Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-18 | Page 3 | Oil Well Drilled on Wichita Street as Town Celebrates 'Gusher Day'

K t I l 18 S I Oil Well Drilled on on- Wichita Str Street t VI til a v II As T Town own Celebrates Gusher Day y yAs A I WICHITA Kan lan Dec ec 18 United Press Press Press-An An foot 82 steel oil on derrick began drilling an oil well oil well here today today today to- to day at t the busiest Intersection of the city Tho big biff bit kit hammered away into the tho ground for 01 seven hours but it wasn't drilling for oil all The Tho drilling was one ono of the features of at Gusher l' l day today observed in honor of wick SedgwIck county unexpectedly finding finding finding find find- ing that its 1 plain lands could coul spout oil S I The drilling was characteristic of or ori i how V the people have ilave acted slice five producing wells were brought in where deep wells well had heretofore produced nothing Oil OLI is their new plaything and the drilling has been done dono to show the amateur oilmen 10 un Who havo have just is done I how it ol of Combined oil terms with tho observing of the the coming of oU oil was anniversary twenty fifth tion-of tion the tho has Wichita always ot of aviation of its airplane companies compa companies been proud it nies and avIation record and now has its oil oU factory screamed whistles whIstles' We While factory ac thousands thousands' of bombs burst an and n a crack squad of f planes flew over over- welcomed h bead ad King Aviation Queen Petralia to the celebration Tho rho king Is- Is Earl ta-Earl Earl Rowland winner of tho transcontinental class A airplane air air- plane pIano race and tho q queen is Miss Arlene Goodrich daughter of Willard VII Wll- taS lard lam Goodrich Goodrich- on whose farm a barrel Wel gusher was brought In Ini I i recently S