Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 12, 1921, Page 10

YAGE TEN DRILLING REQUIREMENTS TO BE LIFTED WITH OFFSET EXCEPTIONS New Ruling Issued by Interior Department Affect- ing Development of Government’s Lands Is Pleasing to Wyoming Operators On the eve of the sale of government leases in the Salt Creek field, set for June'15 at Douglas, the department of the interior has issued an order that drilling requirements are suspended on leases already where offset or other drilling issued or to be issued, except is deemed necessary to protect the interests of the government. This rather belated announcement answers the question which oil men have been asking lately as to whether the government would ‘insist on the strict carrying out of the © drilling regulations under the leasing law, in view of the overproduced condition of the field. It had been the feeling, however, that if no such announce- ment were forthcoming in advance of the sale, a ruling would be made im. mediately after the question of these leases had been settied Amore important step toward the conservation of the field could hard- ly have been made. The suspension of drilling obligations is welcomed by most operators interested in Salt Creek. and it is probable that better prices will in most cases be obtained for leasea with the new ruling in force. It must be remembered that the government does not prohibit drilling. but makes it optional with the operator, the only compulsion be- ing to carry on offset or other drill- ing which may be necessary to pro- tect government interests. It there- fore rests entirely with the operators whether the government ruling re- sults in the adoption of a conserva: tive drilling policy by all, or whether there will be an effort on the part of each to obtain as great a share of production as possible. The operation of drilling in the Galt Creek probabiy represents the most. difficult problem of any field in the United States. The area inside the geological limits is so productive that it is extremely easy to increase the production from. the field as a whole. At the present time, a serious over-production exists in the indus- try, and more oil is being taken from the field today than can be hzndled ‘by the refineries. New drilling should be checked, and production curtailed in every way until better conditions assert themselves. The difficulty lies in checking production in a way / which is equitable to all concerned. The many interests in the field make this a problem worthy of the wisdom of Solomon. However, the situation is generally realized, and it is more than probable that, after the date of the Sait Creek lease sale, a congress ef all operators will be called in Cas- SILVER AND OIL DIGEST FREE Gives valuable information and quotes prices on hundreds’ of ofl, mining and industrial stocks. Sent FREE on re- quest. -A> B. Kamp & Co., 695 Den- am Bldg., Denver, Colo. —— per, either by the government or as a co-operative move by, the operators themselves. At this meeting, which will last two days or more, the prin- cipal matter to be discussed will. be just what drilling is going to be re quired on the part of each operator to satisfy the government . require- ments, and what arrangements to con- trol production’ will be bést adapted ‘to the -efficient development of the field as'a whole. The Keynote ' will probably be that what is good for the field is in the end good for each in- dividual ‘operator. There is little logic in investing money. in new wells, each of which will have to be Pinched in, rather than “keeping in- vested total stationary, and taking in- creased ‘runs from jexisting wells as time goes on until these are running to 100 per cent capacity... It will then be time.to plan more 4rilling. | Whether the results of such a meet- Tomorrow will be a great day for fishing We Have Tackle of All SCHULTE HARDWARE Co. 228 S. Center, Ph. 64W SCHULTE HEAVY HARDWARE & Blacksmith Shop 2d & David. Ph. 368-J ing will be as beneficial as is hoped; for rests wit: the future to decide: | but it is generally coriceded that, Gn- less “some measure of contro! is put, on production fromthe Salt Creek field, the effect.on crude prices will be the reverge of satisfactory. — > Jewelry and watch repairing by ex- pert workmen. All! work guaranteed. Casper Jewelry Mfg. Co.. 0-3. Bldg. Z 25+ THREE WOUNDED IN BELFAST, BELFAST, June 11—A . geant and two.constabies were shot on a street here this afternoon and are wounded. The shooting is attributed in Unionist quarters here to any at- tempt on the part of the Sinn Fein to create such conditions as would pre- “The fit fellowing is Tribune The Why of Its Durability ‘The extra powerful motor re- , quired for “sensational perform- ance”, must be either a high speed creation (which racks it- self to pieces quickly) or one of largé piston displacement (which is expensive to keep up). -An automobile designer has NO alternative other than these to secure “startling performance’. Buick) builders regard.their famous valve-in-the-head’ motor’ as a unit by which satisfactory and uninterrupted transportation ‘is made available to the motoring public at the lowest possible cost per. mile over a° period of a month—a year—or five ~ O14 Prive g DODGE Announce a substantial reduction COLISEUM MOTOR COMPANY Phone 724 BROTHERS in:the price of their cars ae | Effective June 8th. Fifth and Wolcott . Plumbers’ tools Gasoline torches Wrenches . Soldering Irons Solder yi 2s Plumbers Friends ; Bathrogm Fixtures HONEST . | He Is the water. Repair Work a Specialty \ # Gas Fittings {|* \' Plumbing, Heating and Sheet Metal Work \ 130 West Second Street and Pipe Furnaces % open them. “and the | JOHN T. BOGAN \ one of a series of articles dealing with readers and carry helpful suggestions to those The Shower Bath By S. L. GRIEBEL, Sanitary Engineer. Too little has been said in the past about the advantages of the shower bath. We are realizing more every day that a home is not complete with- out a shower bath. They can be installed as easily in an old home &s a new one, and for the benefits derived, the cost is very small. "There is nothing so refreshing as to step under a shower bath in the morning or on a hot summer day, (and they will soon be here again). It takes considerable nerve to step into a tub of cold water but with a shower it is over in a minute. Also there is the time saved that it takes to fill a tub with water. And from a sanitary standpoint it is far better to bathe in clean running water. A space three feet square will accommodate a shower nicely, or if you do not have this space, it can be placed over the tub and a curtain made of heavy duck run around the tub will keep the water from:splashing on the floor. The supplies. can be exposed or conceale d. The concealed make a finer looking bathroom and will ry cost very little more. * Tf’ you are ‘thinking of putting in a shower be sure and have a mixing valve also, which takes _ care of the temperature at which you desire the They are so constructed so that it is im- possible to turn on scalding water when we first The -water can be regulated speedily ne even température kept all the time. ial.on the front is plainly marked cold, warm yas handle has an indicator which Phone 911 \t Front Rank Steel Pipeless Furnaces \ in the home. They are wri who already have built their own dial’ the temperature yau may s t-step into your local plumber’s show- ‘ ‘room and-he willbe pleased to give you figures at mo cost to you. P.O. Box 628 and and Plumbing HEATING CO, INC. Steam and Hot Water Heat 359 EAST SECOND STREET CASPER, WYO. Gas Appliances and Gas Fitting Gas Fitting. 3 Gas Heaters Ranges 132 W. Midwest Ave. Phone 772-W J DONOHUE Plumbing Heating _ Ceniractor 704 S. 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