, 1922-05-25
WARM WEATHER PROVES
STIMULUS IN OIL FIELDS
NORMAL ACTIVITY IN every QUARTER since The
WEATHER MODERATED. PIPE line WORKING
we'll. new GASSER BROUGHT IN

)OLN DKUUuNI IW
or less to do with shaping the policy
or the state AS he served in different
official positions at the state house
Tor II years. part of the time as dep
uty secretary OF state, SO that when
elected he will be familiar with the
duties OF the office. Mr.. Hinkle also
mas the distinction OF being the or
iginal Harding man, as he almost
succeeded in stampeding the conven-
ton for him when Taft was nomin-
ated the second time. Curt was a
delegate to the national convention
and when Harding got through with
MS nominating speech he was so car
ried away. with the man that he got
upon a chair and started a demon
stration that was soOn Joined in by
about 300 delegates. Mr.. Hinkle is
now in the land department OF the
BAR OIL company (West e Hazletti
and is known by nearly every oil man
In the state. who will not only give
him their votes but will take off their
coats and go to work for him."
An additional outlet for Wyoming
oil. which will be supplied to refin-
cries which are projected at Seattle
and Spokane, is indicated in the re-
port that the Standard Oil Co., of
New York. cOntemplates the con-
struction Of a pipe line from the Salt
Creek fields to the rails Of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul in Mon
tana.
1t was at first reported that the
Standard OF Indiana was behind the
incorporation OF the Sundance Pipe
I Spa r. hat NIt~ IoA-. l~-lI
and the Standard of New York
charged with the %parentage OF the
new corporation.
The Sundance Refining company.
an allied corporation. will build two
plants on the west coast, one at Seat
tie and the other at Spokane. Plans
for the refineries have been perfected
and work started.
Whether these plans will be af-
fected by the opening of Teapot Dome
and the laying OF the pipe line to
Kansas City remains to be seen. The
Montana pipe line would provide a
truly competitive condition in the
. Salt Creek field, whereas the layins
!, a. a line to Kansas City would mean
, an extension of tie influence of the
present purchasing agent in the Salt
Creek field.
! J. II. Cooper, of Buffalo. Wyo.,
who has been spending the past
!, month in Rawlins. looking after his
, I oil interests in this field, left for his
home today. He is one of the prin-
cipal stockholders of the Wyoming
Illinois Oil company. which is oper-
ating in the Lost Soldier field.
Manager j. B.. Valentine, of the
| Calm bio oil nnr, MN " hos b0nr T.,
the city during the past week attend
! ing to business matters and waiting
until the roads dry sufficiently to
haul casing to the company's well on
~28-26-86.
c. X. Taught, representing the
National Supply company, which is
preparing to remove its branch which
has formerly been located at Lara
mic, to Rawlins, and who has been
IN town for the past week, returned
to Laramie Sunday. Mr.. Taught is
experimenting the erection Of a new
warehouse and the unloading of ma
~terials, preparatory to locating here
permanently.
Earl Clark, a young truckman.
whose home was formerly in Kear-
ASyb AN'D'S a hAAA'o az WIN '
last week while unloading a truck
load of heavy casing. He was re-
Gently married, his bride having
been Miss Beulah Spickelmier. The
remains were taken to his former
home for interment by his father
who was at once notified.
Field Superintendent F.. A. Miller.
of the Producers and Refiners Co., is
enjoying a visit from his two sons, De
Wayne and Keith. who are students
at the kearney Military Academy at
Kearney, Neb. The boys will spend
the summer here and return to school
in the fall.
Harry J. Nicely, of the Columbia
Oil Company, who has zee making
headquarters in Rawlins for the past
month, is away on a business trip,
and OF present is in Spokane.
W. w. Barker. who has been max
ing Casper his headquarters. was an
arrival in Rawlins this week. accom-
panied by Mrs. Barker. He will as
sumo the management OF the local
branch OF the Continental Supply
company, taking the place of e. E.
Jones, who has been assigned to duty
On the road.
Casper expects to learn within q
short time whether the Texas COM
pany will locate its prospective
Wyoming refinery at Casper. Induce
ments have been held out to the COM
pany, 1t Is understood, and all
agencies are working in accord on the
proposition.
Glenrock Is making q strong bid
flor the new refinery. The Texas al