Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 6, 1919, Page 4

~ TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by HEA. Sie. Y Local Stocks | Wy-0-Tex -2-_-_-- .22 Bid Ask! New York Curb Amaigamated Rity. 1.12 1.25 | Bid tiie == ; Midwest Refining _ 175 toe... Midwest Common ._ 2.00 Boston Wyanlié Midwest Preferred _ 2.50 . Merritt .__. Big Indian __., a Sas ‘aad | Burke Oil ____- | Gietepek (OU) 2 | puck. Creel Okihulgee P. & R Sinclair Gulf Columbine —--_-._- | St. Cr. Prod, Assn..56.00 oo | that a majority of them were erected early in the year and are increase of Gonsolid ated RIty: West. §. 0. & L_. 350 425 |now among the drilling wells. Gow Gulch - Prod. & Ref, Com.__ 8.75 8.87 In new productidh for the month Elkhorn = i the Lance Creek field leads all 494 on the first of the month Gr. West. Pet. New York Stock Exchange jothers of the state with about 2,700 Regarding developments and pro- 13 less. The new pools of Elbing in |Tigs and wells drilling. Hutton Lake Mexican Petroleum _ 198 194% | barrels, which is exclusive of the new gress in the country at large the Oil z = | Texas Oil 269 264% well drilled into the sand on sec- City Derrick, whic compiled the are responsible for the | Sinclair Oi! 59 60 | tion 28-36-64 last Sunday. The com- above figures, makes further obser- showing, Task : 3 | U. S. Steel 106 104% |pletion of the latter is still pending. vations as follows: a ee us Southern districts of the state em-| «The Derrick’s report of oil field cat operations showed a decrease in| the order named. Mountain & Gulf _ ce fe bracing ithe Lost Soldier, SHEA ope ions during August a the new production obtained as com- zone in 7 Stanley Greene _ 75 |are coming into pretitienes any new new high record for comple w pared with July. Work at the close Northwest __ Mosher 600 j|developments and me aane wae production and work underws It of the month made an increase of | Ontwest __- 06 euraglas 850 field with three completions looms so far exceeds any past report that 13, The figures aré still below those | Pic: rdy oo 109% Teapot’ == 160 faa bas Teale ate it_ makes ee seem are in ane for June, but indications favor more so ats Sins. He i st six parison, and excites wonder at the work i Biocon Resainge oe bere Booae completed in the Big Muddy field with Frowth of the business. In cach de. “Oklahe tna aneratore completed Rity. © Prod. Corp. .47 Bigs --- - $9.90 99.90 {a total production of 620 barrels. One tai) there is an increase except the 747 wells in August, which was a/ ee ee ne | obcge = gare gsr, |g ras a failure. Twenty rigs are item of dry holes and gas wells, decreasé of ten from te previous Unitéd Petroleum. 07 j it aie eed z 94.60 drilling out of a total of 23 in the where the producer could afford a de- report, but the new production ob- Wind River Refining .18 | ona rere 92.96 field. tyeek is credited with a sin C'C@8*:, The completions for all fields taned amounted to 53,866 barrels, | eS ede | ard 4%s 9488 | peut Creek is credited with a sin” covered by the Derrick’s report make Jor 3,861 berrels more than in Jaly. eatin BS. 222 880 4th as ; « 93. jgle completion for the month rated 4 grand total of 2,722, an incre Dry holes numbered 207, and there 24 diy pee f : jat 200 barrels but $1 wells are now or 104. This increase is scattered were 52 gas producers, the figares =----- 2. 00 Victory Loan ___- |drilling out of a total of 46 rigs WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET Warm Springs - --$1.00Elk Basin ___ - 1.85 Salt Creek — - 1.50Grass Creek - 1.85 { Big Muddy - 1.50Lusk -_ - 1.80 Pilot Butte -- 1.50Lander id -25 h TITLE TO MILLIONS AT STAKE IN Named as Defendants in Action for Recovery of —° 1,040 Acres in Salt Creek Field i° iti Nine suits involving possession of 1,040 acres of petroleum lands three 00d wells in the L said to be worth millions of dollars, : Salt Creek oi! field, Wyoming conet lying in township 40, range 79, a at Chevenne, the plaintiffs being residents of the states of Idaho, Washington, Nebraska, and elsewhere who claim possession by rights of original oil‘placerJocations made in the eighties defe the § n, incorporated, now in the on of the lands, and its prede- in the rights which it now and the Pi | the plaintiffs set forth, the defend- ants entered upon the land and to hold. Se and arte ealy ousted ne aintilfs, anc a since aie lands nvolved are the soul, Rarer The petition fem sets , east quart nondwecrthwest forth allegations relative to location |= tamecetion A choriienst Guatten wae of the land in controversy by Wil- bi v2. ae Fi liam C. Henshaw and seven others southwest quarter, section ; ion 18; 08 May 4, 1910, the manner in whieh? pera the alleged right of these claim: southeast quarter, se northeast quarter section east quarter, sec 14; southeast arte section and northwest ection rh of the fol- lowing persons is ntiff in one or more of the nine sui J. Julyan ierine G. hel Morford, Id and K. G. Ju Producers defendant in all of the company; litigation between and the Midwest company and the New York and Parkman Oil com- Panies, who were adverse claiman ! and the claim of the Central Wyo 12 ’ | Ming company to an interest in the|# Morford, east half of the disputed section thru a mesne conveyances. Admission is made that the Parkman Oil company , is 4 record owner of a fractional in-| terest by conveyance from one of the | locators other than the plaintiffs. The | belief is set forth that the Salt Creek as vew York Oil ¢ Uo pnouny ay STO ou Producers’ association has acquired mént company; Midw Oilteah all of the interests of the Central . * Wyomi New York i National Petroleum company, Pinero yoenee New York and Parkinan ’ companies, Oil company, Crescent Oil company and Seattle Oil company. In each of the actions the plain or plaintiffs claim right to possession of the lands by virtue of placer claim location, claims continuous compli- son that the land was withdrawn from entry by presidential proclamation of} September 27, 1909, which was sub-| ernst to the filing made by the 4 laintiffs but prior to the filings on ance with the placer laws except when | P)#" : ' auch) complantoaas vallseeaits have; Which the claims of the defendants | : lare predicated. | been prevented by the defe Hugh id Dotsey of s | asserts that the defendant pease aa tiae eee pone eny er, arc Producers’ association is in unlawful\ 2'tormeys for the plaintiffs. occupancy and possession of the land. In each action the ousting of the Salt —- Creck Producers on, and the installation of the plaintiff or plain- tiffs in possession, is sought The ient allegations of one of the nine suits give an idea of the character and contentions of the whole group. E. C. Holly, F. J. Jul- yan, Katherine C. Bailey and Maria ley claim the southeust quarter of! section 27-40-79, and direct suit for possession thereof against the Park- man, New York, Bluestone and Mid- west Oil companies, the Central Wyo- : : ming Oil and Development company, | To Succeed in This | contend discover- 160 acres claim ed as a placer mining claim con oil and gas. Continuously ereafter they assert, they have com plied with all laws essential to hold ng the land under the mining Jaws, except in so far and during such times as they h been unlawfully pre vented from doing so by force and violence and other acts committed by herein other than the 1 Oil company and York Oi! compahy 1s, ducers’ that on June ed and loc O. H. Shoup and the Salt Creek Pro eee oR aE World You Must Not Be capped ted the Handi- tain If you have imperfect vis- ion and Wear cheap, in- ferior glasses you cannot expect to the best. compete with man who wears the Our Glasses possess the defendants defendant Par the defendant Ne On the Quality and are made with Ability. EB S PILLS ia BURNETT-HYNES Optical Co. Ground Floor, Midwest Hotel or about December 1, jeat Ask your Druggist for ‘ter 6 Diamons 4 Gard worst NOP) Blue Ribbos. Pac. aeale) wit (Blue no ot raat se oa OSE ren © TAMUND BEAND PILLS, for 25 yearsknownns Best, Sofest, Almays Rellwit SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE ' standing. pletions were recorded, all of which for the other divisions encountered the last of the week is (field boasts of 121 rigs up of which 62 are drilling. | recorded in the Warm Springs, Grass \Creek and Thermopolis fields, with a | rels. were filed in the United States district |ty-three rigs more derricks two new wells during August with a y It Creek Producers’ ———————___________—__ 99 rigs up for six completions scattered about cent of failures in the state, one of which was dry, two of completions. held &4ssers end three oil wells with a ber of five for total production of tricts of which 66 are drilling. with nearly a thousand barrels more and June it was 1,902, so that Aug- passed to Shoup and the Midwest 0i]|£0F the month of July. Two gassers ust makes Shoup | Were uncorked last month as against average of the three in July, 131 rigs are standing August was 170% ing as against 271 and the total num- but that none of these|y ever had a legal claim for the rea- | be Casper Daiip Eridune ‘drilling at the close of the month was 8,318, the increase over July being 653. The increase was common to) all fields, as the only divisions to lahoma and Gulf Coast, and WITH SLUMP IN NEW PRODUCTION any other cause. Increase for Month Just Ended Offsetting a decline in new production, new wells and the number of rigs in Wyoming during the month of August is the fact that the percentage of failures for the past month was cut in two, only five out of 27 wells completed being dry as compared with 10 out of 32 last month. The reduction in the almost equal to the rigs and drilling wells ‘wells in August, The new about in most of the division largest being 94 for Kansas gains and small decreases the Slight noted The produe- producers is wpectively. The increase in In the Lance Creek field three com- e producing oil. The large gasser tion credited to the new 40,146 barrels; making a gain of 41 barrels over the July report, which was the former high record. : North Texas leads in the amount of Three completions, one dry, were new production obtained, with Kan North Louisiar reporting The largest decrease is not yet listed in the completions. The oil state. sponsible for this. sas fifie. few months ago as otal production of 85 barrels. Over eno from the Gulf Coast field commanding high prices. Good wells i barrels, which is a little were a obtained in other _ fields, | he present time. Increased. but the Osage development failed to Similar results are reported from: ided 11,142 keep up to its former record. At the | he Big Horn and Basin fields where Salt Creek Producers Association and Others Are ° t arre uly. The old close of the month there were 1,551/| ne producer and two dry holes Central W fields also made bet- rigs and wells drilling in the state, | were completions in August. The ter reports than in the former month, which was ten les’ than at the end| il well has a production of 75 bar- put Kentucky and Penns <- | Out of 32 rilling. Considerable rigs up are eda drop int 1ount En : month was fairly favorable in produc-' ations with the exception of drouth on resulted from the completion of jn k and heavy rains in st Soldier, : erris and Carbon county fields with total rating of 1,300 barrels. Twen- tions were are drilling and ten we the e up. and 17 respectivels Fremont county is e divisions had s in the previous n ) barrels. of reported the greater . © drilling. but this was 27 less than Miscellaneous operations account The Gulf Coast had nearly | increvse Charcoal Bele “Steak” and Dinner at $1 .00 Per Plate Saturday Eve Special —at the— None many credited roduction of Out in July 50 per a smeller total The smallest num- ny division was re- 450 barrels. ported from Wyoming. Subtracting ighty-three rigs are up in these dis- the failures and gas wells from the total completions, leaves 1,994 pro- Total production figures are com- ductive oil producers. In July this uted at 5,500 barrels as compared number was 1,080 and in both May “<) HOTEL vells in & Music during Dinner and Every Evening high recor productive we barrels, a new $s compared with 1/ rrels w work under way makes @ 2 n, and a high rigs wells , 308 are drill- Ju f rigs standing and drilling n_increase of 18 with a to al of record. Announcement I have obtained the agency for the North Half of Wyoming and Montana for the well known and invincible FOUR DRIVE TRACTORS and will gladly explain and defhonstrate to all interested in this modern farm implement. Henry Casper, Wyoming - = = Rs nn en: showing a decrease of 27 and 17 re- new production is credited largely to the Beggs district in Okmulgee county, which is showing for one of the most Smportant developments of the great A new sand found below the old productive formation is re- This is not only a thick sand but proving very pro- Land which was condemned a! orthless, is now | DDDLO9O0OOO oOo, show a decreese were Illinois, Ok- the charge was not large in either, and due more to local conditions than The large increase came from Northwest Texas of 475. Twenty-Seven Completions with 5,500 Barrels Is Rec- s2ne,feom Novthmest more an ord for Wyoming and Drilling Operations Show = or“the ota sew work was 5700,, or 2,609 less than at present. It is/| worthy of note that this increase is/—a@ decrease of operations in Producers, Northwest Texas at present, as a year ago this division reported only 551 e d. “Ka sported 397 completed ‘of the total reported. Th ying Visions 3 ineroaas PI 94, operations were second with 16 per production obtained was cent and ag SSunty seubpiied i s sli significe in view ‘ i ‘12 per cent of the total. @ open- number of rigs holds slight significance in view of the fact ‘19,655 bargels? amalins tke Een lagtot Adve folds in, Comtindlele, Bast- July report. Fifty-five dry holes and land, Stephens and ome scents 12 gas producers were’ included in the | Was featured during als pats completions; the failures being seven | report shows a wondei BM ance ae more than in July and the gas wells |in new work, the total reaching 2, Butler county and Peabody in Marion, | the wildcats take the lead with over improved | one-fourth the total, while more than Butler county more than | half is supplied by net doubled its July initial output. Wild-| Eastland and Stephens counties in SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1919 eee of July. Okmulgee afd Tulsa lead | in the new wofk. ig | “Northwest Tétis i8 the gréatest oil field of the United States, and is increasing in importénte @ith month. The main féatufe of the field in Aug- ust was enothér ificfeasé in the in- itial production, the total being 209,- 802 barrels, or 24,337 barrels more than in July. The completions were 3808, showing a slight decrease of 24, from the July figures. In the work - completed were included 67 dry holes 27, and two gas! the same as for July. Burkburnett led all other districts in the amount of new production ob- tained, as it furnished 63 per cent The wildcat ECZEMA On face in large red spots. Later formed into blisters on both checks. Sore, red and itched so could hardly bear it. Face 80 disfigured ashamed to be seen. Mother said to try Cuti- curd. Used one cake Soap and one box of Ointment when was healed. From, signed statement of Miss Nellie M. Schunter, Lyons, Colo. How to Have a Clear Skin Having cleared your skin keep it clear by using Cuticura Soap and Ointthent for every-day toilet pur- poses and Cuticuta Talcum to powder and pecfume. Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water, using plenty of soap, best applied with the hands which it softens wonderfully. If Signs of pimples, redness or rough- ness are present ‘ouch lightly with Ciiticura Gintment before bathing to soothe and heal. Cuticura Talcum is lactic, soothing dusti fascinating fragrance. In this figure Burkburnett, The increase in new work is 475 over the July fig- ures. Northwest Texas has now more new work underway than Ok-, ic, prophy- lelicate, lahoma, Kansas and Gulf Coast com- bined. | FOR SALE 1320 acres, 700 under One of the best Cattle ranch on Sweetwater. ditch, six miles river front, open range. cattle propositions in the state. SHEEP RANCH on running stream, seven miles from Cuts 300 tons of hay. Open range. Wnite E. F. SERVER LANDER, WYO. town. 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