Show I 1 CONSERVING OF NATURAl GAS STRONGLY URGED On a a. complaint that natural gas as fl IB is be being heIns he- he Ins ing wasted In tn an Oklahoma locality b byan by byan an producing oil company tho the corpora corporation tion commission asks that tho the alleged I violation of or law be stopped and the thc company company com com- pany penalized The Tho latter resists tho th action taken and declares that If tho gas as conservation rules of or tho the state h be 10 en enforced en- en forc forced a as written there will of necessity he a decrease In the thc production of oil as a's the tho Oil and Gas Journal At t this time tho the government Is en encouraging cn- cn aging oil producers to tp add to tho till supply supply supply sup sup- ply EO so tInt that enough may ma- mabo bo be obtainable to meet war requirements The parties accused ac ac- ac- ac cusel of violating the thc conservation law say that the they are endeavoring to r increase the tho amount o of oil available av in their holdIngs hold hold- Ings hugs and ami that It Is Impossible to do this thin and nd at It tile the he same mc lI time Tle moro more o or I I I I I less 01 or gns gas The Tuey iney propose to 10 put pui pu tho the question before the oil administration an and find out If the thc corporation commission commission commis commis- sion is not Interfering with a government s policy with reference to producing pe pe- pe urn This Is a new turn In affairs and every oil producer in Oklahoma will be InterI Interested Inter Inter- ested sted directly In an any conclusion that may be he reached At the thc same time It would woul be advisable blo for oil producers to resort to ever every reasonable reasonable reasonable rea rea- means to save savo the thc gas Sas Already too mulch much of or that valuable product has been In this and other states stairs modern scientific methods largo large i Qu of gas can be saved fn And to sut it and antI utilize It In the making of or gasoline s-asoline would bo to the Int Interest of the I owners of wells Gas when once wasted can never ne be bo replaced d. d It represents a I distinct and irreparably irreparable loss In all ca cases case el I I where a saving of or It ma may he be effected I through proper handling of or wells well It should hould I bo ho saved In as large volume as possible I i i |