Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-15
OIL PAYS HIM
$4,000 PER DAY
But Delay of Feature
Film Worried Picture
Show Man.


When the Minnehoma oil well, esti-
mated consevatiyely at fifteen thous-
and barrels day, came in, it brought
Albert Jackson, manager of the Con-
stantine theater here, an estimated
daily income of $4,000.
Mr.. jackson, pleasant, gray-hair-
ed man, sat in his tiny office next to
his Constantine theater the other
night looking worried His face was
anything except that of man who
just had come into thousands Of dol
lars day.
What's the matter?" friend ask
ed, "Minnehoma gone back on you?"
NO." he answered. THE darned
towns snowbound and my Anita
Stewart feature didn't come in"
And Mr.. Jackson was frankly more
upset over the fear of disappointing
night audience in Pawhuska than
that Gaping" Minenhoma might
damage it."
How does it feel to become a mil
lionaire overnight" Mr.. Jackson was
asked.
1T doesn't make any difference to
me-" he answered. Il like the show
business. I've been in it twelve years
and I'm going to stick in it. This oil
find is nice for the wife and boy,
though"
And then his mind weat back to the
Anita Stewart disaster He was ask
ed if he had any other interests.
Yes, there is another we'll on the
Minnehoma property, only 4O-barrel
one, though. Oh, yes, he'd just re-
ceived a wire from Kentucky, too. He
looked at it. It told of his striking
oil on a property there,
That's nice, he said abstractedly.
Jimmy, what'll we shaw EN- tonight
in place of Anita Stewart?"
Bought Lease For 81, 0OO-
Mr.. Jackson, Jesse J. Worten and
DR.. Henry G. Carson paid 81 900 for
the lease; not $1,000 each, $1,000
altogether; And they gave the, Min
nehoma people a ve-eighths interest
for drilling the first well.
Across the street from the theater
office, Mr.. Worten sat in a comforta-
bly, heated law office talking with a
friend.
Yes, Mr. Worten was interested"
in Minnektoma. Yes, "she" looked
pretty good Well no, don't put. it
too big He'd estimate it at ten
thousand Barrels. How did he feel?
81 feel pretty good, if it's true"
he said. Pm gladder for the wife
and my two children than for myself.
No, | won't move away; Pawhuska is
my home. FIJI stay here with my
practice"
Mr.. Worteu is a quiet, modest, very
likeable man with warm heart and
the faculty OF giving the credit for
everything TO everyone else.
And now the Indians It's pretty
soft for the Indians. Just sit back
and draw royalties on their land with
an average income higher than that Of
the average Kansas City head of a
family.
The mineral rights to the Usage
County land is owned by the Usage
tribe. There are 1929 shares divided
among approximately eighteen hun
dred Indians, department of the inte-
rior officials say. Last year the av-
lerage royalty share paid was $500.
Some Indians are heirs through deaths
to more shares than their own. They
drew three and four times that
amount. Think how hard, Mr.. KAN
sas City Business Man. you have to
work to make $500 income. And
/ that $500 representing annuity and
/ bonuses, came before Minnehoma
! started gushing. Now "she brings
at least 50 day to every Indian in
! Usage county"
Have Hard Life.
Oh, these Indians down here have
hard life. Very few of them do
not own their own car. If a census
of high powered machines were tax
en- Kansas City's Petticoat Lane be-
/ tween Main and Grand would run
a far second to Pawhuska's Kipekah
street, between Grandview and Leahy.
Take today for instance. A biz
Yard ragged yesterday and last night.
Trains were snowbound. The roads
out to Minnehoma are practically i'm
passable. Are the Indians staying
at home like the rest of Pawhuska?
Not so you could notice it. These In.
dams are in town TODAY, as they are