The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-30
COME ON KENTUCKY


"You know" said the Engineer, as
he showed his horse up along side OF
mine. that my Daddy was a Ken
tuckian, and his father was Ken
tuckian, and his fathers fathers faith
er came from Virginia when 1t was
uart of Kentucky, and l love Ken
tucky. but Kentuckians are darn fun
nv people. Look down there"
| looked, and from the top OF the
ridge where he had stopped, the VII
lage with its freshly painted houses
green gardens and the little creek
running through the center seemed
most attractive picture, while the tip
ples of the coal company with their
railroad cars underneath them, and
the rattle and creak Of the chain maui
age as the mining cars were emptied'
told a story of hustling work. Down
the valley the rigs of the Oil and Gas
Company, with spurts Of steam COM
ing from the exhaust pipes, showed
that the drillers were on the job.
you'd think" continued my friend
ito look down there, that it is Ken
lucky. But it amt. Maybe the SOIL
is, but the brains that are driving the
wheels and drills come from every
where but Kentucky. Listen to tbs
Night before last when came in here
there was a meeting of the officials Of
that coal company. met them all
, The president knew to be from Wes'
Virginia, and when some one said thai
the vice president was from New Jer
sey, it sort Of interested me and
7 started to take notes.
1.-THE general manager is from Yves
Virginia. The general superintendent
halls from Pennsylvania, Also the res
t ident manager. The resident superin
y tendent is from Old Virginia; the hea'
d of the purchasing department iron
e the same state; the travelling audito
y from West Virginia. The division en-
h gineer was born in Austria, and tn
store manager in Tennessee, while tn
" | inspector is from New York.
IS by the time found this out | mad
n I'M nv mind to find a Kentuckia
lie somewhere in the vicinity, so yestel
" day | walked to that rig up there
re and he pointed to one at the head
d, the creek. 81 found dandy fello
in In charge. He told me he owned u
m rig, had paid $4,000 for it some nv
Ks months before, but 1t was for fr'
Id from debt and he was making none
IN when I sort of edged around al
asked him where he came from,
ed grinned and said, 'Sisterville, W. VI
And, he went on, I have three mi
as working for me. One at $3.50 and "
gu at $3.50 a day. Two Of them car
zee from Oklahoma and one from Ohio
Ike Eyes he answered to my inquil
". there's another rig up further, .
those guys are from Texas
W. AFTER I got my lunch ! struck do
re the creek and I got to rig Just
time to bear a broad-shouldered drl
". or shout to the tool dresser, Well d
Ike may be the Blue Grass state alrig
g." but 1t don't look like California to n
aid And went away from that place il
hurry"
bk- "And now" he asked, as we slid
all of the saddle and made ourselves co
DIV. Portable, 81 want you to tell me wi
ing Is the matter?"
md 81 know you can say that coal
she require experienced men. But our d.
ing oil and gas are new TO Kentucky
fall can learn like these fellows did. II
ing mans work and the salaries paid
attractive enough. These compan
the always want good men, but In spite
or that you see boys all over the st
| to banking around the towns with u
we little pinch-back coats and their sti
the fast trousers. getting ready to :
ger. some little two-by-four 10 bthat
} to land them when they are fifty "
oms old. over In French Lick Springs
you forty-sIx inch waist and a thi
this six inch chest.
are 81 don't see why" he rambled