Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 28 | W. F. Culmer Visits Various Oil Fields

W. F. CULMER VISITS VARIOUS OIL FIELDS ""W. F."' ie ''somewhere in America," is about all that 1 can tell you today," paid H. Wolls C'ulmer, assistant manager of the Culmer? company when asked, "Wliat'c new In the oil game this week?" "W. F." refers to Central Manager ". F. Oulmfer, and his absence at this time means there jire unusual conditions - confronting con-fronting the oil trade at present. Culco oils, depend on quality in fad quality is the watchword from the time the crude oils am taken from the ground until the finished prodm-t Js ma rite ted and just at present Undo .Sam is making mak-ing preparations to use still greater quantities quan-tities of the higher grade oils lor airships and other war work. . It is for the puriose. therefore, of ascertaining ascer-taining "just where wo are at" as Wells Cuhner expressed it that tho present trip to the nil fields was planned. Mr. Culnier will visit practically every field of importance and will make n r-raiigemcn's r-raiigemcn's to ocure as large quantities of the. high grade nil.-: ns possible for use in making the Cuho products, in order to take care of trade it: the intermountain intermoun-tain country. Asked whether there was a ny like i-hood i-hood nf advanced prices, Mr. Cuhner said: "Wo shall kc'.p up 'ho quality of Cuh-o Oils regardless of price, if we must pay more for our crudes we must ask more for Culco Oils, but so far a-s 1 know now there will ho no radical changes ir. prices this winter."