The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-15
OIL MARKrr QUOTATIONS..
II. II. Carter Is Deaf

y, u Carter, who with Mrs Cnr-
ter, had boon spending u most de-
liEhtful summer at iIcmidN. Mime
sofa. Is dead ng result of an op"r-
alton for appendicitis and by hr
death Tulsa loHcs ono of her most
beloved citizens and the fraternity
an oil operator whose success dur
jnF tho last fcw years has been
phenomenal. MIR. Carter, who was
member Of the firm of Garter
HrothcIs, operating near Usage
junction ana al Cleveland, had Just
begun 10 reap the reward Of many
vonrH of labor during which ne was
successful only the last few years,
thus demonstrating that fortune al
most invariably comes 60 him VIII"
pcraovcrcs and follows the game
with ncver-faillng courage.
But whom fortune ala smiic Mr..
Carter was thoroughly equipped TO
handle In a large way his Rtcntcr
responsibilities and his old friends
and comrades In the carly days AT
Cleveland Okla, who gai hcrcd daily
beneath the famous mulberry tree
viii all remember MIR. Carter as one
who always lived up to the highest
conception Of honorable manhood
and was, beyond all, "a quiet uuas-
suminR gentleman, whoac word was
as good as most mons bond lie
and his brother have doubtless
drilled q fun share OF the tests that
proved to be failures. hut h" had
the great good sense and judgment
that has made many man rich In
knowing how to hold on TO acreage
that he believed to he good and this
In spite of much adverse criticiHm
on the part Of men who claimed 10
have real knowledge OF geology.
Mr.. Carter and his brother. W.
N Carter, wcrc Interested with Joe
Curl I'm the first well that produced
oil IN tho Usage and for many years
thereafter were Interested Ia thc
vicinity of Cleveland, which was
Cklnhomn's first oil field but which
was held back for many iaars by
reason OF an almost lack OF an out
lo, for the oil. He was not nlone
by any means, there we're others.
and together they made tho most
OF a bad situation, and NAM N"fl"S
are stlll aflont of the rooi times
enjoyed whcn there was nothing
else e. do They were John Shru
now living In retirement at Bcvory
ni!ls near Los Angeles. w " Rns-
for, who became tho gr1ktcN ami
most reckless spcndthrift and who
has made and lost more fortunes
than any man in the Mid Continent
field and who ia now living IN thh-
fornia, was another: Colonel New
ell the peppcry manager OF tho
Nil!ken properties, now or san IN
tonic. was charter member
G. !. Wrightsmnn, who can go oui
any time and make n million dollars
was another, and Colonel Getty, who
had come from California 10 PLAY
the oil game, was getting his first
taste Of the game and who found
the going good. And whilo the
COMPANY was good and tho enter
tainmcnt most enjoyable there was
but little In the business OF produc-
ing oil and so tho Carter brothers
for many years worked and never,
until the last few years had the
slightest acquaintance with lady
luck" hut II did come nj last and
this. when in partnership with Dick
Mason they developed one OF the
bost properties In the entire south
Usage field. and had the pleasure
Of disposlng of some OF the oil Mt the
high price prevailing last year
when the slump came the firm
OF Maaon Carter Brothers were
among the first to stop drilling, he
ucving that even II they were able
60 get oil nt small expense II was
better for tho entire industry that
they shut down, and even hold back
AS much as possible the oil they
were able to produce. MY. mason
who loft California yesterday on
rccclpt Of the sand news OF his part.
ncrs death, ishnstening eastward
but will not ho able to reach hom'
In time for the funeral which VII
nkcly he Wednesday afternoon al
Thursday. Tho remains viii h'
brought to 81. Louis ana are schcd
uled 10 arrive NJ eats y. m. Wed
nesday The funeral party in
Guiding Mrs Carter, has M Il,
jefferson hotel, and w, n. Carter
the brother. will doubtless NEE
them there.
The greatcst sympathy will be eN
tended to the bcreavcd wife, whit
had waited patiently for many year
for good fortune to come to her be
trothcd and who, when they wer'
married only n few years ago
all the great good that comes To
man when he weds "A good woman
aud between whom and her beloved
husband there was the most pcrtcc
love and affection and also 10 IN
brother now living In Cleveland
Okla, whose fidelity and never
falling courage has been an example
90 tho Who'll, wor,f as to what
means to be associated with one
own brother I'm tho business Whicl
Of all businesses, requires the great
est perseverance, IN order to sue
coed.
There Will be mourning toda
when tho news ~ Mr. Cartrr's dealt
Is known throughout the uil coun
try and II viii hr said once aEni
that the good are taken first"