Show i i A. A i m LACKEY PREDICTS BIG TINGS THINGS WYOMING FR FOR W. W Oil Oi Operator Reports Ten TenI I New Companies Which I 0 I Will Wil Start Work I I Charles Lackey president of the Lackey Oil 01 company and general manager manager manager man man- ager of oC the Cretaceous Oil 01 company which drilled the first well wel to strike oil 01 at at- any depth in the tile Dry Pines Pines' fields felds in Lincoln county W Wyoming arrived in Salt Lake last evening to attend to some pressing matters maters regarding the details connected with the speeding up of operations operations op op- op- op In the field The interest that has been shown since I struck oil 01 at a depth of feet on the Cretaceous well vell wel is very gratifying to me said Mr Lackey this morning The biggest oil 01 men in the United States have been on the ground looking for acreage and there has not been an oil 01 expert who has looked over the fields who ha hag hai not sustained me In the thE faith that kept me plugging awa away for over four years Next to my own Interests those of Dr Francis J. J Buss are the largest inthe In Inthe Inthe the field at present 1 I have Just finished a conference with Dr Buss who showed me contracts for the installation of five standard rigs In the field feld in the spring and he expects to have five more signed up for very shortly hort The Polaris Petroleum Petroleum Pe Pe- Pc- Pc company of which he is president president president dent has under is its control as a holdin holding company some acres of oil 01 land much of which I am familiar with and which has excellent strategic locations The Wyoming Lincoln company has contracted with me already to drill dri 1000 feet on the ground controlled by them and there have been at least ten more companies organized for the purpose of beginning active operations in the spring I am more than pleased at the outlook and I believe beleve the Lincoln county fields felds will wl bear out the predictions I have made for them during my operations Inthe Inthe in inthe the past four rear yeary 1 that ultimately the they will wi be among the biggest In the state of Wyoming How will vili wl the tIle suit brought against the Cretaceous company affect field feld operations operations opera opera- oper- oper he was asked tons Not at all al was the quick reply The people who are bringing the suit are merel merely doing so to embarrass me in my operations Before the Cretaceous found oil 01 they were interested with me and Mr McGlashan who has since died Inthe in inthe inthe the drilling of the first well wel They got cold feet and quit We had given them theman theman an option opton on certain holdings provided they performed cert certain ln c conditions nd tons under lder I a contract we signed iney did not perform these conditions In fact they did little or nothing Now that the Cretaceous has found oil oi they to cut In They claimed calmEd to have certain certin papers about which I know nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing and which had been heen given to them then by Mi 11 McGlashan R. R R. R n Rose nose my at attorney attorney at- at torne torney who Is county count prosecutor for Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin count county suggested a compromise If these papers could be shown Upon goIng goIng going go- go Ing to Che Cheyenne enne where the men who have brought the suit live lve lIe he found they were unable to show what they claimed The compromise is therefore off of and the suit uit It is on But In my opinIon opinion opinion ion and in the opinion of my attorney they have not a leg to stand on |