Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-04
BEST BUSINESS TOWN IN
TEE WHOLE STATE.


All that the oil industry has ever done
in making a town 1t has done for Drum
right Cities have been built IN other oil
fields which make better showing so
far as looks are coucerucd at the pres
cnt time but mono oI them can boast of
more money per capita and none OF
more energetic patriotic body OF citizens,
Drumrlght is the embodiment Of three
towns, and today nobody could tell
where one stopped and the other begun
when Tiger, Schatiers Camp and Wheel
cr were all different.
Tiger was named for Tiger creek which
drains the oil field in it's entirety, flow
ing in general direction uorthward and
cmptyng into the Clmaron river Tiger
has been a town ever since there has been
an oil ricId here. 1t has been located in
three different places, moving to suit its
tcnt-dwclImg inhabitants about a mile
each year, to be near the center of drill
ing activity 1t finally stopped its ltln-
rrcnt career just across the gulch from
Schaffcr's Camp, which stood short dis
tance from the forks Of Tiger creek,
suspension bridge made the two camps
one and narrow winding path was
made across the hillside to spot on the
Wheeler property where some shantes
had been built.
Now there are two banks in town, To-
Gated dlagonalIy across the intersection
Of the two business streets. One Of
them in what was Schaffer's Camp and
the other in old Tiger. Wheeler is that
part of Drumright which lies just over
the hill beyond the new schoohOuse
In cOaesclng AZ the three places have,
the town proper has naturally located
itself about the middle Of the area and
begun to be improved as competition be
tween merchants grew warm. Civic
pride charactcrizes the places, as the
merchants are big city merchants and
are accustomed to make their places Of
business neat IN appearance Travelling
men often burst forth IN undisguised as
tonshment when they entered stores
where the fixtures were worth several
times what the building cost Now that
building large brick and stone flrcproof
structures has become fad in Drum
right the streets have begun to assume
something OF a metropolitan appearance.
The truth about Drumrght is not on the
surface Thousands of improvements are
merely in the bud, and three months will
make the same difference in the ap-
pcarancc of Drumright as the worm I'M
dergoes in developing into a butterfly
The things that Drmright has in
actual tangible product of money and
labor are not more numerous than its
natural advantages 1t has grown in
two years without the help Of railroad
from bare spot in a barren field to a
city of 10000 inhabitants This week
the Santa Fee railroad finished its line
into the town and established a passen-
ger service of two trains a day II has
two new two-story school buildings and
sos 900 has recently been voted to build
a high school which has become pos
tive necessity.
The Pioneer Telephone company has
n crew IN town putting in one of the
most modern plants and preparing to
give perfect service TO the subscribers
The Western Union Telegraph company
has established an office and messenger
service in the city There are five brick
and stone office buildings in use less
than four months old and contracts let
for twice the number. Offices Of pro
fesslonal men are equipped as gorgeOusly.
as money can provide. Homes and
schools and business houses are finely
decorated and elegantly furnished. bear
ing a marked contrast to the "oil camp
or the rag town which many people
seem to imagine this oil field munici-
palty.
Drumright is one of the highest
points in the oil field and is well
drained Avenues where men and
horses and automobiles and swine all
walked IN the same mud a year ago are
being graded and prepared for paving.
The remarkable progress already made
is not even a suggestion of what will
evolve from the money already expended
and the bonds already voted, and the
showing will be made in the next three
months To use hackneyed phrase. Get
in on the ground floor, " and there are
still vacancies on the ground floor in
Drumrght
There is approximately $t00O00 on
deposit in the two banks already in