The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-11
MEMORIES RE-
CALLED BY WORD
OKLAHOMA
NAME "oKLAHoMA" ON PULLMAN
CAR IN pennsylvania RE-
CALLS MEMORIES TO AN OLD-
TIMER.

HIS lllbl lllllE l4t ~ hAAlO4 '4Nt IL
ceiyed copy of the Carbondale (Pa)
Leader, which contains some thoughts
worthy of reflection in connection
with the story which we republish
below, the exact counterpart of the
writer, whom all of Ardmore's old
timers will at once recognize. Ey
Listen, you hear him speak Hem
Brennan says: "a p
"On my way to the D. e H. del ~
few days ago, the name 'Oklah, =,
on the outside OF a sqeclai Pull -.
car attracted the writer's attet
It revived memories of other ! 4,
when Oklahoma, then territory, ayas
in her swaddling clothes, and the fige
civilized tribes ruled the roost, in so
far as the government of that terri
tory was concerned; the whites, in
those days, being obliged to obtain
| written permit, for which they
paid the Indian government, in order
to live in that section and do bust
ness.
"The name oklahoma also brought
to mind the fact that the writer had
brought to New York, and other lead
ing cities, the first samples of oil and
asphalt that had ever found their
wav east. and was laughed out of
court for his presumption in insisting
that Oklahoma had oil and asphalt,
and that some day great oil develop
ments would be made in that terri
tory.
THE writer in those days had com
piled a map of that section of our
country on which was designated the
oil, asphalt, coal and other minerals
as they had been located by a little
party of prospectors, of whom the
writer was one. About year ago,
the editor of The Ardmoreite, know
ing that the writer had compiled such
a map, wrote to know if he would
send it to him, which request was
complied with.
"The following excerpt from The
Daily Ardmoreite, February l, 1915,
had this to say:
""There are one hundred different
propositions within radius of thirty
miles surrounding Ardmore, any one
of which, when properly developed,
will make Ardmore a city of 100000
people said Col. Sidney Suggs this
morning. He had just received let
ter from his old friend, Col. Henry j..
Brennan in Carbondale, Pa, which
recited some of the early history in
attempts to develop the mineral
wealth of this country. The map
spoken of in the letter is dated 1902.
and shows the asphalt deposits, to-
gether with prospective oil lands, and
| it is somewhat remarkable that the
map made at that time so nearly sta
ted the oil situation as it is now de-
veloping in this country, The letter
will be of interest to those who have
made investments in this country and
will be of special interest to old
timers, who knew Mr.. Brennan, in
the early days of Oklahoma
"In so far as real results may be
| 4 Int II
is as bad to be too soon as it is TO be
too late. In the words of John d..
Rockefeller, the great oil king, to the
writer, twenty-siX years ago. at No.
26 broadway, New York, "If you can
hold those leases for twenty years
more. | have reason TO believe that
YOU will be a very rich man | have
always thought that there was a touch
of gentle sarcasm in that remark, in
as much as the Standard Oil company
today owns nearly all the oil develop
ments in Oklahoma, and the writer
does not own enough oil in that Sec
ton to fill a coal oil lamp.
"The name on the car, Oklahoma,
stirred up a whole lot of things in the
writer's head. In my minds fancy,
was camping again on the banks of
the Pennington, a beautiful stream in
the ChiCkasaw nation. In those days,
wire fences and all such were un-
known, down hathaway the whole
country, with the exception of
sparsely settled towns and settlements
here and there. as tne case might be,
was one vast cattle range. But days
alive, what a change the years have
brought about. Oklahoma City is a
city beautiful. and has a population
of $1,000 souls. Msukogee has $4,000,
Tulsa has $4,000 and McAlester, Ard
more, Enid and other cities have pop
ulations of about $1,000. Then. too,