The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-13

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wonder sometimes how Il will
soem, IN some distant. future day,
when there are no more adventures
left on earth--when Nature has
yielded up her final nuggct--whon
the laboratory has taken the place OF
the range, ana science has reduced
life 60 n drcary synthetic formula
Aud when think of these dull,
dismal prospects I am glad that l
havo lived In an era when the strong
pulse Of purpose could quicken IN
harmony with tho lure of the open
| placcs--and mans vision could look
forward In clear seeing to the un-
I equnllcd Joy OF finding something
/ lost behind tho rangCs''
40 let us focus on our mental
screens tho movie Of tho well OF
million hundcrs'
Picture community Of towering
| dCrrluks rising cut of what lately
| was u cotton field with an apollo
gctic, deserted little country church
| beyond, squattiuE id the shadow Of
an oil well. aud a hundred teams
! kicking up dust along newly
made road that, In tho past 90 days.
has become as famous a thorough
fare as Broadway
,n your vision. picture q derrick
Just before you--ouc Of the count
less many. 40 FAR az outward ap-
pearauccs go, but different from
most others, different because u Is
more than derrick lit is tho
cradle of mighty infant, about to
be born.
Tho busy world, and The super
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have heard hut whlsporlnes regard
ing this particular well Though It's
drillholc had been driven To the
sand and its casing was Get. and
the liner was iu place iu the bottom
of the drillholc. to keep tho shHlc
and sand from clogging up the cas-
ing the world was busy with It's
other affairs.
And now. TO your picture. add va
rious lease buildings. q row of etocl
flow tanks two batteries OF boil.
ers with such head OF steam that
their popvalycs are kissing In impa-
tient anticipation.
And TO all add n little group Of
Interested spectators, including a
photographer and his fair assistant
"A field superintendent TO the man
ner born" drillcr who knows the
story told by the pulsing drillstem
as well as any inspired yirtuoso ever
Fcnscd the quivors OF his sacred
"S;rad." and you will be ready Tor
the drama of the birth of 10000
barrel gusher.
No play is complete without its
cast OF characters, and | shall intro
duce them briefly:
Ed Rosa, reared in tho Pcnnsyl-
vania oil fields, born and bred In
the field work OF pctrolCum--thc
map who drilled In the discovery
well OF the great youngstown pool
In oklahoma when others said II was
a "dudv"
MA" Rosa, Ed Rosa's wife--who
has watched each mornings sunrise.
these many years, through the der
rick grillwork of many oil fields and
whose eyes are familiar with the
c checkercd shadows that play about
the messhouse door.
Monk, the stole Of the derrick
floor-the driller who has learned
Just one language well--the VOcabu-
larry OF petroleum.
Driiier williams, who learned tho
meaning OF crude" shortly after lac
learned the virtues OF milk.
The photographer who car
"shoot" gusher as well as gushei
can shoot Oil.
,, Roy II. Allison, vice president oi
our company, and a man at home Ia
the fields.
Harry II. Hay. director Of our
company, who preceded me to MeXla
several weeks, who wired me 10
come to Mexia after the Kirby gush
er was brought in, was instrumental
In helping us secure this lease, Wis
ited II nearly every day and was en-
titled to one OF the first and strong
est HOORAYS when the big moment
arrived.
And. the man who IL telling this
story, and who Joined the little In
side group OF believers when others
confessed they did not know.
Then, workmen. loitcrers. camp
: followers and field neighbors.
That's the Cast--and while II
might not vie with Paramount
production. few productions ever
were more paramount.
We have our setting and wo have
our cast.
The time ls $3.50 on the afternoon
OF Friday. December 10, 1891. Tho
place Is "Billion Dollar Row" in the
Mexia OH field Of Texas.
our first title tells US: "Bailor r.
beginning to lift eleven and one-half
Nagaras of water out OF tho we'll"
Three thousand feet OF head" Is
not only sufficient to keep the most
impulsiyc gas pressure from assert
itself, but is enough to hold a noun
tain in place a 50O-foot head turned
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