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in capital until It hns'been capitalized
at a quNtter OF a million dollars for
the last three yenrs and now as the
result Of unprecedented development
a corresponding Increase has been
made In tho capital stock of the
company
In addition TO being peerless as
an oil pioneer. Grant Stebbin1 has
produced more gas than anyone else
In the gcntiro mld-continent field.
Two years after the incorporation
of the Gladys Belle company, Mr..
Stcbbins opened the Ras fields near
EufaIlla. In Mcintosh county, and
also the gas fields near Qunton,
north OF McAlester These were TO-
600 600 To 1900. 600 foot gussers.
brought In at a depth OF about 1850
feet The same year he opened the
East Glenn Pool. bringing I'm n mum
ber OF wells from 70 TO $50 barrels
at 1890 feet.
It was IN algl3 that he struck
really 'NfE pay Down 10y Lost Guy
he drilled into a pool at 800 feet
which produced 1000 TO ] 200 bar
rolls per we'll from sand found pt only
500 feet In addition to the 20 wells
still producing IN this fold, he is
continuing TO bring TN more OF
them and also is coming money
from CaMnEhcnd gas In the same
year he opened the Nnholn pool In
MuskuEco county, from sand at
/ goo feet, getting an unusually high
premium oil, the demand FOR which
has been much greater than for the
ordinary run Of pctroleums de
veloped In this section of the
country.
Two corking good fields were un-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
Special Pipe Line Will
Tap Okmulgee Acreage

Anticipating nm enormous pro-
duction from the Gladys belle
i.2sO-acrc block In nor tlscnst cor
ner OF Okmulgcc county, the
Texas Pipe Line Company II lay
Ing n 3-inch pipe line from their
Youngstown pumping station to
this location. The pipe line will
bo eight miles long.
The Gladys BclI already has
brought In three good producers
ON tho acreage 10 he tapped by
the new pipe limo and nm cxtcn-
Svc drilling campaign now Is In
prospect.
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Wero / left up TO Grant Stehhlns.
himself however. 60 call attention
10 the fact that he has blnZcd the
trail into more unpruVcn oil tori
tory in oklahoma than any other,
the world would never know. Tor no
ia ono Of those refreshing charhGor
whose modcsty IL one Of the things
which attract attention TO his great t-
ness.
TO Mr.. Stebbins the oil develop
ment business i6 study, ana on
prospecting n game. one Which ne
has played with wonderful success
The law OF average applies To the oil
game Just the Same as II does To any
other game in which there nr'
chances to loso as well ms To WIN
but unlike games OF pure chance.
close application. careful stud& ana
wise decisions swing the halhnce
from chance to ccrtalnty--and mat
ia the way It has been played by
Grant Stebbins.
FOURTEEN YEARS IN
OIL GAME HERE.
In playing this gnmo he has n
system that In all hla own. II In y
system he has developed through ~
years of close, analytical hpMica
lion to tho study OF Its ins ana ou's
In which original theories have peen
tested out m practice. personnIlS
directed 80 that he has been hDle
TO bring II to Its highest state oil
perfection
"If / had known as much about
tho oil game when started Into II
as do now" no said tho other day
.'why I'd be many times u millionaire
off the same territory where ! got
nothing but busters when ] drilled
before"
An adventurous disposition. or
irrosistible desire to reach out lus'
beyond the other fellow. Patience
courage. determination. Keen Judg
ment. an, aggressivcness whlct
causea him to move quickly once h'
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06

barrels daily a largo part OF this
lease Is still 20 be developed.
Though this year is young, II np.
pears to- have added another to MIR
Stebbins' long list or drilling
triumphs, for hc has opened new
gas field near Scnger. In Hughes
county, that offers great promise.
While MIR Stehhins has prospcctcd
In Kansas and took fling at the
Texas oil game. he declares that
Oklahoma holds greater prospect
with surcr returns than any other
state In the union. ho believes
there are many big fields yet to be
opened and he has secured hundreds
Of acres OF leases with the intention
" going down ami seeing what he
can find lie believes he viii strike
some rich production In what is stlll
virgin territory.
At the present time ne has pro-
luction OF more than 1900 barrels
tally.
Today he ist drilling 10 wells in
Oklahoma and\ ctn,cmplateI dou-
bling this number within the neN.
80 days
He has 200 apparently proven
locations FOR wells which he pro-
poses to put down at tho earliest
possible moment
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
Manu- Rich Strikes Made Throughout
Oklahoma; His Daily Production
N0w Averages 1900 Barrels
(By JACK SCHUYLER)
Oklahoma oil producer!

TNIONEER Oklahoma oil producer
Without contradiction dstrust that he would
u accused of boastng Grant {. Sebbins president
Of Gladys Belle Oil company, president of the Oklahoma
Union Railway company president of the Stebbins Invest
ment company and officer and director in of other
prominent eastern oklahoma business enterprises could
claim this title recognizes him such Not
only do they generously accord him this honor but his
ord would force this recognition inclined
to dsputc the claim.
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SUCCESSFUL IN
OTHER ENTERPRISES.

While oil has been Grant Stebbins
major business. he has proved him
self to he remarkably versatile
business man. More than "A dozen
enterprises. every one Of them a bis
one, have been built up with him iL
the directorate, many Of them with
him at the head.
Second only to the extensive
Oklahoma City interurban system is
that OF the oklahoma Union Railway
Company, OF which he Is the presi.
dent. Also the Stcbbius Investment
Company lie IL. and always has
been since the organization Of such
"A body, director uf the Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce. lie also T.
director In the Tulsa Automobile
Corporation.
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has determined upon a proposition
and remarkable memory are traits
which have characterized his whole
ne They caused him 10 fOrsake the
farm In La Sale county Illinois, on
which he was born some b0-Odd years
ago. to enter the real estate and tn
suranCe business In Mnrseillcs. They
caused him 10 forsake his small
private business for larger field
ag land representative OF one OF tho
great western railroads They caused
him later to strike out again for
himself IN the greatest field OF buEi-
ness adventure ever entered--t
oklahoma oil fields.
That is how he happened TO come
to Tulsa some ~ years ago. lie
had made himself a little stake and
the oil fover struck him when
eastern Oklahoma was a young land
and when the oil business here was
in its infancy. He knew absolutely
nothing about It. but satisfied that
he could master IT, and determined
to IN no. he moved In and started
operations
His first attempt to tap the petro-
lcum reservoirs underlying eastern
Oklahoma was made well inside the
present Incorporated limits or th'
city. It was failure. Many nm
ambition Rs well ~ bankroll. has
vanished when the maiden effort
has proved vain, Not so with that
of Grnnt Stebbins lie shrugged his
shoulders and spudded In on n new
location. Again disappointment was
his lot The third, too, was "A
duster. There was no reward--eN
| cept experience in the fourth and
fifth. and sixth. He saw his financial
accumulation OF years shrink after
each failure. but hc learned some
thing new every time'R hit was STUCK
into the ground and confident thnt
his efforts finally would he crowned
with success, ne persisted, Failures
crossed the dozen mark without ever
| n produccr, then mounted TO score,
and IL was not until he had started
| his twenty-seventh hole that ne
struck pay. II, came In 10 bArre's
since them Ms operations nave
bcen .phenomennlly successful.
In 1905 he drillcd the trst gas
well iust west of ClaremOrr Nd ihi~
gns was piped to Clarem9re TOT
| commercial use
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
GLADYS BELLE
ORGANIZED IN 1910

Toward the close Of 1910, when II
became apparent that he was ON me
high road To fortune, he "rEhh'A'"
the Gladys Belle ON COMPANY '"p'-
lallzcd at $4,000 The other STOCK
hoIders were his wife and two
daughters and It was for his eldest
daughter that the company was
named. THIS company has grown
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covered by him in 1915, the Sarah
Cherry. in the west part OF the Boyn-
ton district. and that east OF Cherry
vale, Kan. The former was good
for wells between 200 and 1900 bar
rels at 100 feet. The Kansas wells
we're smaller but were only about
a thlrl aa deep.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06

Lease house, band power
house, boiler house and other
buildings of the Gladys Belle
Oil Company, on the Rosy
Monroe least at Stone Bluff,
where the company has Is
producing wells.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-11
Nine Chiefs Cancel
Coal Strike Order

Continued From Page One
the court and in compliance with the
courts ruling the strike order has
been Cancelled and withdrawn. II
seems to me that good faith on the
part Of the operators requires them
to meet the miners representatives
at once for the purpose OF negotiating
settlement of this wage contrc-
versy, and that good faith on the
part of the government requires it
to see that such a resumption Of
negotiations is had at once and con-
cluded without delay"
This afternoon there will be an
other session Of the conference to de-
eide finally on matters pertaining to
the resumption Of work. One Of the
developments during the night ses-
sion was the openly expressed pur-
pose of several of TIE extremists to
issue the resembling order and then
leave it to the miners themselves
whether or not they would recognize
and obey it.
81 shall issue the order, but | shall
also leave it to the men in my dis
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During the night the members Of
the conference would leave the as
sembly room in pairs and threes and
sit around the balcony overlooking
the rotunda, talking in undertones
with frequent violent gestures.
At 2 o'clock this morning a recess
of fifteen minutes was taken to give
the members an opportunity to get a
cup of coffee and stretch their
cramped limbs. At 4:10 adjourn
ment was announced, with the deci-
sion to abide by the order of the
Federal Court. .,
1t wass a historic night for labor
for the reason that it saw the end
of the greatest industrial strike
ever declared in this country, with
the greatest number of men involved.
1t was the first time also that the
government, backed by adequate
laws, ended in such summary man
ner labor controversy of such mag
nitude.
The next step in this proceeding
is up to the government. 1t un-
doubtedly will open negotiations to
bring the miners and operators to-
gether for conference and the ad-
justment of their differences. Just
what shape this will assume will
rest with the President and the at
torney general.
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President to ReneU
Offer of Mediation

Continued From Page One
with undisguised relief the news from
Indianapolis, labor leaders here, who
got their first word through press dis
patches, were distinctly surprised by
the turn of events-the first big happen
ing ON ,Armistce Day.
Whether the mine workers in reach
ing their decision to end the strike had
In view a request that the President
name board Of arbitration. as he had
suggested, was not known here.
Officials connected with Mr.. Palmer's
office showed plainly relaxation from
the strain. under which they had been
laboring for the last few days. The
attitude of the American Federation of
Labor and labor leaders generally
toward the strike and the injunction
proceedings had created some doubt, it
was said. as to what step the mine
workers would take.
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
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opportunIty to sneak as Often as he

opportunity to speak as often as he
desired.
1t was noticed that in an another
respect this gathering was peculiar
There were no smiles and jokes and
laughter after adjournment for
meals. The faces of all we're sober
and thoughtful; not sullen or grim,
but the faces Of men who know they
were up against stiff problem.
In a talk with one of the officials
he told me frankly that the matter
of Jail commitment for contempt
of court was the least worry any
miners official had. Most of them,
he said, never apparently gave it
thought. The one great question was
to do that which would be of
greatest value, not only to the coal
miners, but to other unionists as
well. The right of labor to strike
when and where it pleases was really
the issue involved as most of them
saw it.
am very largely of the opinion
that thse labor leaders underesti-
mated the strength of public opinion
against them. They persistently have
regarded this matter of injunction
and the order to rescind their action
on the strike as movement by
the government in favor of the
operators.
There was an apparent inability or
lack of vision to discern the greater
issue behind Washington's course.
The extremists fought bitterly for
every inch Of ground. The declara
tion of the Washington officers of the
American Federation of Labor,
headed by Mr.. Gompers, gave them
great encouragement. Then, too, the
defiant telegram from the represent
atives of 10000 miners in the Belle
vue, ILL.,, district denouncing Judge
Anderson's order as the rawlings of
maniac" still further encouraged
them and confined them in their de-
termination to ignore the order.
Dramatic, Historical Night
1t was the most dramatic night
possibly in the history of a man of
labor. A scant half hour for dinner
was permitted and at Z o'clock the
arguments and debate began anew.
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You'd Destroy Union
Rather Than Defy U. S.

Columbus. o.. Nov. 11.--tBy A.
P.)-Declaring they would tear up
their union cards before they would
strike in defiance Of the govern
ment, 1872 coal miners employed at
a stripping mine near Hopedale,
Jefferson county. resumed work be-
fore news came of the miners or
ganization decision to recall the
strike order. notifying their union
officials not to send any further in
,trictionS to walk out.
The action followed an address to
The men by District Attorney
Bolin. of Columbus, who went to
Hopcdalc when informed that Off.
,ials of the miners union had given
directions to the men contrary to
the restraining order issued at In
lianapolis.
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OM|NOUS SPECTER
OF REVOLT FADES
Reds Can't Overthrow U. S., Ao-
ton of Mine Workers
Proves
MASSES OF LABOR LOYAL
BY CLINTON W. GILBERT
star Correspondent cf the Evening Public
Ledger

49,.
washington Nov H. -- PRESIDENT
Wilson will probably intervene per
sonnlly in the conl strike situations
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VIZ gus Wv
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49,, ,rLo .a5onna,,, - Itn 1on.ia ,,.irl
"o.' Nv ,'s'"'' W "'' ,'"'' "'''
pro0aoy praise MN lot nus prompt
obedience to the orders of tine court
Out of the Presidents action it is OK
pPcted that peace will come. for the
obedience of the court order by the
mine leaders indicates disposition to
compromise
The behavior of the miners should do
much to dispose of the fear OF rcvolu
tion. When this coal strike was com
ing on men in authority here whispered
that the purpose of the miners was to
bring about n revolution in this coun
try. 1t was described as strike against
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American Federation Of Labor, when
told Of the announcement by Acting
President Lewis, Of the miners or
ganization. refused TO say ANYTHING.
Edgar Wallace, Legislative representa- :
tive of the miners, who had been waiting
for hours to hear what happened, like
wise was silent, and other officials at
federation headquarters declined to com
ment on the settlement. Some officials
said statement might be issued later
in the day by President Gompers, or
the executive council.
There was much discussion among
labor leaders as to how the miners
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! thirty-three members with the in
junction order by Judge A. B, Ander-
son on Saturday last.
Frank Harrington was found on
the street and served there. John
Brophy, of Cleveland; Phillip Muir
ray, of Pittsburgh; Thomas Davis,
of Nanticoke, and William Donald
son, of Dubois, were the Pennsyl-
vanians who were served with the
order. The men accepted service
without any comment whatever.
There was feature about this
conference that marked it above any
/ have ever attended. 1t was dis
tinctly an elderly mans convention.
None of the members seems to be
under forty or forty-fve.
Shadows Miners Chief
President Murray, of the Pitts
burgh district, at thirty-three is
perhapst one of the youngestain at
tendance, but his hair is iron gray
which adds to his mature appear
ance. 1t is well known in Indian
apolis that the miners national
leaders have been closely shadowed
since November 1 and during their
conference yesterday and this morn
ing members of the Department of
Justices bureau of investigation
were in constant attendance in the
lobby of the hotel. They keep Wash
ington posted as far as possible on
developments within the union.
Twice yesterday four professional
looking men appeared and were
ushered into the assembly room with
a great show of respect. They were
the attorneys for the miners headed
by Henry Warrum.
The delay in arriving at a conelu-
sion as to what action should he
taken on the order of the court was
due largely to the number of officials
present, some hurrying here from
states as far west as Montana. This
was conference unlike any other
ordinary gathering of the men in
that it could not be hurried.
Deluge of Oratory
No vote was taken till nearly a
a. m. This was owing TO the deluge
of oratoyy. Every man was given ful!
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themselves might view the action Of
the scale committee In calling of the
strike. One Of the spokesman for
the union said large numbers probably
would go back to work today and stay
out tomorrow, while many idle today
would work tomorrow.
Expect Worst Sort OF Chaos
1--WE may expect the worst sort OF
chaos for a time" be said, because
the men struck for more money and
better working conditions, which they
have failed to get"
Mr.. Wallace thought there would be
no difficulty now in negotiating a new
wage agreement with the operators.
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trict to decide whether they will 60
to work. / will not urge il upon
them,r said one Of the officials pres
ent.
Indignation was freely expressed,
even by the moderates, that they
were compelled to abandon the strike
under government mandate. There
was a general washing of soilcd
linen, too, which took the form of
vigorous attacks on the two officers,
John l.. Lewis and Frank Earring
ION, president of the Illinois mine
workers, whose squabbles within the
order, it was charged, had fostered
the belief in the publics mind that
it was union politics that had forced
the strike and not the desire of the
miners themselves.
Anxious to Get to Work
One delegate declared that he
voted to accept the order of the court
because the 10000 miners in his dis
riot had been opposed to the strike
md were anxious to get back to
.ork.
Another topic that aroused ami
mated discussion was the question of
a new conference between miners and
operators to settle the disputed issues
in the coal situation, 1t was re-
peatedly urged that the miners
should not accept arbitration and
that.if they did the arbitration board
would not give the miners fair
show. 1t would be composed of out
siders, a layman, not familiar with
conditions in the coal business, and,
therefore. not competent to decide
the issue, it was contended.
The board would insist on having
all contracts between men and their
employers end in the spring instead
of in the fall as at present; an ar
/ rangement that would be distinctly
| to the disadvantage of the miners,
and one that had always been favored
by the operators, it was declared.
Such board, it was pointed out,
would undoubtedly advocate the
abolition of the custom of compelling
the company to deduct from the
miners pay check his union dues.
There were about a hundred men
in the conference. They included in
ternational executive board members
and district presidents with other
district officers. A big raw-boned
sergeant-at-arm kept the corridor
leading to the assembly room free
Of intruders.
Thrill of Excitement
One thrill Of excitement was eX
pelienced by the conference JUS
after it reassembled from the lunch
con recess yesterday. When the!
reached the door of the meeting room
they found United States Marsha
Mark Storen with three deputy mar
shals and a clerk waiting for them
=
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-05
WANDER FROM STRICT TEXT
Matter OF Marve! That Phrases From
the Bible Are So Frequently
Misguided.

No book has contributed more TO the
general stock of Interpretations than
the Bible. No book exists in such
multitude of forms, which may account
for some of the popular departures
from the wording of the King James
version. But it is not easy to supply
reasons for most peoples habit of say
ing: in the sweat of thy brow when
the text reads ''in the sweat OF thy
face shalt thou eat bread" Why ''the
parting OF the ways instead OF the
parting of the way?" Bone of my
bone" instead OF ''bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh may be due to
the desire for perfect parallelism. And
the same explanation may hold for
Thus far shalt thou come, but no fur
tEer," instead of Hitherto shalt thou
come" But why the general prefer
ence for better part" when we are
expressly told that MARY bath chosen
that good part?'' The Vulgate, for
whatever reason, says 'sthe best part"
-optimam partem-often cited in the
middle ages in proof Of the superiority
Of the contemplatfve life, as represent
ed by Mary, over the active life, SYM.
bolized by Martha. But apparently no
such contrast was originally intended.
Why, again, "a multitude of sins"
when it is said of charity that it
shall cover the multitude Of sins?" Per-
haps there is no other reason save that
the tongue is an unruly member; such
at least the world agrees in calling 1t.
though the biblical text describes it
as "an unruly evil"--Marry Ayres, in
The Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-05
DREAM BROUGHT HIM WEALTH
Peddier Had Laugh on Skepticsi Shop
keeper Who Refused TO Credit
Truth OF Vision.

In the time of Henry VII the story
runs, so Edgar G.. Goodspeed writes in
the Atlantic Monthly, there lived in
Swaffham Market, in Norfolk, a ped
der named John Chapman. Having
dreamed one night that, if he went up
to London, on London bridge he would
meet a man who would bring him good
news, and being unable to get this
dream out of his mind. he presently
bet0ok himself to London, and all day
long walked TO and fro on London
bridge. At length shopkeeper, not
i:.g his strange behavior, asked him
the meaning OF it, and the honest ped
dler told him his dream.
.Ah" said the shopkeeper. had I
taken account of dreams | might have
seemed as much a fool as you; for
only the other night | dreamed that in
a IIace called Swaffham Market, in
n. rfolk, there lives peddler named
John Chapman who has a tree in his
back yard, under which is buried
pot Of gold"
The peddler humbly acknowledged
the folly of such behavior and forth
with returned home. There he lost
no time in digging under the tree in
his back yard, and in very truth found
just such . pot Of gold as the shop
keeper bad dreamed of, whereby he
lived in plenty the rest OF his days.