The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-10-15
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MAY bElhlS, let JHeH SIuuE lHc III
tn career Of Olive Stokes, a |
girl who lives at Bartles- |
as so acres o. oil land.
Ter1es mrse the fact that Miss Olive |
,tdsome and dashing, and thai
r. young and bupbling over with
spirits may help some, but those
only the incidents which she IA
n astute enough to take advantage
I'd And she succeeded in keeping TIE
CT agents of two great oil compa-
rs on the qui vive for the greater
of two years before it was IL
ally settled who should have ths
lease 1t is said TOO, that as re-
suit of her remarkable sagacity in
dealing with oil leases it cost the oil
companies $1,000 besides what they
actually paid for the lease on the
land, which was about $4,000 more.
When Olive was seventeen, which
was only two years ago, she gave an
oil lease t. one oil company, Her IA
her, who was her guardian, gave an
oil lease on the same land to another
company. OF course these leases
were not good unless ratified by the
department of Interior, and as they
would have but a year to run when
Olive became of age, it, was hardly
worth while to get the leases APPROX
ed, because when she became of legal
age she would have 10 make a
new lease SO the situation resolved
itself into a problem of keeping in the
came Of age and then getting her to
sign new lease This is where the
$4,000 was spent by the OIL companies.
Olive had tC be shown a good time
and she must believe that it was not
a mcrcenary matter either that she
was being entertained
As the time grew short when she
would attain a legal age, the attention
Of the rival oil companies became cor
respcndiugly assiduous. The oil land
was valuable and held an advanta
gcOus position in the field. One com
pany which has agents in Muskogee
sent fer the girl to come to Muskogee.
She came and was introduced to a
other young lady, handsome and ac.
complished, and who had been work.
ing as stenographer for the oil
agents. The stonographer was given
vacation and the understanding
was that she was TO take the "Oh
Queen" somewhere ont of the reach
of the rival oil company and show
her a good time. St. Louis was the
first point they reached. There they
took suite of rooms at the Southern
hotel and the oil men state that from
the expense accounts they must have
had a royal time. But the automo-
biles, the theater boxes and other ac-
cessories became even too much for
the oil men. The oil lease was be.
coming too expensive. The "Oil
Queen" who had in the meantime
created something Of a stir in St.
Louis, must be gotten to a more quiet
place. First on account Of the ex.
pense, second because the rival oil
company might find her in St. Louis.
Mo, where she had relatives. The
she was secure from the other oil
men and the expense was compare
lively trifling. Bear in mind that this
was not at the suggestion of the
young lady, all this princely treat.
ment it was at the eager solicitation
of a great oil company.
The much desired birthday finally
came while Olive was in Versailles
She was eighteen at midnight 'on a
certain night in April and before
o'clock that morning there was a rep
resentative of the oil company there
with a lease ready for her to sign
Olive was perfectly agreeable to sign
the lease but there was ten acres
covered about which there was some
misunderstanding, and she desired tc
wait until that matter was settled. TC
this day. the oil company is wonder
ing whether after all Olive was moi
smarter than they when she found
fault with that ten acres. But she
agreed TO sign the lease in full. She
did so later. But, before she had mad,
this lease she had at some time
after her birthday become shy 81
money and had drawn on the othe
oil company whose lease she haC
signed while in her minority. She
claimed that she drew this money
from the oil company on her mothers
account, but whatever her intentions
were that act cost the oil compau.
which had been watching her will
such jealous and expensive care, 1T
lease. Both companies claimed the
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