OF 100000 as II Is
understood that other plants Of the
! Empire are TO be consolidated with
the Ponca City plant. The present
! ,rnnra Includes Tho merging Oi
the Independence, Kan, plant with