The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

Harrison n or a5ola is Z selt--ade
ua. He vas torn n The Caocaw
nation o. -ae old Indian Territory
and vas lelt 70 his ORn resources
z. th4 zge o. ,hl-era yea-s He ed1-
Gated himself .n -he public schools
o. ne Cboctzw usuon and il 1881
was graduated from Trinity Col
lege IN Durham. y. c. IN 1900 be %
rs,ad On . farm IL me SCUM Cana
dian valley.
He has the record o. having oeen
e.e,,ed 70 more Offices Fl Oklado-
ma man any other public officer.
never having been defeated in po-
F,lcz race during his career lie Was
elected 70 The constitutional cou-
yeuuOn from the Eighty-eigbth dis
,rlc,. being one oi the youngeJ
members Of that body. but such
was his record there thet the yo,-
ers Of Hughes and P.ttsDurg coul.
Ties elected him representative from
that district, and he was chosen
speaker pro TEN Of me second legis-
la,ure.
Mr Harrison won in the demo
cratic primary over Leo Meyer, as
sistsnt secretary o. state unde.
Colonel BIZ Cross, who was a can
diJate 20 succeed his chief, and then
In turn easily defeated his republ-
can opponent.
The members Of Secretary Harri.
sons official family are II. l.. Har-
rel, assistant, and ". b. Richards
Of Oklahoma City. X l.. Fitzpatrick
and Miss Marguerite Wolfe Of Guih-
rle, and Thos. ]. ONeal, Jr, Of
Ch.ckasha.
Mr. Harrell is an OklahOman by
nativity. having been born near Po-
teau, Okla. His parents removed
soon after 70 Calvin In Hughes coun-
ty where he resided until one and
one-half years ago when he came 70
Oklahoma City. He attended the
State A. & NJ College and the In
dianola Normal School. After leay-
Ing school, he engaged In the mer-
camille business and farming, quit
ting this when he came to Oklahoma
City. His appointment met with the
favor Of the democratic party lead.
ers, for he worked strenuously to
secure his chiefs election.
Mr.. Richards is native Of Ken
lucky, having been born at Kings
Mountain He attended the State
University Of Indiana at Blooming
ton, Ind, where he was known in
botn the athletic and debating cir
clcs Of the school He was ap-
pointed 10 the United States Military
Academy at West Point from Indiana
at large but chose newspaper work
as his profession, coming to Oklaho-
ma City in 1907 to accept a po.
sitiOn on the staff OF an Oklahoma
City newspaper. He was chosen ?
delegate to the Deep Waterways
convention in New Orleans in 1909
and was member Of the resOlu-
tions committee which drafted the
resolution calling on congress to
appropriate S50,000,O00 for the i'm.
provement Of the inland waterways
Of the country.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick was born in Ten
nessee and came to McAlester, Okla.
in 1904 to practice law, having been
graduated from the Cumberland Uni
versity, of Tennessee. lie practiced
for a time in Carthage, Tenn, but
came to oklahoma, where the field
of opportunity was wider Mr. Fitz-
patrick was clerk to the code com.
mission in Guthrie.
Miss Wolfe is stenographer to Sec
retary Harrison. She is an Oklahoma
City girl, but has of late been
resident of Guthrie, having been EN-
ployed in the state insurance com
missioner's department since 1906
She has served under both the ter
ritorial and state administrations
and has been praised for efficient
work from both parties.
Mr. O'Nell was born and reared
in Mississippi and came to Chick.
asha, Okla. He is a son of Thomas ].
O'Neil. n well known attorney o;
Chickasha. He was educated in the
public schools of Columbus. Miss,
the A. and NJ. College of Mississippi
lie also took bookkeeping and
general business course in the East
man College, Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
and stenography at the Bryan and
Stratton Business College in Chi
cago, Ills.