The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-17
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A Letter Of appreciation

w. H. woodlord Of Cleveland.
Ohio, president OF the Rall n River
Coal company, nni vice president oi
the Fort Smith a Western Railroad
company, writes 10 congratulate the
oil page ON having accurate and
pleasing news IN regard to the oil
development along his line Of rond.
II have been Interested In reading
what your oil page has had TO re-
port In reference to developments
at Welectka and around Okemah
These are points on our ~, Smith
a. Western railroad.
1T looks ~ though they have
found real oil pools IN those sections.
IL has already had a beneficial Of
feet upon our railroad. and | am
hoping that the territory between
those points viii be found TO con.
tain considerable OH.
you have most wonderful state.
and ! have always contended g."
The railroads are benefited per-
haps more than anybody, but II ~
seldom that an official of any OF
the roads takes the time to men
ton thu fact TO the oil reporter.
that his news Is pleasing and re-
liable. There is a little inside dope
connected with the development
down that wnv, that would uroh-
ably he OF interest to MIR. Woodford.
When the first well was started
at Okemah, II was drilled on a
structure outlined by a geologlHt
ana II looked good as II venture and
wns duly boosted from the top of
the ground and while we we're con
fldent that II was Ia the right SPOT.
Just far enough back from the river,
which, by tho way. Will mark many
u IA
once the country is fully drilled up.
II was nevertheless. condemned by
the association OF goologlstH. who
proposed to expose" the geologist
who had made tho location. which
fact only strengthened the belief
that there was oil TO be found here.
And. moreover; knowing MIR.
Woodford to be interested In tho
human interest side of the oil game,
II In hereby stated that another and
n very strong reason why the Oke-
nah well got such enthusiastic
boosting here: was because OF tho
fact shat on The staff OF the Mid
west q Gulf oil corporation. there
Is IA ciear-cyed young lady who de-
serves success as she and her com-
pany hrd scea having mighty poor
luck and u was evident that she was
due for a change.
Even IN the oil game, "hunches'
sometimes go. (At this deskD Re
Gently at Belmont park the writer
heard n woman bemonning the fact
that she had had n list of all the
winners. which had been left at hel
house by one OF the most famou
jockeys. and had failed to bet oi
any of them. and when asked wh,
she did not play n sure thing lik
that. replied: you know how II is
before each and every race STARTED
somebody would come up with I
"hunch" as for instance, tho Jock
ey's girl was IN tho grand stand
or something like that, and that
the way II goes"
The fact is. seriously speaking
that for. a long time IL has been I
recognized fact that the trcn,
pointed directly toward okemah
Wcleetka. and OF course, to othe
towns along tho Fort Smith an,
Western railroad. To have had tn
dope" right from the start, wa
something worth Dragging about
because other papers With brlgh
and wise oil reporters, lmmedlatel
took tho other side OF It, with tn
result that there was n bonfire q
said papers on the streets of oke
man, Wnile Tne WoFiu was f'Npg
nized as being Il when Il comes I
getting tho news and getting II righ
The Fort Smith & Western shoul
Immediately extend its line 90 Wet
umka which has n running start o
them all as an oil town, whereas
II has only one S00-barrei well an
two or three dozen starting; becaus
of its gift for publicity which mcar
that II is spending money tn adVel
tlse. II II only Il few short yeai
ago that Tulsa sent booster a.
ocrsion east. and the people spclie
the wc:a TULSA" on the banner
carried ahead OF the band, and woi
dered whether it meant a breakfa
food or n new town. They wci
not long In finding out that u mea'
the future center OF the oil indu
Try, and certainly no booster
prophecies ever turned out truer.
MIR. Woodford should come o
and see us and stay q month or =
He can be assured that his par
will he met at Weleetka by q
town boosters with n band, and thu
shown the wonderful improvement
made since he was here last, ar
the chances are he will do well
survive tho shock-so great has bee
the change in n few short month