The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-23
MENA MEN PREPARE.
 10 MAKE OIL TEST
D. W. Gregory. After Investigating Here for Sixteen Months, Heads Movement---Enort Will Be
 Made Near Rocky.

If there is anything to the old say ing "third times a charm, it is due to a tryout in the third effort to dis cover oil or gas in Polk county. Un- less theru is an unexpected hitch in the proceedings the next few weeks will see determined effort by inter ested men to ascertain what manner of wealth lies hidden beneath the sun face of Polk county soil.
 Some weeks ago q proposition was submitted to a group of Menn. men for the drilling of g test well by J. 0. Adams, an experienced oil man rom Wichita Falls Tex. The proposition was presented to men who have ever been ready to promote the interests of the city and country and they saw in it an opportunity not alone Tor themselves but tor the entire commun- ity. An arrangement was made for the organization of local company to provide the needed funds for the pur- chase of drilling outfit and the start ing of a test we'll The matter of sol- iciting subscriptions was handled by D. W Gregory, who has been resi- dent of Mena the past l6 months and who is vitally interested in the work of oil development in this section. Mir. Gregory was assisted by ]. L. Reed and others, who have confidence III the undertaking.
 Mir. Adams secured from a cooper ative organization of farmers m the vicinity of Rocky, block of leases and entered into contract Go drill . well for them. The acreage of the Rocky farmers and the funds raised by Mena citizens and others, together with an investment by MT. Adams, combine to form the assets of the pro- posed company, which will be purely local in character.
 ln the words of one of those inter- ested, ''the company can't pickup and say, Were going to leave for 1t all lives here" The drilling rig is owned by the local company and the company is to be controlled hy local residents.
 After effecting an arrangement with local parties Mir. Adams returned home with two objects in view first, to arrange to move his family to Mona, second to get a drilling outfit. le has arranged the first and the AA ms are expected to reach Mene du ing the week end. The second ob- | jeet was attained last week. Mr. Adams wired his associates that he had purchased the drilling outfit and kept them posted day by day as to the progress of shipping arrange ments.
 A message came Saturday that the 1 drilling rig had been loaded on Car No. 90175 of the P. M. c. Ky, Ga small Pennsylvania road) and had been consigned to Mena in the name of E. H. Sapp. Mir. Sapp is cashier of the Farmers & Merchants bank and is trustee for the funds subscribed for oil development.
 On Monday word came to Mena that the car of drilling machinery Lad reached Texarkana. As Potter was more convenient station for unloading, it was decided to consign the ear to that point instead of Mena. The car arrived at Potter Tuesday and was set out on a side track. By unloading at Potter the task of haul ing the machinery to the drilling site will be made easier, as the place se- lected for "spudding in" is closer to Potter than to Mena. As soon as necessary arrangements can be made the drilling rig will be placed on To- cation.
 The drilling outfit is one known as Parkersburg rig and said by -exper- fenced drillers to be especially adapt ed to the kind of drilling expected to be encountered in this section. By use of crane, no derrick is needed until after depth of l,500 feet is reached.
 Twenty years ago an attempt was made to drill an oil we'll in Mena. This drilling gave the present railroad we'll in the south part of the city, the work ending before oil was found. About eight years ago drilling was started near Grannis but was aban- doned because of financial troubles.
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