The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03
AN INFANT INDUSTRY
Local Oil Can Factory Within Six
Months Shows Development That
Means Big Enterprise.

$500
Means Big Enterprise.
There are many manufacturing con
Germs In Oklahoma City now making
Il wonderful and tremendous growth,
but few Of them are making the strides
VI the Can't Spill Oh Can company,
located 0 at 2 and ! West Skin
street. This company has been ia It's
present location and running ut It's
present capacity only since last No
yember, but its business has made
wonderful strides during that time.
The capacity " the plant Is now
1000 10 q 800 oil cam Il day with the
force Of ten men at work, but It "
likely that the plant will sOOn have to
be enlarged. The Can't Spill oil cana
| are sold In a wide territory, the heav.
lest trade Of course being In Okla
homa. In addition the product Of this
factory Is sent 10 Kansas, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Ar
kansas.
Sales are made partly on the dur.
ability VI the can and mainly on the
patented slide in the top by which
the flow OF oil can be shut off from
the spout. This slide prevents the oil
from being spilled should the can be
overturned. II also prevents evapora.
ton, and the price ia practically the
same az for the old fashioned can.
The company Is now adding new ma.
chinery to the plant TO take are of
the Increased demand.
The device that prevents the spill.
ing OF oil, whether It il gasoline or
coal oil, IL patented and does away
with the old way Of sticking n potato
on the spout The farmers using the
Can't Spill cans do not find their
groceries soaked with coal OIL when
they reach home, as Is the case II the
old fashioned a has been overturned
on the road.
The cans are made In two sizes, one
gallon and five gallons. Other pro.
ducts viii be put out at this factory
In the near future and the business
IL In a fair way to grow 10 much larger
proportions, The output Ia sold
through the iobbers.
The Can't Spill OIL Gan company Ia
one OF those In Oklahoma City that ha,
grown from a small beginning. Ma
chinery has been added from time Il
time, and the demand has grown ahead
Of the ~factory's capacity, II ia de
stined to become one OF Oklahomf
City's greatest institutions, the de.
mand for oil cans being greater thar
at any time
The officers Of the Can't Spill OF
Can company are V. NJ Lord, presiden.
and treasurer q. II Smith, vice presi
dent, and ~ r, lord, secretary.
A dandy went into a photographer
In a country town 20 get his pilot,
taken. When the Job was done he no
fused TO pay on the grounds that tn,
picture was not like him.
IAN right" said Pat, leave
there"
Next day he was passing the plac,
and saw his picture In a showcasD
and under II were the words In bi.
letters:
"rhe ugliest mug In town"
He rushed In and abused Pat.
but, me man. said Pat, "yester
day We said the picture was not llk
you, so you have no reason to CON
plain"
4. Pat sold the photo
, A British soldier In Belgium wa
one morning vending his way I
camp with a fine rooster In his arm
when he was stopped by his colon,
to know II he had been stealing chicl
ems,
mo, colonel" was the reply. e
saw the old fellow sitting on the wal
? and I ordered him 10 crow for Eni
. land, and he wouldn'ti 30 I Just too
! him prisoner"