The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-08
40 Business and Professional Men
OF chlekatha at Luncheon Tell
Twentieth Century Wlideater
ooodby.
ELkS CLUB IS SCENE
OF FRIENDSHIP MEET
Confidence OF Community In Tom
Cannon Expressed In Talk;
Good Luck" Ia Wish Sound.
cd Az He Leaves.

About 30 business and professlona
mon Of Chickasha gathered at ti
Elks club Saturday at noon luncheon
for the purpose OF saying goodby
60 Tom c. Cannon. twentieth cen
fury wildcatter and to wish him sue
cess In the work he expects I,
carry on soon in the California field
along tho Pacific slope
There were doctors. lawyers. mer
chants, business men and follower
Of the world OF sport gathered
around the table aud during IN,
progress OF the session. genuine re
gret was expressed time and again
that Chlckasla and Grady county
IS to lose an operator. who in the
II months since he first set foot
In Chickasha TO drill n Grady
county test. has become better nc.
quainted with local people than
many of the permanent residents of
the city themselves.
That in addition to the wide ac
quaintance Mr. Cannon has gained
since he arrived here to start hi
first test near Bradley in this coun
ty. ac has also gained the full con
fidence of the public in general by
his square dealings with everyone
was the sentiment voiced in several
talks given by those who had as
sembled to tell him goodbye.
tom Cannon impresses one with
the idea that Tie is a man who
knows where he Is going said G
W. Austin, president OF the Oklaho.
ma College for Women. II remem.
her the first time ever met him.
If was shortly after he started the
Bradley test. My impression after o
short interview with him was that
he knows what to do and how he
wants to do II and that he is ar
honest, honorable man. The worl'
will get out of the way and lie
such q man as that pass. The loss Of
Chickasha and Grady county wher
Mr. Cannon leaves will be the gair
of Los Angeles, or whatever other
community he selects as a field Of
operation
John T. Owsley, insurance man Of
this city presided as toastmaster and
after paying tribute to Mr.. Can
non in which he referred to the sterl
ing qualities, (which Chickasha has
come to know as synonymous with
tie name of Cannon the speaker
presented to Mr. Cannon a beautiful
silver mounted fountain pen "as o
token Of the high esteem in which
you are held in this community"
to use Mr. Owsley's words.
DR.. A. B. Leeds also expressed his
of the friendship ex
listing between himself and Ton
Cannon, and on behalf of the Rotary
club, wished Mr.. Cannon success
and pleasant journey to whateve'
section of the globe he may elect
to CO.
when he returns to Chickasha,
HE ever returns said DR.. Leeds, y
can assure him right now that he
has in me, friend waiting for him"
Reference was made to the Brad
ley test we'll drilled by Mr. Cannon
and satisfaction was voiced that the
test had been thoroughly and care
fully made and that this community
is satisfied, even though the test
proved to be a duster.
Speaking of the test, J. w. Conner
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce said. "Chickasha and Grady
county regrets of course that the
bit did not pick up an oil or gas
sand. but we feel at the same time
certain that there was no SAND
there. In other words, we feel salts
fled that If there had been oil or gas
there, Tom Cannon and Thornton
Wentz, the driller, would have found
it, They don't pass anything up
Thomas H. Dwyer. president of the
Chickasha National bank, added a
touch of comedy to the situation
when. after he had referred to his
most favorable acquaintance with
Mr.. Cannon he said: Il understand