Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-13
TULSANS MISSING
IN A BLUE BOOK
NATIONAL VOLUME. HOWEVER.
INCLUDES MANY OkLAHOMANS
A RICH field OVERLOOKED
Romantic Material Abounds on Al
Hands In the "rown" That Oh
Made Famous

lulsa is not represented IN the ma
tional blue Book" Even though
Samuel G.. Blythe spent two vacations
In the woods surrounding the town
that oil made" he fails to mention a
single local character in his who
is Who" page, and now comes the
saddest blow of all, In all the sixty
seven Oklahomans mentioned In n
new book entitled, "Who Is Who in
Oklahoma" not single Tulsans
name can be found.
And what romantic material" did
the author miss when he failed to en-
body a life story of Tulsa's Twin
Superior Judges" or members Iof
Tulsas one famous Twin School
Boards" in the book And what rich
reading will the readers Of the book
miss when they open the pages and
find not inscribed therein the name
Of a certain national committeeman.
or that of Jim Sykes, that clarion
voiced orator or Judge Hainer, tho
famous eX-supreme judge, or John
Moran who has smashed more booze
than anyone In oklahoma, or Pat
Hurley, lately appointed attorney f.
the Choctaw Indians, or-yeS II
might be mentioned without fear
Carl Norris. the onliest only white
hope" or well, any one of a hundred
characters in Tulsa whose names. to-
gether with their biography, would
be handed down to posterity as en-
blems of romance, history and polit-
les;
OF those in this state who are con-
sidered of sufficient national fame
to attain a place among the select of
the country, more are residents of
Oklahoma City than of any other city.
They are seventeen in number; Mus
kogee is second with eight, and Guth-
rie is third with seven. The others
come from twenty-three other cities
and towns.
The list of these names is arrang-
ed In alphabetical order and first
among those who reside in oklahoma
City Is that of G. b. Ames, attorney
and Judge and member of the firm o.:
member of the special Supreme Court
Commission appointed by Governor
Lee Crlre to clear the crowded docket
of the Supreme Court. One of his
law partners, Dennis T. Flynn, also Is
in the list He is former territorial
representative in Congress.
b. F. Burwell, member of the legal
profession and a former territorial
judge, is given early among the list.
He is a member of the firm of Bur
well. Crockett and johnson. L. l..
Fulton, former Democratic congress-
man from the second district and de-
feated last year fbr reelection by
Dick T. Morgan is next in line, among
the attorneys and jurists, Whit NJ.
Grant mayor of Oklahoma City, Is
on the list as an attorney, and ]. r.
Keaton as jurist
Although not president of the larg-
est bank in Oklahoma City from the
standpoint of deposits, capital stock,
or assets, NJ. L. Turner, president of
the Western National Bank, Is the
only member of that profession who
has attained sufficient national prom
inence to be placed on the list The
nearest to that class is Oscar G. Lee.
who is given as a capitalist.
OF the educators, George II. Brad
ford, former president of Epworth
University, is the only eligible. The
medical profession likewise has two
representatives. DIR. Archa X. West,
former dean of the Epworth Medical
School, and now member of the
faculty OF the medical school of the
state university, is one, and DR.. l..
Haynes Buxton, also member of
the university medical school faculty
Is the other.
Theology has three representatives
First is given the Right Reverend
Francis Key Brooke, bishop of the
Western oklahoma diocese of the Ep-
iscopal Church and Of St. Pauls
Cathedral of oklahoma City. Then Is
given the name of the Reverend Will
liam A. Quayle. bishop OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and lastly the
Reverend Theophile Meerschaert,
bishop OF st. Josephs Cathedral of
oklahoma City.
The other Oklahoma City noted
men are John Fields, registered as a
chemist and editor Of the Oklahoma
Farm Journal; and two men whose
greatness was thrust upon them as
they are known only as former terri
torial governors. They are Frank
Frantz and w. c. Renfrow. Frantz is
a member of the Rough Riders.
outside OF Oklahoma City the list
is given by the alphbetical order Of
the cities and towns First is c. A.
Gilbreath. Jurist Of Ada. Then comes
Jesse j. Dunn. member of the SUI
preme Court of Oklahoma: John L.
Pancoast. jurist, and Prof. Walter Lee
Ross, former president OF the North
weFtern Normal School. all of Alva.
Charles o. Carter, member of Con-
srcss. and Lee Cruce. governor OF
Oklahoma. represent the city of Ard