Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1918, Page 4

craciuas WE Tae wool Ct stewie | ° oe i is jit vu it MMOWAY OL REPORT SENT OUT. SHOWS WELL GUSTS $130,000 Firm’s Properties’ and Leases are With- out Clear Titles A report covering the operations of the Midway Oil company has just been mailed to the stockholders. The report is signed by L. V. Engman as president, and Arnold Nydegger, secretary. Among other things the report says: ? | In August of last year it became apparent to the officers of the! company that the company did fot have sufficient funds to develop its property. Certain of the Se Seay oes Ps SS pany’s property had been claimed by for the beginning of another well) adverse locators. Numerous law- |to be drilled as soon as the present| suits were threatened and the whole well is finished, about one mile situation was one causing a gteat|south of the present Midway well on deal of anxiety. ‘Several tentative| section 32, which well will be located offéts to lease a portion of the com-|high upon the side of the Teapot pany’s holdings and to protect the|dome structure. This structure is titlés thereto were made by various considered by the geologist to be one individuals and ‘‘orporations, but|of'the most perfect oil-bearing struc- upon a thoro investigation it deyel-|tures in Wyoming, the center of the oped that in almost every case the|structure and of the field having corfiipanies were either without finan-|heretofore been withdrawn by the cial means to thoroly develop the | Zovernment in order to conserve the} lands or désiréd to obtain the leases | oils supposed ‘to’ be Contained therein without sufficient revenue being |for the use of the navy, This struc- turned into the company from the | ture has never been drilled to any oil produced. |great depth, all work upon the same In the first part of October, 1917, | having been stopped by order of the Mr. Sohn C. Shaffer, of Chicago, Illi- government at the time of the with- nois, the proprietor of the News and | drawal. Times in Denver and a number of| The directors of the company other Eastern daily papers, became have at All times given their best interested in the properties of the attention and best energies to the Midway company; and on the 8th day | conserving and the protection of the of October, 1917, the company leased | holdings of the company and to the to Mr. Shaffer a portion, of. its land| management thereof to the best .in- Mr. Shaffer agreeing to in eyery|terests of every stockholders, great manher protect the lands against ad-|and small, and it is our belief that jchance to vote for three councilmen | FUEL ADMINISTRATION. TIKES OVER GAS SUPPLY The fuel administration has taken over the natural gas supply in the city of Jamestown, N. Y., and will regulate the supply and pro-rate it to the people. The gas supply there has been growing small for some years and the Pennsylvania Gas company which supplies that city notified the towns- people that they must depend upon other \sources of supply for their needs this winter. The fuel admin- istration hopes to supply the hospitals and other like necessary institutions with heat first. LUSK FIELD HOLDING UP AT HTEH PRODUCTION: ti li The Lusk field is still a comer of the first water. The Ohio well has never been completely shut in be- cause of the danger of damage to t? casing were the trenmendons pres- sure to be suddenly shut in altogeth- er. The gate is about half closed and the gusher still spouts the oil out as tho there was no end to the crude| supply down in the depths. Lusk and Manville are both boom- ing under the impetus’ from the | a | | fi gusher, a townsite is already laid aut | in aire. 70,000 ee t0. fom oY for a new town out in the field and) this plan will be a neat little city ac- cording to its sponsors who have laid| out the site with broad avenues and cross streets. ——— ——. VOICE YOUR CONVICTIONS PPELI | where the work, iti be directed and the Un pany of Cal a |ready to open an office at the |for the Ohio, Union, Te carpment of the Parkman sandsto: Se een aaa ee rene aL 800 PELINE GOES WOT te Freight Also Being Sent to Lusk Field Thru Short. Route which Lies 18 Miles from Ohio Well | Manville is to be the rail head end of the Illinois Pipeline company from has been lost, and a little more. The the Lusk. field, Mr. Thomas,Kinne7 of the Illinois Pipeline company. and a crew of Surveyors are running the | preliminary line that will outline the path for the pipe.to be Jaid) upon., from Manville to the Lusk} _ save about}not been quite as good this. week as aig, the road}iast. Naturally this has helped a de- | cellent condi-/ cli: ew pipe- on for the hauling. T ne will be commenced a' The Ohio Oil company hi branch’ officé ‘at the once. ria a int.’ Manville will be headqugrte xas, General | Petroleum and ‘the Allen Oil compan-| » lies in the coming work in, ‘the Lusk eld. It has been estimated that it e es- ne. ‘FLU’ CASES IN SHERIDAN SHERIDAN, Oct. 22.—Over 800 cases of influenza are reported in/that the bulk of sheep have been There are hundreds of Casper “citi. | this city today. zens who want to see a change in our city administration. You will have a on November 5th. But you will not B be able todo so unless your name is on the poll books. cash price 702. appear rawt er oot Liberty Bonds .wanted. Highest aid. Room 4, Kimball ecurity Loan Co, phone : 10-12-tf wh Ep uilding. nosed anville from |'$12.75; somethi hoi ight us field will ing choice .might sell ibn Pil cpm- getting /§11. Feeding ewes are selling araund same |$5.50 to $6. rs te- lbs verse claimants at his own expense | the affairs of the company are in and to do all assessment work and} other things required by law. This! lease provided for 25 per cent royal- ty on the southwest quarter cf sec- tion 30 wherein the cothpany’s well) was located and one-eighth royalty on the remaining lands leased to him. Mr. Shaffer agreed te pay to the company $15,000 for the personal property of the company at the well and, gave his note therefor, and in} addition thereto delivered to the _ company 75,000 shares of, the capital | stock of the Maryland Oil company) of the par value of $1.00 per share, } t | said company having been formed by h | Mr. Shaffer to take over the leases. Under his contract Mr. Shaffer was to thoroly develop the Midway hold- | ings: The company retained free| from the lease 320 acres of what is/ considered to be among the very best | of its lands, and_ the title to which is apparently ‘without~conflict.\ The | Midway well is located a short dis-| tance south of this land and the| Ohio company, a subsidiary of the; Standard Oil company, is now drill- ing a short distance to the north, and the E. T. Williams wells are but me a short distance, to the north and|to 9:40 region of Sampigny—Giron.- | stopping‘dead, so I was forced'to land east. The stockholders at the last annual meeting authorized the diréct| began’ at 5,500 meters. Fired 200 | Opéned fire on ors to lease this land upon such terms! rounds from 160 to 40 yards range.| utés after Thad landed and yp to as should appear to be the most ad-j vantageous for the company. The di- rectors, however, have deemed it ‘un- advisable to lease the land until such times as the above wells should be} brot in ordet that the highest royal-| ties and the most advantageous terms might be obtainéd. The Midway well is now down to a depth of 3,175 feet and is located in the Teapot dome district in the| southwest part of the Salt Creel: field. This well is the only well be- such satisfactory condition that noth- ing can prevent its final success, ex- cet the possibility that the south- wetern part of the Salt Creek field and the company’s holdings upon the Teapot dome do not contain oil. Our geologists, including those of Mr. Shaffer have at all times main- tained that the Second Wall Creek sands, underlying these lands, con- tained great quantities of oil. Real. Pathos in Feelings By FRANK (United Press Staff Correspoadent] WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 15. (By Mail.)—There is pathos in.the brief reports that sometimes turn in. regayaing battles. above the clouds. iter woul the following three ae ‘with best words of a great w. they are turned in to “Capt. B reports: Combat at 9:20 ville—Etang de Girondel. Combat Put the obseryer’s gun out of action, then both of my guns failed. Lieuts. E and S also attacked, Both Lieut: | E’s guns failed and Lieut, , 8. had motor trouble. After my guns jam; med I maneuvered the enemy plane, a biplane. Rumpler, to within 50 meters of the ground in the region of Etang Neuf. Held him there for five minutes without being able to fire a shot and trying to bluff him into landing. Was several times in perfect position at 20 yards. rang: e flight commander, ~ ; ing drilled in this part of the field.| Finally the pilot realized I could not and owing to the fact that it is the! shoot, the enemy plane flew straight! test well of that part of the Salt/ for its own lines. I followed to the; Créek field with no log to folléw,| region of Louemont at 400 meters drilling has been extremely expen-/ altitude: When I turned to come) sive and very slow and we have ex-| back the enemy plane followed me to | perienced unprecedented trouble in| our own lines, the pilot firing about the sinking of the well, altho the very | 50 rotitids from the forward gun with | best oil men ip the country are in| no result. The Rumpler was camou- charge of the operations. Mr. Jack) flaged in green and black diamonds Brundage, the field superintendent) with white ‘tail the cross on tail, on for the Prairie Oil & Gas company,| upper and lower wings, number 8 in a subsidiary of the Standard Oil! white on each side of fuselage. Dur- company, is in charge of the opera-| ing the latter part of combat the ob- tions. The well has up to date cost| server stood up facing me and as I approximately $130,000. Mr. Shaf-| maneuvered, he would turn and point fer has spent more than $60,000 of} to his pilot the direction in which his own personal money and it will to turn.” , doubtless require some $20,000 to “Lieut. E reports: Saw two enemy $25,000 more before the same will | aircraft east of Bey at 4,000 meters. | have been completed. The ll is in| Saw one enemy aircraft. north of depth only about 100 feet from the Pont-a-Mousson at 4,500 meters. | second Wall Creek sand. Repeated | Over Sampigny saw biplane Rumpler. | efforts have been made to shut off; Climbed to 5,500 meters and headed! the water from the Shannon ‘and enemy aircraft off his lines. . He) first Wall Creek sands lying above turned east over Foret d’Apremont. by cementing the well, but’ on .ac-} Capt, B got under his tail while the | count of the extreme pressure of the/ pilot‘was maneuvering and an oppor- water from above ground the outside| tunity came to dive under him and] of the casing, which pressure is ap-| attack from below, which I did, firing proximately 1,200 pounds to the) 40 shots from 30 meters. Both guns} square inch, the force has broken| jammed; and while clearing jams lost down the wall around the cement s9/| sight of fight in the clouds. Capt. | that it has become necessary to drill| B and Lieut S. were still after enemy into the hard cap rock of the second | aircraft when I left at 2,000 meters, | Wall Creek sand before the cement) Rumpler had white tail, green camou- will hold back the water from above. | flage und No. 8 was painted on both The well ought to be completed, un-| sides of fuselage in white paint.” less unforseen accidents occur, by| | “Lieut. S reports: At 9:10 engaged} the middle of November, 1918, but) an enemy two-seater over Commiercy! owing to the fact of the extreme|at 4,800 meters, Fired some 150 depth of this well and the care that) shots at range of from 100 to 40 must at all times be taken to avoid } meters. The enemy plane went into| losing the well, drilling operations are|a dive and I followed pulling up at) necessarily very slow. 800 meters to fix machinegun jam. Mr. Shaffer has announced that At this’ point of the combat my he has made tentative arrangements | pressure system went bad, my motor | jwith a hole in the middle, a, white Register Thurs- day or Friday of this week- Polls open until 9 p.m. + pe Se Sew aE AE Let me put your doors and windows | in good shape by installing Allmetal Weatherstrips on them. Harris, the! weatherstrip man, phone 271J. : 10-17-10¢ | —>—__—_ | Don’t fail to register on October 24 or 25. It’s your last chance. 25. of Yanko: Air Fighters! J. TAYLOR airmen The hardly be more vivid than all their military brevity as near Gironville. “The enemy artillery my, Machine 15 min- the ‘time I left had not seeured a direct hit, altho’ the plane undoubt- edly is badly dama; rom shrap- nel and Pree Pree td Ld y The Boche airmen who figured in | this fight are slangily regarded -as |“meat’ and also “lucky Heinies” by | | the aitmen of the esgadrille. It is| seldom that victory is s0 close and| slips away so easily thru airmen’: luck. i | | An official army report which caused far more satisfaction about headquarters today than the three just quoted is the following: } “The commander-in-chief has learn- ed with great satisfaction of the ex- cellent work of the First pursuit | eroup of the air ‘service and desires | to commend it espécially for its praiseworthy record. The handicaps under which this initial pursuit unit) of the ‘American Expeditionary; Forces has been organized and begun the discharge of its duty are well known and recognized. With fine spirit and determination it has over-| come obstacles and already achieved | an enviable record. The commander | and persorinel are congratulated for their effective and daring work.’’’ The commendation from the “C- in-C”’ more than balanced the “tough luck.” AIRMEN CARRY ‘LUCK’ PIECES ON JOURNEYS LONDON, Oct. 3. 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It, is believed this severe break this week will curtail shipments, and un- goubtedly will bring more country Buyers here this coming week. It \Surely looks as tho these sheep are down to where it would be a safe}, ‘Proposition’, to feed. Consequently, le. market looks for more farmers here this coming week. | Advices got- ten from the Western range indicaté shipped out and a lighter supply from now on. isi Today’s Birthdays | | _Karl Muck, former conductor of} the Boston Symphony Orchestra, now interned as an enemy alien, born-in | Darnistadt, Germany, 59 years aga| Ly ~ John Reed, former editor of The jatgeses. now under indictment for al- leged violation of the Espionage Act, born at Portland; Ore., 31 years ago! today. | dames A_ Gallivan, representative in Congress of the Twelfth Massa-~ chusétés district, born in. Boston, 5: years. ago today.” Sei ‘Raymond Hitchco#k, one of th most popular musical comedy stars! of the American stage, born at Au- burn, N. 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