Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 6 | Oklahoma City Gusher Arouses Dreams of Wealth and Oil Boom

Oklahoma City Gity Gusher Arouses Dreams of Wealth and Oil Boom doom By ROBERT H H. H MIZE Jr United Press Staff Correspondent OKLAHOMA CITY Okla Dec 7 Press Press Press Dreams of lage and trips tc to California are the reported reactions of land owners owners owners own own- ers in the vicinity of Oklahoma City's wildcat oil oU gusher since the first shot its contents into the air Tuesday If the neighboring land owners are highly with pr prospects I of the new field to be opened at I once Oklahoma are not much less Jess so At the breakfast table in hotel lobbies on the street and in the state house offices one topic of conversation has lias replaced all others oil oil PROSPER PARK NOW Newspapers already It have ave changed the Ute name of Trosper park where the well blew in to Prosper park Civic leaders talk about Oklahoma City outgrowing its trivial Tulsa once onee and for all In the excitement It is difficult to say just what the striking of tho the barrel a day well day well near hero will mean Sane minded ones point out that Oklahoma City will not have a boom in the usual sense of the word Accelerated growth is certain tain A boom would depend on the sinking of scores of wells at once The Indian territory Illuminating Oil on company the pioneer of the field has a certain amount of control control control con con- with its extensive enough to check the running up of endless derricks CURTAILMENT LOOMS It is probable there will be some degree of curtailment to prevent overproduction o which would send oil prices downward again That prospect however Is far from being being be be- ing sufficient to dampen the ardor of the oil crazed citizens of Oklahoma Okla Okla- Oklahoma Oklahoma homa county who proudly point to the he gusher as evidence that this vicinity may take its place with other In contributing to the oil wealth of Oklahoma