The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-25
Oken1ah-A PrOphecyFuifiied
CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAoE
Okemah Wonderfully Prosperous.

mah's wonderful prosperity and tn
brilliant future ahead of her as
metropolis ranking high among tn
great cities of the state, are tn
stupendous Increases shown In a.
Nues Oi industry IN this section.
An average OF 60 to 10 car loads o
freight are uniondcd At Okemal
every day.
The fort Smith q Western Rail
road reports an increase In bushes
at Its freight office Of over 400 pc
cent since February 1922.
switching facilities on this SAINT
railroad have Increased fOutiold th'
last so days
Dkcmah has five bus aud Jtnel
Hines to supplement her railroad
and automobile travel between Cltici
iu the southern part OF the state
There are TWO lines running botwrcf
Okcmah ana Henryctta daily, ant
three lines. two automobile lines ana
a yellow bus, between Okcmah anC
Okmu,gte daily.
IL is estimated that between l5C
and 200 people Iide these Dus lines
between these Citics per day.
The Fort Smith a. Western Rail
road Co has announced "a new
motor car service over IT'S lines, be
TWEEN Okcmdh and CroWder and
sible to meet five north and south
bound trains. The morning motor
car is scheduled to meet the NJ. *. q,
r. railroad trains at CrOWder. ana
the Frisco morning trains at We
le,tku. Returning In the evening,
the motor car VIII meet the north
bound trains on both roads.
Both bus lines and motor car
service will afford a much needed
convenience to operators In the Mid
west pool, as we'll as Okcmah resi-
dents.
hammond the Trail Blazer.
In the Midwest pool where prac-
;!Cally every largo on company, cor
porntion and Independent operator
Is well represented, the Midwest 4
Gulf oil Corp, OF which II. =.
hammond Is president ana executive
head, ls given due credit for blazing
the trail to this new Mecca OF un-
dreamed OF wealth.
The Midwest pool is President
Hammond's personal achievement, a
successful victory crowning long
weary months of the most diecuur-
ing labor with no visable reward at
The head of his wild eating ven-
turc," for he was severely criticized
Tor attempting TO put down n deep
test In such Isolated toryitory. with
no surface geology nor other well
records to guide him, and nothing TO
keep up his determination but his
Implicit faith In the geological do
auctions OF Il. q. Tatum. who
blocked the Okemah structuge, and
Alexander Marshall, who did the
leasing.
g. President Hammond is practical
oil man. and, although head OF the
Midwest Gulf & OIL Corp. Is distinct
" not roll top desk president"
lie IL regular oil man" and a 80
"miSer," keeping out In the field IA
spring and overseeing the work OF
his men at all times.
The Midwest pool, which will al
ways be remembered as n monu-
ment to the unbounded faith and
snergy OF President hammond, has
not only brought great riches to the
oil Industry as whole, but the Mid
west ~ Gulf oil Corp. is In n fine
way to benefit greatly. The Midwest
&Gulf Corp. owns 200 acres of won
derfully valuable acreage In the
very heart OF the proven pool. on
which 20 wells are to be drilled.
The discovery well, which, came
In at 400 barrels is still producing
AGO barrels daily. and this at but
q feet In the sand. 1t Is conceded
that this test would make at least
n 2,000- barrel producer II drilled
In and completed. The Midwests
second test In drilling near tho top
OF the pay sand. and may he brought
in before this paper reaches it's
readers. while third test on the
lease is drilling at about 1000 foot.
The Midwest is also starting n test
offsettlng the Kemp p-Jennings-John-
son % 0O,000-foot gas well.
President Hammond IL drilling
several more tests In wildcat terri
try which he regards as very favor
able. The Midwest is drilling on an
other structure mapped by Geologlst
Tatum, this one east OF Silverdale,
In Cowley county, Kan a second
wildcat is going down on structure
mapped by Carl -. Smith near the
town OF Otto in Cowley county, Kan.
In Arkansas. the Midwest In drilling
a test we'll near Texarkana. in Mil
Ter county
/, Aside from these wildcat tests the
Midwest a Gulf oil Corp. has much
inside acrenge and several wells
drilling in the Slick field. the Rar-
tl%sville, tho Chelsea and Claremore
districts oklahoma; in the Iowa
Park and Petroleum fields In Texas;
In the Bowling Green district, KEN
trclty, and some inside stuff In the
southern Indiana fields.
President Hammond Ia practical
oil man, having been closely con-
nected with the oil industry since
mis- earliest boyhood, when his father
was n manufacturer OF nitro glycer-
ine In the Ohio fields lie IL well
vsTssd In the producing end uf the
oil business, and n splendid eXecu-
tive, and TO his great faith In his
own knowledge of potential oil
country. and his belief In Mr. Ia
tum's ability az n geologlst, are due
the opening OF this great oil pool
Mr.. Hammond Is ably assisted in
the management OF the company by
VIM T. Weichel, secretary and as
siEtnnt treasurer. Mr.. Welchel has
charge OF the Midwest offices and
h man OF good judgment. sterling
character and has made host OF
friends In the oil fraternity. Mr..
iWeichel IL n splendid executive and
well quallfiel 10 handle the myriad
nf matters which pertain to n large
oil corporation,
Another great factor in the sue
cess OF Mr. Hammond and his COM
nany 10 the strong and efficient Of
fire force. Miss Iris ~ Bonner head
OF the land department, Is one OF, II
not the most capable woman I'm the
oil industry. Her knowledge OF the
oil country practical knowledge OF
THE oil game and understanding cf