The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
Homer Nilcnr. the Nan

"see that little fellow going into
tho bank over there on the corner?
Well. that's Homer Wilcox, the man
with bushels Of nerve and q per-
sistency that never gives out. which
traits have won for him place on
the highest pinnacle In tho oil game"
was n remark recently overheard in
the downtown business section OF
Tulsa, thus illustrating with what
regard many people hold MIR. Wilcox
IN esteem.
a dozen years or go ago cams a
man from tho north, "a man of force
and doggod resolution. seeking pri
marily health in tho wouderfu ana
then infant state OF oklahoma, bat
also with a vision OF liquid wealth 10
DO gotten from beneath its soil He.
Ike many young mon, had r0amed
around tho world moro or less. turn
ing his hand nt one thing or another
untu ill health overlook him ana ia
despair he turned to Oklahoma to
settle down ana regain that first es-
BcnNal Of all successful men.
This man entered the grain and
elevator business in Tulsa and II
was by constant application TO busi-
ness and tho physical exercise em-
bodied therein that made him q
we'll pergon again, and 1t was not
dong before he saw tho bounutul
possibilities OF tho Oh game and do
Cidcd upon entering #.
il was with considerable fore
thought that Homer Wilcox, for he
was the man, reasoned out that
which no man IN the oil game, up
until that time had given nny
Thought namely. the law OF aver
ages. 10 figured that by COntinu-
ally drilling one well after another.
in tho end production VIII bs dis
covered, To him 1t was only a mat
tor Of finance and pers!stency. AE.
wilcox had the ability TO both raise
the funds and TO stick 10 tho job 80
gathering together Il few OF his per-
bonal friends, they pooled their re-
sources ana thus began tho drilling
Of the first Wilcox well. This hole,
with many others following, turned
out dry, but he, undaunted and firm
in his belief Of the law OF averages.
kept continually drilling we'll after
well. all dry or full of water, until
81 was not long before he gained
tho pseudonymous Dry Hols VIII
cox" or Hole Full Water Wilcox"
II does not require nerve for a
wealthy man TO sink his money In
one failure after another, but for q
man depleted of all finances. az was
Homer Wilcox, 20 stick to the Job,
begging and borrowing labor and
material, Rrasping only few hours
Of sleep nightly on piece OF cor
rugated iron with n wooden block
serving for n pillow, beside the drill
ing boiler, and in dire desperation
pleading with tho driilers to go Just
"A few feet further and then strike
a gushcr IN the last few feet, re-
quires far more than nerve--it de-
mauds almost uusurmpuntnble cour-
age and an 81 viii not fail" attitude
OF mind, found In 80 few people.
Under such conditions MIR Wilcox
discovered his first oil well and
proved TO himself and hts partners
that his plans OF operation had been
correctly formulated.
Friends of his friends from far
and near flocked TO Wilcox, ma IT
was not long before tho news OF
his gusher spread throughout the
countryside. ID ct ors, lawyers,
preachers. politicians, farmers,
tradaspeopls and even women folk,
came with open purses to throw
their all into the Wilcox Syndicate
pools and II goes without saying how
Mr.. Wilcox has succeeded aimee
the making OF his first strike.
With such remarkable and unso-
Ncited support, Homer Wilcox has
proved himself wonder worker 20