The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13

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"Tho Honusylyhnia Telegram. t
Uuadma Pa. and later THE
Globe" ut Sew York city. has hu,u
in Tulsa for the frs. time. the uast
few DAYS. leaving lBHt night i"r
Washington. u. G, whore hc make"
his home
Tulsa i- iuai tho mos. wonderful
city have ,,.r scou ip my llfr'
suid Mr. place enthusiastically ast
evening, e am sure thaf mo- city
cap ever duplicate i:s Rccomplish-
mcuts ,ur achieve anything liko it In
go short a time, and go thinR it IL
uil th. result NJ the OH indu9try |
have boeu familiar with oil towns
and cities ana many wonderful
places have had their origin iu'au
oil boom but Tulsa i3 unique.
u ann moro than delighted 90
m,gt 90 many old timers among
friendships with men that knew
back in tho 'SOa in the pcunsyi-
yauia. ohio and West Virginia
fields. The OH man OF the old school
YVES splendid character; the ola
timers iu the OH game knew better
what IL means To- ne sincere anu
honest and fair dealing than amy
other Qass of mon l have over mot
III was u ,omfyon occurrence to
make deals involving millions OF
dollars. whore there was no written
odutracts nothing except word Of
mouth Ana 7 am glad 20 say that
I find --lH same characteristic prev
nlont u the oil Industry IN Tulsa,
passed down from father 20 son, the
younger sgeneration having grown
up with those fine principles.
I'm the oil business wherever
there has boon a man whose dis
position was to be crooked. I have
watched him closely for q decade
and have invariably found him un.
able anywhere In the oil regions, t.
regain tho confidence of his friends
among the oil fraternity Another
phase of the situation az ~ affects
OH mon, IL this. that man who
has shown disposition 90 take on
snobbish ways has never succeeded
There may be short period OF sue
cess for him. but eventually he goes
back 10 the sticks.
Enormous fortunes have been
made In the oil game and much OF
the money coined by oil men has
hopn used for the bettcrtneut Of
humanity, and tor the good Of our
fellow men. or course we are ia
miIlar with John -. Rockofcllcr's
history, ana know that hiH untold
millions were made hy dealing In otl
Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon,
WHO is conceded 10 be- the third
ich'Hi man In the world, So said 10
have made at least q portion of hie
vast fortune out OF tulsa oil 'dnds
leased originally by Guffcy q Galley.
timers will remember, an having
figured largely I'm Clarion couniy's
dovcloument. haa been resident OF
Pittsburgh. pa. for many years.
Ilm's experiences IN 81, Petersburg.
Pa. o. AN oil producer and one
time candidate for congress could
I'm book. but rich or poor, jim
Guucy will always have a host OF
good friends among the oil IRA
lcrrity.
pave Dcnnison, editor Of the
Bradford era" In the early days
and Tor "a number ~ years editor
Of IA. on & Gaa journal ls one
man / an so~v 60 miss seeing while
iu Tulsa was surprised 20 learn
that me- had giv'n up his position
here and zone back cast to hls old
homo. where he viii certainly b'
hpproclalpd. because he hns alway'
ncnu man who knew what true
friendship means ana whore he hni
The confidence uf all the oil men
"l am. also very sOrry tu find ot
this yait 20 Tulsa, that senator LIT
Lakewood has passed sway and
wish ip say thai when ne liv n
Richmond. near ST. Petersburg, IA.
and Vas , member OF the Pcunsyl
vauiu skate sfraie De hld the & eat