Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-08

it was generally in the way of helpful
suggestion as to how the scope Of
business could be enlarged.
While the apparent discovery of an
oil pool of uncertain size has created
Il ripple on the industrial surface of
Holdenyile and while for the time
being, 1t must be admitted that some
of the citizens have caught the leas- O.
ing fever,o yet the great majority OF
the population is going right along
just as though there was no oil or no
prospects of oil nearer than Tulsa or
Gushing. Somehow or other the peo-
pie at HoldenYile have been reading
the dope" and they have come to the
conclusion that no city ever attained
greatness by tying its ambitions ana
its futures to one string, especially II
that string has an oil country derrick
at the end Of it. This is demonstrated
by the fact that when one man was
talking to the publicity committee or
the Chamber Of Commerce which by
the way comprises some of the livest
citizens to be found anywhere in Ok
lahoma, the chairman of the commit
tee said: Don't put in too much
about the oil and be sure to remind .
the folks that we want Touring
mill and elevator and lot of other
things which will bring laborers here.
We want the oil and we are doing all
around HoldenTlle, but we do not
want anybody to think that this Is just
a sudden squirt due to the hope or
striking an oil pool. 1t makes no diff
ference to us whether we get oil or
not, we have the foundations of city
laid here and we are going to keep
steadily hammering away till we get
there. The discovery of oil and the
development of pool will Of course
help, and help materially, but when
you have cotton, wheat, cattle, timber,
water power. climate, transportation
and other things you can better do
without oil than most places which
have prorited by it's discovery and de-
velopment."
That is the prevailing tone in Hold
enville. 1t is the tone which you find
in the banks and in the offices of tho
big stores and among those men who
expect to get rich If they ever do by
degrees and as 1.-The result of the in
cessant application of sound business
principles instead of trusting to ac-
cident.
If one should be permitted
friendly unpleasant criticism or OBJ
servation it would be that Holdenville
has been too conservative, that 1t has
kept its light under a bushel for too
long, that the people who are on the
ground all doing well as is evidenced
by the fact that there has not been
a failure of any kind in years, were
so serenely satisfied with things that
they did not take the trouble to let
the outside world know what their
advantages were and what oppOrtuni-
ties existed for profitable investment
of capitas in almost any avenue Of
commercial life and activity. They
were all making money themselves,
not a great deal it Is true, but Is and
Is per cent on the investment. they
all were living in comfortable If not
luxurious residences, they Rad the
best school and water systems in this
part Of the world, so what was the
use of putting in any extra time trying
to make other people come in and get
some of the good things? If Holden
Vile needed a cotton seed oil mill
four or five men right in front of the
bank got together and put up five or
six thousand dollars apiece, let the
contract and started work within
week. If Holdenville needed an ice
and electric light plant, Mr.. Dunn and
his son assured the citizens that tho
plant would be in operation in ninety
days and It was. II Holdenville
needed a grain and produce company,
two or three folks right at home or
ganized a stock company and the
warehouse was ready before the crop
was harvested. If Holdenvifle needed
a hotel, ten men in less than ten min
utes subscribed $1,000 each as bonus,