The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-07
TedDoi Dome GHsher Makes
Committee CoH for Further
COHlBiI
action

when word came yesterday ~ the
,omrietioH Ny ths Mammoth 'II
company ~ q 20 O0O-oatrel Well on
the Tenpot dome. wyoming, the
,htiidown committee immediately
so, husv. A wire was sent To- Sec
rotary Of tho Interior \ Is. Fhll.
agklnr whether tho committee might
be authorized 10 announce that dc.
vclopmcnt work would be suspended
not only In that field but on othet
lands under government contrnL
This would he the only logical course
for the government 10 take. follow
inc the suspcnsion by Commissioner
burke OF operations I'm ihe OonEe
nation. In tho opinion OF the com
mlttoe.
Theodore Rooeovolt. assistant Soc
rotary of the navy, while in Tulsa
Yesterday afternoon stated that any
thing regarding the attitude ot the
navy department toward the Teapot
dome naval reserve must needs come
from his superior, Secretary Denny.
Roosevelt before tho war was con-
nected with various oil companleH
and has perhaps ae good a grasp or
the oil situation as anyone In the
administration. lie learned WINE
hero that tho Mid Continent opera
tors are going TO feel decidedly un-
friendly 10 the administration IN the
event nothing is done toward the
restriction OF drilling on the naval
reserves and other lands under goy-
ernmcnt supervision.
Roosevelt Questioned.
Although Roosevelt wos not IN n
positlon TO mako n statement NJ to
his departments attitude, II Is
known that its position has been to-
ward conservation. The navy de-
partment, when It authorized drill
ing on some OF the California re-
serves and on Teapot dome, felt that
those areas we're being drained by
adjacent lease owners. II took the
view that Il would be better to bring
this oil to the surface ana store u
than 10 wait until the neighbors had
drained the areas.
The Continent producers do
not object TO the drilling OF offsets
TO producing wells In any area. gov
ernment or otherwise. Neither In
II believed. would they have any OBJ
lection to III. Il. Slnclair's Mann
moth company drilling up that end
OF the Teapot area which lies ad-
jacent TO the prolific Salt Lake field.
salk Creek operators already have
inaukurated n voluntary shutdown.
In view of the known attitude
OF the interior department. ns ex-
pressed by It's Usage order. and the
attitude for conservation that has
already been expressed by the navy
department. 1t IN believed that an an
nonncement will he forthcoming
soon regarding Teapot dome and
other government controlled areas
which will be entirely satisfactory to
the Mid-Continent operators. II In
not reasonable 10 believe that the
navy department or any other de-
] partmont, company or individual
would be foolish enough TO think
that complete development OF large
area was necessary in order to keep
it from being drained.
Wire Sent to Fail.
Following is the wire sent ysstsr-
day morning to Secretary Fail by
Chairman NJ. NJ. Dean of tho shut
down committee.
"The shutdown committee Of the
Mid-Continent field notes with APP
proval tho order OF Commlwloher
Burke for cessation of drilling In
Usage nation and the assurance
given that same is In accord with
general government policy. We take
this to mean that all other produc-
Ing reglona under contfol or govern
ment will be similarly handled. In
this connection we call attention
10 press dispatches today announo-
ing large we'll on Teapot dome, wy
oming. May we be authorized "a
announce 10 producers here that de-
velopment work will he Suspended IN
that region and other producing
areas such as Five Tribes, Western
Indians and California;"
Up TO late yesterday evening. nc
reply had been received from secre'
tary FAN, but Il Is believed that the
government will take the present ait