The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-12
sonesnsrs Asous Farrer sos
wnose Ahsiasy 70 Analy-- Men
srcushs Him Iree the ssarS-
ard on pareSsorase.
WORK IN KEoKUK IN rs
openes susk on ssssse- Here and
pea.t TnrcasA ire goon-r-Has
PronInens ia k.esus Ma
s1nac Circles

In the yzly tss1e Of EH-sz Life
Horace fIerae-1 writes eassrrzsatngiy
Of Io-sa Drake, xso riIl BE rs-ne1-
bers5 ~ The cd cstErens u Keoszk-
he hsviag ban n hsasiness hare n
1879 ard hsv5zg been prominent II
Masonic circles. TIE article SLOWS
how nan with hratzs and integrity
can succeed
whsa L Vas announced one recent
day thar Lorea J. DTake had beea
elected member es tie board OF IL
rectcrs OF ire Standard Oh Co-gz1v
OF New Is-seF. which IS TIE central
organization Of TIE Oh ecztS1a-ica-
his Office vas fairy sEzEpeG VIII :
flood cs css1graEnlato-y letters ard
teleS7a-s- T1sy cane toz Eel n al
walks a lie and TIE stream EaS 80
large and steady that II took more
thar two Eesks so ackHc EteGsa al az
them- It vas significant that the great
er part Of than ~s-e from TIE west.
where he dislike o. HI large corpora
tons i greatest This Eas 6Ee 70 the
fact hat Nr- D-ass spent lcs- cs his
life il the ~@-- and i Vas there ria.
he Is best Ao=l
Waztevs- orEzsoas may De held COT
csrzing TIE Standard Oh Company. i
must u gszEas-zsss thar Mr.. BRAKES
rise u enc q the E6zt important.
and nest coys<ez roSsztoas Z tse
world o. commerce Is cze 70 quiet
ensrg ard n CID fashioned honesty
which Azve -aGsa 3 deep impression
or rks reo-2s with Ehc- b. has done
business gs- ID powerful f-iszds e
stan1 a4zaz5 ai-. Tirn their izslz-
encs zss Ss=Ez- ~ the bottom and Voc
his EEy e ~ fo- BIZ -sEAos1S from
which as zsTz- GsTfsses5 Nazr Es1
starr oz- = a VIII the sane ErsEcs
pies ~ z-= asss 10 E0-ssEs than 70 :
greater e aasz eEen-, sT tasSr zzLIe
II 70 fri : ss,o-1 CIT 70 ss-e and tor
tuEs Easv zsE : sz1-y u M DrAss
cE- wSsr zsas Illustrates lis cha-lc
Ter Ea n11ced IEs traffic zazzg= O.
3 rz-usz 10 ts1isd SIDE track 20 oEs
o. liz szppsy s-a-so-s oa RE prcniss
thar ras b1szzess / would handle
wozia1 maze tha investment z profit
snsa c1s Tor ZIG road lie ga-an-est
t1at re En11azE traffic ~u1,i rszet
sva-ass figure Fer : year. TIE traffic
mzzzgsr Cracked him Up for 81
months AMI sogz6 thzs me aeE ssszi-a
vas sanding mare Business than Lad
bse- rrozisess- Tlen lie sent for IF
DRAKE
See here. LIE said i've bee-
checking ycz rp for sax Eoz-hz- II
gci1g 70 czEt Il 1o- ana take yogl
Eord for things II put IN sid
track fo- yo1 vhs-eye- yo4 tel ne
sin Pay
That Hr brakes tris1es say, I:
the zee-T az al Ct ne people =ac
have lad business dealings With bin
They sEc7gat cascking him I'd year
aga ard accerees lis word AZ par.
Those T5o psz their faira 70 Il.
faruer9s oog have An argument !
TIE career q 3f-- Drake. for he ~.
born On q farm near Bos-oz, Fri.
County. ~ Il, and attended coEarr.
sctool Like mar others L TIA. u
eiaitT he early caught the oil feTer
and sco1 after Leaving scacoi, veg
70 TIE rs~ asi6s II ~es-e-n Peznsyi
Tania. where Es entered TIE enpEo1
Of the On Greek Railroad, ZOE run
ming from Of City 70 CORR, Ehlch i
noE z par Of the Pennsylvania sys
ten He Eaz rzp11lY promoted ul-s
IL became passenger conductor, N
ne lad 10 no-ioa Of sticking 10 RAJ
reading. ard ali O. his spsre tine VA
aereted 70 = stEdE Of oils II 1875
TaeH be Fas sEill IN his rvsnEies, h
Tenr 70 EeoKuk, Iows. ard opened /;
ouik oil station. dealing through job
bsrs. Hs sHccees1.s6 50 well -azt b
Boon attracted attention and II tvT
years he Ezs bought CIT BY the Cor
solissted Tank Line COMPANY. ! sui
sidiarg q The Standard Oil Company
Fnicn retained him q manager H.
remained there esgat years and estah
hshed supply stations tllro1gho1
souensastsr1 IoEz- He vas tner gen
% Des sfoines As manager and Iocat
"a similar stations through the res
OF the state. He also inalgarated II,
system Of delivering oil 70 merchant
IN tank wagons
Under the old method the dealer
bought their oil II bsrress and ver,
Obliged 70 stand the leakage, Thicl
often vas IN item Of conEsderabI'
importance They were allowed . r.
iund On barrels that were returned Il
good condition sEt nany Of then
were left lying zrorn6 Until they rer-
broken. ard The waoie system vas Z
best nuisance and almost lneyitabl
a source u sozae loss This was Al
changed urase~ the system Introduce
~ Mr. Drake The Oh was shipped t,
conveniently located supply stations
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