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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
BY ]. ]. MORoNBY.

To the unscientifio mind, the new
price system, based upon the gravity
OF crudes. preseAts some perplex-
tiles. Just what proportion OF the
different by-product elements that
go to make up two barrels or tanks
OF crude of different gravities may
be clear TO the scientific but II Is
an interesting mystery 10 the lease
man. How that proportion may
vary, and how tho yiriation can be
told or measured by tho hydrometer
TO such fineness as is attempted and
recorded on the run ticket, presents
some question, which everybody
hopes TO see some time cleared up,
AT the present stage the lease man
Is In a position which might be de-
scribed as "Yanquished, but not con-
vinced." He cannot see why the
same well produces tanks OF 20
cents per barrel difference in value,
within day or two. The the
gauger's test shows that way, and
the argument is closed. II ought
TO be said in passing that there have
been quite a few dlsagreements IN
the field between gaugers and lease
men upon these points, ana in some
cases quite thorough investigation
by expert authorities have proven
the gaugers TO be right But the
disputes and disagreements are in
eyitable, and probably viii be per-
petual.
1t does seem, however, that the
disputes might be very much les
sened both IN number and In SER
iousness, If the graduation OF price
were made upon a plan recognized
q finer division Of classes
For instance: The difference in
the weight In a barrel OF oil OF 80
degrees gravity, and barrel Of 3S
degrees gravity IS only liz pounds.
That Is To say, hardly more than
one and two-thirds pounds. Now,
the hydrOmeter divides this degree
Into tenths, called points; therefore.
one point is gravity of oil OF this
grade amounts 10 but about one
sixth OF a pound. Now II this point
occurs at 38.9 gravity. a whole tank
Of oil at 20 cents per barrel less
than 1t would go II the sample
weighed one-sizth OF a pound more
per barrel.
Now taking account OF the fact
that the temperature has Its bear
ing upon gravity also, and one de-
gree OF temperature, or theEeaboutG,
viii shade this value. as well as
one-tenth OF a degree Of gravity, the
field for dispute between lease man
and Rauge- Is doubled,
IL Is recognized IN practice that
there IS a little leeway 20 be al
lowed in this measurement OF grades
20 the variation between instru-
ments. There is thus left unayOld-
ably a considerable depending upon
discretion Of the gauger. In strict
ly good business, Is there not too
much? II there Is too much left
TO the discretion OF those who meet
at the tank, is there a way by which
.t might be avoided? IL seems that
there might be.
There - now being made a dif-
ference Of 20 cents per barrel for
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
combined amount to 2,s42.75o bar

combined amount to 2,s42.75o bar
rels.
This is not an excessive amount,
but TO the. contrary is rather mea-
ger amount OF Kerosene, naphtha and
gasoline for a concern as large as
the, standard OIL company OF New
Jersey, and Its subsidiaries to have
on hand any day. We find also that
other large manufacturing concerns
are forced to go into the gasoline
market and purchase gasoline tn
train-load lots 20 fill out their de-
mand, Does this look like we are
going into tho dun season with such
enormous stocks of gasoline on hand
that It will tend TO demoralze the
market? l should say quite the
contrary, that 1t forecasts a tremen-
dous demand for this product with
in the next 30 days.
There Ia too much heavy oil in
storage. The price OF heavy oil, fuel
OIL, must and always viii be con-
trolled by the price OF coal. There
is no use In any producer OF heavy
OIL thinking for one minute that he
will get a higher price for the heat
units In a ton OF OIL than he would
Tor the heat units In a ton OF coal,
and do not look for very much OF
change In the market for fuel oil
in 1929. Oil producers with heavy
gravity oil, which has little or no
gasoline content, will have to be con-
tent with the low price. All grades
OF id-Continent crude, however.
should receive an advance, the high
est quality oil should receive, the
highest advance, and the price OF
gasoline pat up acCopdinEly.
Every concern engaged in the oil
Industry should begin to store gaso-
hHe not later than February, and
E ould begin to store crude oil with
gasoline content aa the market ought
TO be better Ia the spring than 1t was
in 1912. Mexico win export into this
country, perhaps fifty million barrels
OF oil less in 1922 than It did IN
1922"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
The Damaging Effect of Spurious
Promotions on the Oil Industry
BY WILLIAM BERLIN oootsBY.


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victim uaupaoas PromoSr. @adgd
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fortunately That some Of the stigma Which Was atache TO the pro-
motions Of the hoyda period are s part OF the legitimate companies
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that there is a vast dfeFeneo between the rao COMPANY
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of the the laid
public
which
risky as to offer practically for profit to those who invested
themselves little ultimate
old
the trouble
e. s 81 s 5s @
when firms
found
this simply used this method their mailing List
securing which desired they
production the which
Of
their derel oil
stockholder
would believe all
these circulars would that there must be about haf
which
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
Coming Year Promises Much
for Oil Industry
BY w. II. CRAY.

IT believe that the oil industry IN
1928 may look forward to a more
stable and consistent market than IT
has had for a long time. We will
undoubtedly have the largest con-
sumption in 1928 that we have ever
had as 1922 has exceeded all other
years"
The trouble in 1922 has been that
the price of oil has been based too
much on low grade rather than high
grade oil, and the price in 1928 Will
be just what the oil Is worth, intrin-
sically, and that should give the In
dustry q moro healthy condition than
it has had in the last two years.
"It behooves the oil producer to 60
slow in the matter of drilling. I am
in hopes that he Will not commit the
error that he committed IN 1922, of
racing the drill continuously regard
less Of economic conditions. II is
better TO bring less oil to the surface
and get a better price for II than TO
bring more Oil to the ground and get
a less price for It,"
The holders Of producing proper
ties and possible drillahle acreage in
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. must
not get the idea that the supply is
ineXhaustible in these states, because
sooner or later these known areas
will be drilled up Just as the known
areas in other States have been fully
developed. The concern that owns a
structure IN Oklahoma or Kansas
10 years from now, on which he can.
with reasonable certainty develop
oil production, viii reap a great har-
vest because there viii then be few
remaining to be- developed.
"Oil in the ground is going to be OF
greater value every year, as~one by
one the numerous structures are be-
ing drained Of their contents The
price OF light oil should advance at
once, and should continue TO ad
vance until is has reached az least
from SO 20 S4 per barrel Everyone
IN the oil industry knows that gaso-
line is being sold too cheap, that we
cannot go on indefinitely, selling It
at the price we have sold It for, the
last two years"
IN the early part of last fall
was repeatedly told there were tre-
mendoUs stocks Of gasoline on hand
by the large refineTs and that the
condition was demoraNzing however,
we find ia December that Mr. W. c.
TenEle Of the Standard oil company
testifies under oath that their stocks
OF kerosene, naphtha and gasoline
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
The Romance of On Oil Vel

/ What IS possibly the most compre.
hensive story Of the oil business 81
found In a book entitled The Ro.
nance of the oil Industry" The his.
| tory Of some oil wells and Of come
oil leases read like fidticn, yet, truth
lie stranger than fiction. Some OF
wells. like some people, are erratic
In their nature; they are eccentric
and changeable. they seem 70 have
no fixed course. It Is only natural
10 attribute TO this class of wells a
personality because OF their freaklsh
actions.
one Of the most errat!c wells
drilled IN the Mid-Continent field IN
recent months Is that of well No. 6
of Gillespie 81 Grimes on the south-
west of 30-21n-12e, Usage county
and which Is located about IL miles
from Tulsa
This we'll was first cor nIeted IN
December, 1920. 1t was a 1O-baTrel
we'll in the Bartlesville sand at a
depth of 1871 feet; deeper drill
ling continued which developed a
10-barrel well In the Tucker sand at
l,5i5 feet; drilling still continued.
which developed 20-barrel well at
1,612 feet in the Burgess sand. The
owners had started TO make a deep
test Of this we'll but It was finished d
as a Tucker Burgess well and was
produced from both sands. The pro-
ductiOn declined IN the upper sand
and the owners decided to drill the
well TO the deep sand, and IL they
encountered nothing there, they ak
pected to plug back and shoot the
upper pay.
In March. 1922, tho we'll was
drilled to the big break in the lime,
and at 1876 feet, As feet Of sand
containing a light showing of oil,
was found. The owners had Just
decided to shoot this sand when the
drill broke into gas sand. There
was five feet of gas sand which pro-
duced 3.S00.000 feet per day with a
rock pressure Of 8S5 pounds to the
square inch. The well was turned
over to the gas lessee, the Oklahoma
Natural Gas company, and 1t was
equipped as gas well. A large duip
was buried in tho ground near the
well, and a short time thereafter this
drip exploded from the gas pressure
with such force that II demolished
and completely wrecked a barn some
rods away.
In October this year this well be-
gan 10 produce oil. The first day IT
produced two barrels, the next day
it produced four barrels. and it con-
tinued to increase It's production until
now it IS making 200 barrels per
day. At first the oil, as # came from
the well, tested so gravity, then It
fell TO about 4S gravity, which Is the
highest gravity oil ever found in the
vicinity Of Tulsa. Many OF the
bumpers have used this oil as gaso-
line in their automobiles It has a
greater Kick than most Of the gaso-
line which they buy, one pumper
used It in a gas pump for pumping
water and the engine chugged away
for six hours without missing Il
stroke. The oil has drowned out the
greateA part OF the gas and ths gas
lessee has turned the well back TO
its original owners. Three additional
wells are now being drilled sur
rounding this well and It is possible
that another pool Of high-grade oil
has been discovered right at Tulsa's
back door,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
VIM I Like In "Iob"

ny MANi1 ~ AfiNAh4tl-
! have held various "jobs' since
entering the business world. but the
one I now hold. namely. writing oil
news, liltc absolutely the best Of
all When / call at the various Of
fices OF tho oil companies, It thrills
me TO hear OF new well, tho large r
the well the greater tha thrill and
II l get an unusually exciting bit OF
news ! cannot wait untl / return
20 the desk to impart n 20 Col.
Peck, my boss. but phone him from
tho office IN which ] happen to be,
and IL pleosos him fully az much aA
10 does me. As an example Thurs
day l heard In tho Prairie office, tho
ncwa OF MoXia crude having been
advanced 20 centH per barrel by
the ToNaS company. and immo-
diatoly phoned the colonel. and he
said 40 enthusiastically, GOOD"
ana /, Of course. was pleased that
/ had broken the news to him first
In each and every office where /
call every day for news, I am al.
ways greeted with smile, and ro-
marks such as the following: How
are You today7" ANY Newsg''
tthia from a young man at the
| prHirie), "Ilow's the Colonel to-
dJy2' 'li0vo you heard about the
advance I'm crude " There's new
gushor In Smaokover heard about
10 yni' ." aud many others which
space will not permit mo to men-
| tion.
l have learned more about the oil
| business Ia tho short time l have
been on the oil desk, than / would
have learned IN 10 years elsewhere,
ana / cannot but give credit 10 Mis-.
Sofia SuppCa, ssiRtant oil editor
/ for IL wax she who IS responsible
Tor my being here. one morning
last summer we rode over on tho
'r' orHrh1n together never having
met before, and she asked II she
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
He, Too, Must Advertise
BY WILL FERRELL

by W LII + Eltft ELLA
God placed his stars upon the
Yaulted Bkies--
The forecast OF the Joys OF Paradise
He set the moon, the sun. the morn
ing glow
Where all could see, that oil Of us
might know
That somewhere out beyond that
azure tea
Is nfe eternal, friend, for you and
me.
As It's In life 40 - IN things divine.
The rose attcsts the power OF the
vine.
The quartz outcrop OF some secluded
Leads 70 the vein awaiting human
Hkill.
In everything wherein value lies
God paints a sign. He. too must
advertise.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
John Griffin Is Hopeful
for the Future

John Griffin. well-known oil pro-
Queer, who IS as level-headed and
conservative as any man I'm the oil
business. having maintained a pro-
ductlon from $50 wells IN eastern
fields, has the following to say as
to the outlook,
81 am more optimistic as TO the
future than / have been for some
time. There are however, so many
angles 10 the oil business, that it IS
exceedingly difficult 10 size up the
situation and do IL intelligently
without anticipating troubles that
cannot he forcscen, as for instance;
Another war I'm Europe or some un-
looked. for rich pools being opened
up by the wildcaters. these two fea-
lures being the greatest menace we
have 10 contend with"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

might looh over my world Il al
ways believe In reading good pa
pur), and she told me she worked
on the oil page. and incidentally /
told her that / had had some ncws-
paper experience. a month OF 20
later. she called me by phone and
asked n would mind relieving her
while she took much needed va
cation well | did, and am atlll here
and very proud os my COB" She
Is a very efficient Rirl to work WITH,
and has been great aid to mo. In
concluding. wish 10 ada that have
a boss that appreciates the efforts
l put forth.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
Some Thoughts on the
Gravity System

two degrees Of gravity. Would St
not be more practical TO divide this
20 cents into fourths. allowing a
difference Of 8 points for each half
degree Of gravity? At those close
points in graduation where one point
gravity, or one degree OF temper
ature win turn n whole tanks value
between one price and another. the
amount involved would be 80 much
less that the dispute would not be
serious. IN fact it would not be
worth while.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
big Things EVpecfcA for the Baxtos
nasin Field.

CASPER, Wyo The Narter BasIr
field Is held by Wyoming geoloElsts =
to promise vast things In the future
Choice acreage is being taken over
by some OF the biggest companies.
While the field has been known Tor
years very llttle has bcen done about
Il until recently. Some remarkable
gas wolls have recently been brought
In ana Alfred Y. Schultz OF Unitec
States geological survey, made p
most hopeful repsrt on the district
som behave Il may duplicate Sail
Creek
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
schooIs to Be Heated WIth Oh

HARIFOED, COnnl-Ibe SOuth
school district Is planning 10 install
oil burning apparatus in the new
Thomas Smell Weaver high school,
NOW under construction on Ridge
fleld and Greenfield avenues, The
school IS one Of the largest In New
England, and a duplicate viii be
erected shortly IN the North district
TO cost about the same amount.
The schools win represent an outlay
rof $4,000. 900.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
THE TEXTS COMPANY 10
ENLARGE IT'S PORT
ARTHUR PLANT.

HOUSTON, TeX-The Texas COM
pany has completed plans for en-
iarPing it's refining capacity at Port
Arthur, The plans. according 20 re-
ports, are elaborate and will require
several months, possibly a year, for
completion
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

Texas.
A Happy New Year to One and Al.
BY w. II. PECK.

II
doing with
devolrd almost oil
ed
caIel is Eouly
proper but toncca year
hand IS with
on the
10 @ tn
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

That strange monollth Of silence.
Ike ewarrior gsuut and gray.
WIN resist tho God OF Mammon-
till the white man goes away.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
81 NANTONIO Is NOW BURN
ING TEXAS NATURAL GAS.

SAN ANINNII, IoNaS'-NaIlTaI
gas from McMullen county Is now
being delivered TO consumers IN
san Antonio. The pipeline il 68
miles long. Laredo is the only other
city IN southwestern Texas using nat
ural gas.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
Five Years Production
sI77,s71.oss
Total New Average
iMSiithllIn, the oEmuIgee DIslrLct.

okmulgee okfuskee Hughes Seminole ana MSno SIN I ga
IS oiGathering tranontnental ppa,'
Natural 100000 gallons daily ae OF
in $lSOO0OOO
in Sl5l5000O one-eghth kIahos
nero OF States total production
the petroleum prdu1s
vas, not including profits refined Oil products
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

lYncludine BurRhurrett,
Ranger Electra, Stephens
...H|rHrI
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-16
Illustration Of Layout III Correct
Form for the Printer

The illustration above is a reproduction of a layout
with the illustrations in their proper place, the
dotted lines indicating where the text of the ad is to
be placed. An ad prepared in this manner insures a
effective "set-up" and the attractive your
advertisement, the more likely you of getting
suits The advertising salesman handling your
will give you this kind of copy service without ad
dtiona charge, don't hesitate to call Some ad
vertsers make the mistake of not taking the adverts-
ing solicitor into their confidence Discuss your busi
ness problems with him. for he is familiar with business
conditions in general and in most it will mean
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-29
SHARPSBURf. NEWS.

Inc boonSboro and Sharpsbure pike
poo. Ue O'ocked at Porterstown for
s "GohS I' Hagerstown and Fred
v;iSa se'out at POrterStown for Keedys-
,bn s Ior ~ days, Just 1900 feet far
T., |, around than the direct and fair
The sopa road. For Hagerstown take
49,. s ShaIpSourg and Hagerstown pike
Jo neIt u miles. Via Boonsboro during
CS6l miles to Hagerstown.
,,. GnarIeS Lum while ASSISTING his
ba uI' WIN his harvesting got his right
batIy 'S diedt, IN the gearing, bruisins it
i,,ro disabling him from harvest
bitten "t :, George Grafton Brashears was
,bo 10y oy a dog one day last week in
Co "ana. me dog was killed.
r,iI 'G"or Morgan of West VIRGINIA
b,,.,'e nying visit TO our town and the
tba ' .a, He was alone excent sor
more UG.ofed driver of the car
d,wu 1. DeLauney and wife wrre
fa,bn. 10 see Frank DeLaunev' Dudes
II" ,r''l e; on Sunday. Mr. bel su nae -
Mrs. 'P years and getting feeble.
seriors,n. 1g@r Hammond has been yerv
mona 8 III with symptoms OF pneu.
she i MA" ! pleurisy, but glad to saw
Way So much better now and on a fs;r
"4 NJ. ioT her recovery. 0 vi lar
Harr;s hampton made another trin n
tiou r," ;,e Pa, to bring back some p an ~
n. uI..ltuFe for Walter Stouffer
" i MIA, haeerstown pike has been erea,
are .T bpiod of late and ARRANGEMENTS n
ta.r; gs'1g made to put macadam On
ecr,l 70 and when completed will be
Ohio TO p a State road.
side r. fSur'ner, residing near Rurn-
brecs" I ,S5. has a hog Of the Poland
pounds "at will weigh nearly Zoo
in le en- ,1'I seven feet and seven inches 70
Bur,ret.' n and 81 feet hieh' ' Mr'
hogs o; . III, quite a number Of fne
NrsO ' r all ages for sale. VI ""e
her i-jer r5T Yard Carter paid a visit 70
is in i' ,bn Miss Caroline Truman S who 10
one ~ we hospital in Baltimore HAHN Tn o
sir3ir ~, neT ankles operated ', on 70
up last s-sI ,.o Gt,ay'on, of Washington. was
ling Ii. week eek for couple Of DAYS WIS WIS
$50 vile at their home here.