The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-30
'0|[ FRONT QUIET
As END Of YEAR
DRAWING NEARER
Little Nick and crump and Beard
Only Wells Threatening Today;
South Area Booked for
Second Completion.
OPTIMISM EVIDENT AS
OILERS COMPLETE PLAN
Believe First Of Year VIII See Real
Campaign Launched; Many oil
Men Leave 10 Spend New
Years Day at Home.

year action along tir OIL 'front.' ~
Grady county has taken slump,
there apparently being sort OF ar'
mistice declared until after the de.
mise OF 1922.
There appeared two bright spots
in the field today where develop.
ments threatened. These were the
Little Nick OH companya well In
the southwest OF the southwest Of
the southeast OF section 26.5n.Sw and
the well OF Cnmp and Beard on
the Empire lease in section 2S-5n.sw
The Little Nick was scheduled for
a completion this afternoon. II WITS
indicated IN statement from the
office Of the company that bailing
was TO start shortly after noon. An
exceptionally thick sand had been
drilled and preparations were being
made TO bail the well. by the mid
die OF the afternoon a new producer
was to have been added TO the ever.
increasing flock In the field.
crump Well Uncertain.
Uncertainty shrouded the move.
ments at the Crump and Beard we'll,
according to available reports this
morning. Not that there was any.
thing secret about II. Tho uncertain
part of Il was that no one seemed
IN Loao, ,ut,athor tho xyaiI ..o,,Ia ha
bailed today or not Those in
charge could not be located to verify
or deny the report that the well
would be bailed today.
In the south country, around the
Sunray mammoth gasser, in section
14-4n.Sw, there are several wells
drilling. but only one is booked for
completion soon. This is the Harwel'
we'll in section 14-4n-Sw. II was gen.
orally believed in oil circles this
morning that this well would be
drilled in about January 2. Others
are nearing the sand, but the Har
well well was said to be the only |
one really threatening.
oilers Take Layoff.
General appearances around the
hotels, supported by reports from
the field this morning, showed that
the oil men, operators, lease hounds
and brokers had decided to knock |
off work, take breathing spell and
in general dig in" until after Janu-
airy l.
There were few of "the boys to
be found this morning. Many had
gone to their homes to sepnd the |
of the year and to "get |
acquainted with their families
again. as one man put it. Others |
had been called to their home offices
for a year-end conference with ex'
ecutives at which plans for
drive" in 1923 were to be gone over
in detail. d
A comparative few are "stickinf
around" and keeping an ear to the
ground for something to break loose.
In the last couple of weeks that
one of the best things the oilers
have been doing just expecting
to break loose. Some say
that some of the operators have
been having hard time keeping
that something" from breaking.
No Show of Pessimism.
While things are quiet this week
end, there is no show of pessimism
on the part of anyone. Optimism is
shown everywhere and you can't find |
any fraternity members who will |
tell you that the fields all fluke
and that there's nothing but gas
out there
While the past six months have
seen much development, it is pre-
dicted that the real goods in the
drilling line will not get under way
for delivery until some time in Janu-
ary. During the "lull' OF the past
week a flock of deals have been per-
sistently reported, and it is known
that plans are being made for a
real campaign, once the new year
ushers the old and worn out boy
toward the dumping ground.
AS the old year goes, the optimism
is reflected in every line of bust
ness in Chickasha. Merchants and
business men are hitching up their
belts a notch and getting ready for
things to go to happening mighty
sudden,