The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
GIRL BESTS OIL MEN
Indian Princess Now Coming
East in an Auto.
WILL MAKE TOUR OF WORLD
Olive stokes, a wealthy Young Half
Breed. with Plenty OF Money, starts
on "a Sightseeing JOurney-0ii
People Spent a Lot of Cash TryinE
to Get Her signature TO Lease.
Not Looking for n Husband.

/ Not Looking for Husband.
/ St. Louis, Oct 20.-Theotoway. a prime
ess of the royal blood of the Indian Ter
ritory, With her big motor ear, has
shaken the dust of st. Louis AMI Is
travelling toward New York. From there
she viii go 10 Europe, where she vii! re-
main as long as her guardian continues
10 honor her demands for funds
During a brief sojOurn at the Hotel
/ jefferson the Princess Theotoway made
the other guests sit up and take notco.
/ She occupied a Iuxuriant suite, where Sic
entertained Iavishly a select number q
her young women friends OF ST. Louis.
/ She had a negro maid who exercised
great care in arranging the toilet OF her
mistress. She had d chauffeur too. al
/ though when IN her clumsy looking led
automobile she generally sat n the steer
/ ing wheel and did the driving herse I.
Tho Princess Theotoway is making he
ride TO New York IN her automobile. and
/ she intends 10 SEQ a considerable portion
/ OF Europe In the same way.
The princess would be conspicuous any
tory, in the pariors OF the Hotel Jeffer-
son, or the Waldorf-Astoria, or 10 ths TO-
tunda of the Continental She has a
round face, which beams with keen in
/ telligence. She has the lustrous brown
eyes that you read about in the story
/ book. and a wealth Of dark golden hair.
which would look like Mrs. Fisk's if there
was.1ess Of It.
/ She is a half-blood Cherokee. half
Indian and half American. 10 years old.
/ unmarried. the possessor of some of the
/ richest oil properties in the Indian Terri
tory. and an opponent Of the Standard Oh
| Company.
Graduated at Nashville.
Theotoway is a fancy Indian title. The
young woman doesn't use it in this part
OF the United States. II fact, her cal
name is Olive Margaret Stokes. She is
/ the daughter of James II. Stokes. known
In the parlance Of the Territory SIS
''squaw man." because he married an
/ Indian woman.
! The princess was graduated from Bel
mont University. Nashville. Tenn. whgFe
she was one Of the leaders Of her class
/ She is a lover OF good books, and dotes
+ on outdoor sports. she can ride a horse.
I rope steer, if necessary, and goes in
/ strongly for tennis. Baseball is her
! greatest hobby. although. OF course. she
doesn't play the game
/ When she comes 10 ST. Louis about .he
first number on the program is the
/ reservation Of seats for the ball park.
She knows personally many members Of
the Kansas and Oklahoma State leagues,
I and misses few Of the games down that
way
There is one sport that the princess
I can't stand for. It's golf The little In
dian girl can't see this game. She thinks
it's silly.
Miss Stokes (Cor that is her real name)
made d stride toward national prominence
when she outBitted the oil pirates IN the
new Indian Territory nelds. This girl sue
/ Ceeded in keeping the best agents Of two
great oil companies on the qui vive for
the greater part Of two years. before Il
/ was finally settled who should have the
/ lease. II is said. too, that as the result Of
/ her remarkable sagacity in dealing with
I oil leases. that Il cost the oil Companies
/ $500. besides what they actually paid for
the lease on the land. which was about
/ 5000 more.
Contest for Leases.
When Olive was seventeen. which was
only two years ago. she gave an oil lease
to one oil company Her father. who
was her guardian, gave az 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 Il year TO run
when Olive became Of age. il was hardly
/ worth while 10 get the lease approved
. vEH = he he of a
she would have to make a new lease. So
the situation resolved itself into a prob
| lem of keeping III the good graccs Of the
girl until she became Of age, aud then
getting her to sign a new lease This
/ is where the 5000 was spent by the
oil companies. Olive had to be shown a
good time, and she must believe that il
was not mercenary 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 corresponding
~ assiduous. The oil land was valuable
and held an advantageous position in the
field. One company which has agents in
Muskogee. sent for the girl to come 10
4 Musk0gee- She came, and was introduced
TO another young lady. handsome and &C
\ complished, and who had been working
as a stenOgrapheT for the oil agents.
The StenogTa pher was voted Il vacation
and the understanding was that she was
to take the princess somewhere out Of
the reach OF the rival oil company and
show her a good time St Louis was
the first point they reached. There they
4 took d suite of rooms at the Southern
Hotel and the oil men state that. from
the expense accounts. they must have had
royal time.
OIL Men Were OutvyItted.
\ But the automobiles. the theater boxes
and other accessories became even too
i much for the oil men. The oil lease was
becoming too expensive. Tho princess,
who had in the meantime created some
thing Of a stir in ST. Louis, must be got
ten to a more quiet place. First. on ac-
count Of the expense; second. because the
rival oil company might find her in st.
Louis She was induced to go to Yer
] Sailles. Mo-. where she had relatives.
: There she was secure from the other oil
+ men and the expense was comparatively
, trifiing. Bear IN mind that this was not
at the suggestion of the young lady, oil
! this princely treatment. il was at the
eager solicitation OF q 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 morn
ing there was q representative Of the
oil company there with a lease ready for
, her to sign. Olive was perfectly agree
! able 10 sign the lease, but there was ten
acres covered about which there was
some misunderstanding, and she desired