Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-31
KANSAS GIRLS HEART BLEEDS
FOR OIL MEN OCT IN THE COLD
Offers Fair Board, Use of Violin,
Downstairs Rooms, Sunday School
and Fresh Beef to Drillcrs.

Here IS girl with heart! Also,
here Is a lonesome girl! Recently
there has been some activity in drill
ing wells in the vicinity Of Grand Sum
NIT, Kan.
w. c. Frost, Billy Mason and Lonny
Wildner, oklahoma oil men, known in
Tulsa, were drilling a well near the
farm OF the father of girl Of the
Kansas soil, Clara Haley by name.
The letter reached the oil editors
desk. It seems to him that there is
more a trace Of pathos in it than there
Is Of humor, and it is herewith repro
duced just as written:
Dec. II, 1914.
"The Grand Summit oil Men,
Grand summit, Kas.
Dear Sirs
"As / write this the snow is falling
fast Father is watering stock down
the hollow from you. Mother and
bro. are visiting at sisters and the
children in school l am alone and
naturally my thoughts turn to those
who are out Of warmth in the weather.
Among others think of you men with
all the storm to face before you reach
the summit. Now we live right here
in the closest house TO your work.
Although we are not in town with its
to q stranger as Grand Summit has
always been to me, l almost pity my
self. IL here you could get your mail
once every day. We have small
house library all good books to which
you would be made welcome, among
them the largest Kans history | have
ever seen. In the line OF musical in
struments you would have an organ OF
good tone in order A graphaphone
for which you probably care as little
as some Of the rest Of us. And until
my bro. goes to school "A violin which
am sure he will take pleasure In
loaning you. Now in the line of room
we have two upstairs rooms which
you could have entirely to yourselves.
They are unhet Father says that
would not suit you and doesn't seem TO
wish TO heat them however l see no
reason why one OF them should not be
het II you cared for II. We keep three
Of the down stairs rooms het and you
would be welcome TO them at any time
II you so desired. Now as to food we
set what l consider fair table. We
haven't quite as much fruit as COM
mon this year so will have to rely on
store bought fruit some. which OF
course we regret. We have nearly
every kind OF vegetable grown in this
NhAidNt NA manu- luNAuullb duOul oV
bu OF potatoes. AS to meat we have
mutton, beef and pork. We have only
mutton and bacon on hand but will
soon Kill beef and pork. IL you wish
entertainment to break the monotony
OF work they are little difficult to
find here as there. Banner School
house Is one mile from our home
where we sometimes have splendid
small entertainments and s. S. every
Sunday Afternoon at 2 +. VI. 10 wich ]
extend an invitation II IL Is possible
for you to come. The school teach Ga
young LADY, boards just across the
road and spends many evenings here
IL Is 5 miles TO Cambridge from here
and to Windsor School house. As
means OF conveyances we have only
teams and carriages or saddle Now
| spoke TO Father a minute ago about
wishing | could board some OF you
men and he tried TO discourage me
said | could not satisfy you. But |
find this Is really just about all his OBJ
ieCtions so II you think you can put up
with these comforts and discomforts
and care 10 board here / would like
to have you do so. Mother would also
for I ask her long ago. Now as to
cooking | can't hold a candle TO
Mother but | did get 81 a day and
board and room for nothing but cook
ing in a private family this summer
but ! had TO give that up because |
Mothers health got a little poorer |
than II was with me here and the girls |
fused at me dreadfully for ever leav- |
ing her with all the work except what |
my little sister did. IL you do not