Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1919, Page 4

Closed x 5 eal es aied a Midwest Rig. ._- een 173.00 | Oil operations in the, Fountain} The balance sheet. of the erie ~Snr Midwest pfd. ——__ 2.00 3.90 | valley in othe “southern. part. of El) Oil ‘company, as of Sept. 1, 1919, Bolton Weonlog Midwest Com. — 1.75 2.00 | Paso county, Colo,, are, attracting in-' shows) assets nz follows: Big Indian Merritt. ..- 26.00 27,00 | <Teased attention every. day.. Four, Cash --~~~---_ >-$ 123,205.69 Burke Oil _ Glenrock Oil 4,50 4.75 | oil wells, the firat of which is to be | Liberty bonds_ 5,161.10 pa Buck Creek Cosden —_- A 11.65 | started within a few days, soon will] Accounts receivable.-- 106,027.04 Bike i Okmulgee P & R 2.00 | be drilling in that territory. | Stocks of’ other com- ColanbWae es. | Sinclair Gulf _ 60.00 60.50 The land board announces a lease |. -Panies ----.--.-.-- 7,146,912.67 Consolidated Rit Salt Ck. Prod 51.00 51.50 | to the Thrift Oil Company of 10,000 Norbeck & Nicholson peli dae | West. States 2.25 2.50 | aerés in El'Paso county, supplement-|_ interests —-__-... Price CET O00 OR Sion ee Prod and Refrs.._-_ 8,00 8.75 ing a-leang inpaed Sasariny, eh 415000 [eennes: aealing bla Gt. Western Pet. | aeres in the same district. Other oil) pee eet i Dg a Get S 2 Y | che cid Sag eae EET) a |and gas leases issued. in El Paso ai s3 ate and fixtures 2,080.49 Hutton Lake { Texas Oil -.----2 285.00 284.50 | Count, within ‘the last. two weeks /DIScOunt On Capital 9379.00 Jupiter ___ Sinclair Oi) ~ ~ “60.25 59.75 bxing the total to more than 50,000; *!0°% ~------------ eka Kinney - js aBeStecl S022 104125 103.00 eene ee eee en reer. oneal 9,073,159.76 Lpnce Ck. Royalt: | é pss a ; said. | Th liabilties are ca} eee k of Lusk Royalty __ Units The Thrift company is backed by! $9 aT anes aon a Elk 3. % Lusk Pete. --____ | Stanley Greene ...-- 50 75 | Texas capital with C.E, Steward as | ee ee eee “3072 DO) adatine Mountain & Gulf | Mosher 600 | vresident. Others ‘active inthe new |) ot ai banieuaience $514.19 yi Mosher Oi] __ 200 Club 350 | field are C. H. Fisher, W. B. Fisher) “y) the pean annual report. dated Northwest | Teapot 100 | and Robert D. Weir, all of Wichita) Sept. 17, and sent to stack piers Saige | ee irate ie the Burkburnett district, in| tiie week, -R. °G. Taylor, ‘president Riverton Refg. __- | 95.20 The first well, representatives of | of Ack alate Palade hE RAD Rity. | | the company say, will go down near| baits Prod. Corp. BUisets oes Ses Tom Bell Royalty TODAY'S MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY ‘Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. 2.10 18 0 y-- i 8 Wind River Refg. 95.48 E. T. Williams -__--_ 1.55. 1.59 | 4th 43s ______ 98.90 Western Ex. -_ 8. Victory oan --.-----4-- © 99:76" . WYOMING CRUD E OIL MARKET Warm Springs --...---...-..$1.00 Elk Basin __._ --- 1.85 | Salt Creek __ - 1.85 Big Muddy 1.80 Pilot Rutte 3 pain. Ee Ol. PROQUCERS FILE STATEMENT ON GONFISCATIONG BY. GARRANZA Seizures Violate Mexican Laws and| Accepted Laws of Nations, They Declare- state department, the Association of Producers of Petroleum takes i with recent declarations made ico City by Leon Salinas, acting head of the Mexican department of in- dustry and commerce and chief of the oil bureau of that department, justifying the Carranza government's attit on the conf Reside, refuting statements b; nas, the petroleum producers charge that the acts of the Carranz: government against, which they com- plain, are in violation of the laws of Mexico itself and in contravention of the accepted laws of nations. “It is admitted,” says the state- ment, “that the question of proprie- torship. of coal lands in Mexico and the Spanish colonies was subject of contention; but nowhere in the Span- ish grantssor subsequent ordinances of the Spanish crown was vetroleum treated as the king’s patrimony or the vroverty of the nation. If anv contention did exist it was set at rest in Mexico by the mining-law of 1884. “Before this date neither coal nor) petroleum hud been developed in tion question. Sal MMOWEST JOINT COUNCIL MEETS Initial Conference «Scheduled for This Afternoon; Banquet Held Last Night The Anitial meeting of the joint council of the Midwest Refining Company workers and officials is scheduled for this afternoon. The first, get-together meeting of _ this council was last night at a bafiquet held at the dining room of the re- finery. Burke H. Sinclair, director of industrial relations of the com- pany, presided at this meeting as toastmaster. H. M. Blackmer, president of the compeny, came from Denver to at- tend the banquet last night. Other guests at the banquet were: Vice-president T, A, Dines of Den- ver; R, S. Ellison, vice president; L. A. Reed, general superintendent; G. B. Watson, general field superinten- dent; R. S, King, assistant to Super- intendent Ellison; Ambrose Hem- Mexico at all; the law of 1884 sim-'yningway, resident engineer. ply cleared up a matter in question. From that time therefore, mghts to coal and oil were acquived by Amori- cans under this law and the lays to the same effect of 1892 and 191) By the expenditure of y amount of money, American individuals ar compat have given a value to th lands relying upon the laws ofe Mex ico. Their tenure wus never ques tioned; in fact it was repeatedly rati- fied by acts of Mexican courts and the Mexican government has since 101 4 lands und upon the product “The Mexican tion that z stitutional pr ¥ constitution which it r active legislati against trouctive ¢ | to the attention of the a ador of the United States, with an assur- unce that no law or constitutional provision would take effect retroact- ively in advance of the presentation of his credentials in Februa muy operate to divest forcig s of rights legally acquired. answered by protests of your depart- ment. In harmony with such pro- tests, the members of this association have taken a united stand and re- fused to be trapped by any of the sof M aun goyernment de- the performance cof which would be government’s con-} : in con- (appearing in a self prohibits any , ept! Ned e ere acts, effect of the 4o ucquiesce in the confiscation and render the Americun protests nuga- tory. “Because mit the loss have refuged to ad- properties, the Mexican government has seeh fit to refuse in permission to drill on our Jands until “we perform such acts of ucquiesence.| +The government hus yone to the extent of sending armed forces. to stop the drilling of a well ov a property of: a member of this association which member had, in har mony with your protests, réfused bo acquiesce in confiseation of his prop the Mexican we of our erty.. In other cases, ss xovernment has granted rights _to third parties under mining. claims provided for in decrees ugainst which merican ‘government 41 wells 17) g , r s of atilling on section 38-36-65, in the has been well, bance Creek region; struck the, gas DRILLER HELD FOR THEFT OF A GENERATOR (Special to the Tribune) THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Oct. 16— Harvey Turnester, a driller employed rights by the Io Ridge Oil company, is in| down 500 feet on section 1-38-61 and} law byfthe county jail, charged with the|the Debolt and Sayre Oil company, th of a generator from the €om- ny und the sale of the stolen prop- erty to D. CG. row for $450.He has confessed the. crime. DERRICK BURNS DOWN ON SECTION a, LANGE GREEK’ The Midy ining Company, at a depth of 3,é 2 feet. A heavy blow resulted in setting fire to the e way and the derrick| derrick in was dey completely. It will he several weeks before the rig can be replaced end the well be placed in operation again, according to of- ficial company reports. The Union Oil Company is report ed to have lost its rig on section 16, Lance Creek field, when it is said to e been destroyed by fire Satur- hi day night; being drilled on sueh lands by such third parties. “In reply to. S statement we beg attention to the s is well known te violation of the Salinas’ retury acts, U, ure in open of Mexico un- der sich our investment of time; money and energy, made, and vi- vlute the accepte of nations.” Most of the mi pass the win ll your virds of the AND a — — A iw . Four Wells to Be Drilled. in -Paso C Colgrado;“Den- ; peas “4 Py ee aa 2a sg ar ee = . ; : El|Statement to Stockhalders Shows . Assets , and tes Reka Aone : } - | “I desire to. call your attention to Buttes, about 18 miles southeast ge the fact that during the last year the Colorado Springs. Material is be-' company has .climnated all the out-/ | {ug brought up for the early spudding , standing indebtedness. and is at the) | in of the other holes, present time in good financial condi- é ‘tion, and “the policy to expand the REFINERY INCORPORATED company and acquire additional prop- According to the plans of the Ser-| erties, especially proven properties, | Mice Oil & Refining Company, incor-| should be continued on a conserva- | porated here Saturday, Denver will| tive and consistent basis, | have _a modern lubricating oil refin-| ‘“‘The most important development ery withing’ the next year. The new} carried on by the company during the | company which is incorporated for | last year has been in what is known ' $1,000,000, is composed largely of | a8 the Lance Créck field in Niobrara local people and is headed by J. N.| county, Wyoming. A year ago aj Bowen, formerly of Oklahoma City, | sreat many of the leading companies) who has been actively identified with | went into this field and have been the refining industry in the mid-eon-| Carrying on extensive development 21 ie] work ‘since. The field, tho produc- ae se ae aan ing, has proven some disappointment —— ‘and conditions now do not look as RICHEST OIL STRIKE | tho it would develop into so large a ——— “Standard “Oil Company of New} TEXAS OIL BULLETIN Jersey,” says the Wall Street Jour- nal, “has made the richest oil discov- ery in recent years in this country. Through the Standard Oil Company J wijch is issued weekly and/iwrilten of Louisiana, ‘which it owns entirely, | Dy dui, WAI won of alk the oh The Jersey company has added 60,- | fields of the State and of the good, 000 barrels of oil a day to its pro- eaeeer Suge ir duction of light oil by the comple- il. this blicath tion of three ‘wells in the Homer pool tree montis ABSOL 2 ? 4 ; Write for it toda in Louisiane. The development is J ayy “sirormation of great importance to the company shout any Si Semper ok pele ic in the handling of its foreign busi- ] Of Taxes on the von eweste ees ness, especially as Standard of Lou- seliaele Ane eo & CO. isiana is operated largely for export Oil Operators “and Brokers business, its refinery at Baton Rogue Suite 168, 501 Main Street being one of the biggest in the coun-+ try.” FIELD SUMMARY AT MULE GREEK Completion of “Wells on Lower: for-...... feces Best. White Potatoes, per cwt, ” LON sais Part of Structure May Ex- | FouriGansiSunbrite tend Proven Area POM asthe ae Outside the proven area of the Good bo Mule Greek field where completions ( Bona ews Poot ianeese are now being made by the Ohio and One Dozen Large Lemons | Midwest companies with clocklike re- 10) eae ea SS eral wells» are drilling. | which will,reveal the potential possi+ for »..... wt. Dich Hs bilities of the field within compar; ; One Six Pound Box Silver G tively few weeks. | for | In the southern extention of the field the Upton Oil company is down, 1,000 feet on the northeast quarter} per pound jof section 2-38-61: Across the line, Best English Breakfast Tea jin the next township the Ohio has) per pound ... made a location for a new, test on the | Three southwest quarter of section 36-39- ae Pound Can No- Best Uncolored Japan Tea ‘ary 61. The Mike Heny Oi! company is lover 1,000 feet on the northwest | | quarter of 13-38-61. The Van Dusen sa rig up on the northeast quarter ction 12-38-61. Among the new companies in the Phone-1125 W. 10. {Summary of Diling Ove “bother, no $1 One Gallon Can Best ‘Peaches One Pound Dromedary Dates Anderson‘Cash Gri Prominent Ope - ported The Week. Progress of deep wells drilling in fe tance Creek field are Faported sk as follows by a field geout: uct Refining . company-——We 0, 1, sec, well No. yy sec. e! ‘0. 9, sec. well No. 4, sec. 25-36-65, 1400 fee! Ohio Oil company—Well No. 6, sec. 86-36-65, 3795 feet; No. 1, sec. 82-36-65, 2200 feet; well No. 2, for Tom Bell, sec. 3-36-65, 146: c well No. 2, sec. 35-36-65. 1710 feet. Buck Creek Oil company yall No. 29, sec. 36-36-65, 1200 feet; well No. 2, sec, 35-86-65, 575 feet. Western .States—Sec. 19-36-63, 4110 feet; Western States, sec. 17- producer as was at first hoped.” The Glenrock'Oil company owns & one-third interest with the Wyo-O- Tex company in 2,000 and Grayson counties, Texas, on which the Wyo-O-Tex now has a well down 2,600 feet, and also has ac- quired several lea: on the new dome known as the Graybeal strue-|_ ture, 45 miles south of Casper. The company also controls 1,500 atres in the Lost Soldier field. Production in the Grass Creek and Elk Basin fields, the report states, is about the same as last year. Sev- eral new wells have been drilled in the Pilot Butte field, and production of the Big Muddy field has been largely increased. ‘RHEUMATIC PAINS ‘ RAISING ARUMPUS? Sloan's Linintent, ¢ handy, takes the fight outer them a LOSHING around in the wet and en — the d rheumatic twinge! But not for Jong when Sloan’s Liaiment is dy. Pains, -sttains, sprains —how soon this old family friend rates without tubbing and helps drive ’em away! «And how cleanly, tooo! muss,’ no ined skin or clogged pores. Muscles limber up, lumtago, sciatica, neuralgia are promptly re- lieved. Keep-a bottle handy all the time. Get one today if you've run out of Sloan's Liniment. All druggists —35c., 70c., $1.40, ’ i imjment reeprr hands ba tated Specials tor-Friday and Saturday — One: Pound+Brookfield «Butter loss Starch Coffee ery 627 E. Second St. \ field is the Mule Creex Oil company |which is buying 4 rig from Elmer \Greene for its first well on® section | | 4-88-61. The company, of Which S. E. Phippen is a director and manager. « all but 80 acres of the leases on tion and controls some 2,920 3 of land in the field. | me four miles west-of the proven | an unknoWn rig {s going up on slion 20-3861. : | The Lusk Drilling company, in the southwest region, is overhauling a rig | preparatory to drillingsgnithe morth-, v quarter of section 16-38-61. 30,000-batrel storage tank of jlinois pipeline company is nearing completion near the producing wells 4 ‘in the field proper af prospects for the completion ‘of the “ pipeline to | Dokoming on: the state Tine by the (first of the year are good. The mujority of Companies in-, terestéd have established or are build- | ,ing good winter camps that there may be no interruption in the develop, ment work. | itch? . in them: Why sot {The aver of cottgn from the cotton! worm is placed “at $15,000,000. |/GEOLOGISTS OIL. EXPERTS || Oil Field Maps _ Blue Prints \ Explorations Reports ! Wyoming Map & Blue Print Co. P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, Lyric WHEN ‘THE\DUCKS BEGIN TO:FLY Does . your, trigger-finger “Just us the’ birds return to the feed- ing; grounds—~so the hunters come to this store. } It's a pleasant, place to select a shot- gun, rifle or revolver. and: weights. - Each guaranteed. Wace! Teayonybly, priced. -Our reputation for good shells is?bused.on the good powder the best sporting goody store in town? Holmes Hardware Co. ‘Phone 601 begin to All erate shotgun get better acquaigted with Casper, Wyo. acres in Cooke} — eee llamas a N : 83.510 feet; Western States,-sec. ‘| Unien-Sunset—Well on sec. -22- 35-65, 3520 feet; well | Sunset, sec. 4 ‘ to, “That lawyer made you admit. there are a lot of things you don’t know.”| ; “He had an unfair advantage. If 1 | had been permitted to ask sll the questions IT could hive done the sume thing with: him,” gc a package before the war "Cc a package durins the war Ec a package § NOW THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! | | \ | i { ' | { | | | TAYLOR & CLAY, Inc. : STOCKS AND. BONDS é Daily telegraphic quotations from New York, Denver, and other markets over our private-wires. . Place the convenient facilities of our office at your dis- posal to buy, sei lor obtain the best markets and up tothe min- ute quotations. Information and quotations furnished upon juest on Local Oils, New York Stocks, Liberty Bonds and other issues. Phone 203. Casper, Wyo. Ground Floor, Oil Exchange Bldg. “ABSOLUTE PROTECTION” BELL-KEMP CO. “The Insurance Men” 111 East Second ; Phone 370 Lester Brokerage House Specializing in’ - NEW YORK OIL 156.N. 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