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Newspaper

Alliance Herald

Location

Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1920

Page

4

Alliance oil interests plan winter drilling in Osage field

The Boyd-Feagins syndicate plus Midwest camp move to new holdings in Osage field. Two additional wells planned by Boyd-Feagins with pipeline access to market production. Midwest company buys 160 acres from J. O. Walker and associates for a six figure sum plus heavy royalty.

Alliance Wyoming Nebraska South Dakota Boyd-Feagins Syndicate Osage Midwest Osage Field Midwest Company J. O. Walker and Associates

Mississippi-Delta Gaswell Hits Two Million Feet in Osage Field

The Mississippi Delta company's gasser in section 24 46 64 Osage field shows no drop in flow or pressure after two months on line. Gas from the well fuels many drilling rigs. The well sits on ground leased from Wykota company, controlled by Newcastle Omaha and Alliance men.

Mississippi-Delta Company Osage Wykota Company Newcastle, Omaha and Alliance Men

Nebraska Oil Prospects May Rival Wyoming Royalties

The state could gain large oil income as Nebraska owns two sections in nearly all western townships. Drilling near Bassett is underway and operations near Agate, Alliance and other sites are expected to start next year to test whether the western half sits atop the Dakota sand.

Nebraska Wyoming Bassett Agate Alliance

Oil prospects rise in Wyoming and neighboring fields

Drilling in Wyoming and nearby areas targets oil versus water in the Dakota and Lakota formations beneath Lakota sandstone. Operations at McWhorter refinery in Osage expand, with a $6,000 monthly payroll and five miles of pipeline planned. Wells at Riverton, Bassett, and Agate Basin show oil indications. tools lost at 1916 feet near a prior bore. Exploration continues toward 3,000 feet, amid broader activity by Associated Oil and Wyoming Northeastern interests.

Wyoming Montana Nebraska McWhorter Osar Osage Moorcroft Omaha Capital Bassett Rock County Oritine Weatere Mule Creek Thin Well OT Company Alliance Agate Basin

Drilling Prep Advances Near Agate Nebraska

Preparations for drilling near Agate in Sioux county Nebraska are being pushed. The site lies thirty miles northwest of Alliance and close to eastern Wyoming fields with vast fossil beds from which specimens have been collected for years.

Agate Sioux County Nebraska Alliance Wyoming Fields

Alliance leases push development as expiring dates loom

The report notes rapid Alliance lease activity with most deals requiring early next year development work. Expiration dates are expected to trigger a fest of lease terminations. Local residents and visitors including Mr and Mrs Earl Gregg Mrs Gregory of Valentine and Miss Helen Huss are mentioned in weekly business and family visits across Alliance, Marland and Crawford area towns.

Alliance

Family visits and travel plans noted in local notes

The record lists Mr. Young's father returning home with him from his grandparents. Miss Reeves and Miss Gibson visited for Sunday with local relatives. Mrs. Van Skye stayed with her parents this week and returns to Alliance. Mrs. Harry Townley and daughter Lowana plan to leave for Cheyenne Wyoming where Mr. Townley will seek employment.

Mareland Ernstine McLaughlin Alliance C. HH. Fleming Wyoming Alex Smith Erippe Jonn Sullenburger Omaha Iowa George Young Scottebluff Mr. Young Miss Reeves Miss Gibson van Skye Harry Townley Lowana Cheyenne Wyo Mr. Towsley

Letter from Chicago Tribune on Prohibition opposition

A Chicago Tribune letter reprinted in the Winona Republican Herald opposes Prohibition, arguing most Minnesotans do not want it and that Dry forces push it through. The writer compares Bolshevik pressure to wine and cites voting frustration and the belief that prohibition harms the working man’s access to beer.

Port Access in Irkut Under Soviet Rule

The note discusses difficulty obtaining a port to buy a newspaper in Irkut, Siberia, under Soviet authority. It argues oppressive governance limits individual liberty of action and supervision by authorities is pervasive.

Irkut Siberia

Ingenious Ventilation by Smoking in England

The text notes that cil in England are allowed to smoke to keep them in good humor and as an antidote for a badly ventilated room, presenting it as perhaps the most ingenious ventilation method devised.

England

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