The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-05
MILLIONAIRES
GROW LIKE WEEDS
Men Come Out Here to
Look for Health and
Find Riches AS Well.

Wrtns from Tulsa ~ T.. Lapf-
mau. staff Correspondent or the
rltjsuurgh Leader. who De- featuring
the hirh uehts of the southwest Tor
hia paper makes known That many
eastern mon vino rlmo down TO
Oklahoma to look f,r better health
found thcmscNcs drifting into the
uorcvui rlr,4 The making of q
dozen or so mnupntircs over night
when Lc great Industrial cumblna-
uou. v,yo being formed about Two
decades age. writes MI LnufWan, Is
being duplicated iu the oil fields of
the mid continent Mhllouaircs arc
being turned out like bananas in
buuchcs A great many oil opor-
aiors have the reputation without
the million but others have the cash
m bank or in valuable securities
ana propouy
Strangers who meet in h strange
lana usually start on friendly ba-
sis Some OF the pittsburgh men who
came into tho west years ago to bat
tic with the oil game are stlll stick
ink together Others. Of course, DRIFT
apart but Pittsburgh men, no mat
tor whore they happen To he, always
appear 10 be bound by clnnnish ties.
n hnR been only about 10 years
ago since u little band OF five Puts
burghors came into Oklahoma to
beat the oil game They have all
succeeded and each Is rated In the
millionaire class These men arc
John g. McCaskcy. Joseph NJ.
WON'T ana E ~ Marland. They
are known all over the oil fields as
| millionaircs and their properties
| back up their regulations
The Snucr krnut King.
McCaskcy Is "a striking figure a
| giant among men in stature. In
| Pittsburgh hc wiH known a. the
| "stuor kraut- king" when he cor
| ncred tho sauer kraut market sew
| rral years ago 10 was declared that
| ho beat tho Germans at their own
| game. McFaddcn Just happened to
| rct into tho oil game, lie was In tho
| steel business and came out here for
| "a visit ON account Of his health. lie
| was dragged into oil and liked II
| SO woll that he remained Marland
| WAS a LAWYER Low Woutz was
| known pll over Pittsburgh as "A
coach for the Fifth Avenue high
| school football team. Weaver has a
| host of friends In Pittsburgh, for he
| Is tho tollicst chap In oildom ana
| cnrrioa so much mirth with his
weight that he Is often referred u
| az FATTY" Arbucklc.
| Phtsburghers remember the 10l
| h9t "a Qk kp,
came to Oklahoma to fight It's bat
ties. when the company hit gas
hu called FOR Marland, who hac
some experience IN the business t'
| show him how 10 dress up the well
Weaver and McFadden followed Tn
! piohccrS to oklahoma on the sam'
mission II is declared that thes'
| nen. or at least some of them
worked as long as five years with
out II salary Then came the da'
when Marland offered TO buy tho oi
interests of his associates. The clos'
corporation split.
Bir,ii of Rig Company.
McFaddCu Joined forces will
! Marnnd and the great Marland oi
company is the result of their ct
forte.
) McCaskey. Weaver and Went
continued their partnership and on
OF their big enterprises was tn
building OF the Southwestern oi
company In this company ther
are only five stockholders and tn
shares are worth $4,000 each. Thl
was only one of the creations of tn
trio.
Oklahoma became too small 70
this little band and McCaskey an,
Weaver slipped over the border int
Texas aud leased a big acreage II
d ! taatland county at 81 an acre. Drill
ing operations soon started and tn
States and puQuesue oil corporation
came into existence.
McCaskev sits on the lid at For
| Worth. Weaver ia on the jon q
Enstland. and WentZ stands guar,
over the Oklahoma properties. Fac
d has little oil kingdom OF his owr
- but all work together
, Four of the men confine their at
q tcntion to OIL hut McCaskey is les
, particular about his associations an
. continues ~ manufacture sauc