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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

credit Tor many other equally clever
wittlcisms, ia back in Tul-, and will
make this hts future home. lie Is
having ouo biE iImo receiving the
rlad hand from his friends iu Tulsa
nud everybody BIS glad To- know that
he - back o. stay. Mr.. Tack will
Immediately get INTO the OH game
ngain hor,. HH 10 o. the only spot
IN the country, ua hu, himself, says
Mir. Tack never had u more cx-
citing adventure in hie mo than
when he and "BIll' Nelson cumc
through Tulsa behind "a runaway
team ~ hrouroe, finally stopping
them by turning the pole OF tho
blackboard into the terrace at jack
Crosbic's house. Nfr. Nelson. who
is dvud now wla % rrout hurscmpn
aud has driven many races. but he
said at That dino tuut he never rode
20 fast or was thrown 90 hiEh In the
air as ne was that time. They both
came down through The shade trees,
Wlch broke their faIl
Mr.. Tack is representing some
Philadelphia capital and as the
game ia looking better now than
ever before. has am excellent chance
W getting or to q good start. ltc
VIII have c,ory body in the oil couu-
try for him.
Andy Hiuuor arrived In Tulsa yes
to-day from his homo IN Niuoouurg
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iN CbllA NJ. Dlll 10
"Thc luck OF the Irish" and tho
pcryorsity of Pete, have mover been
better oNempllficd than I'm the as-
tonlshing career Of Albert Kelly, the
genial, biE-hearted millionaire oil
operator of Eristow. whose marriage
to Miss Dorcas Tracy of Tulsa Is to
be sOlo'anizcd here today. Tho story
OF Kcliy's long and arduous climb
from poverty ana ohscurity TO fame
and wealth reads like a fiction
writer's widest dream: for. foIled
IN his every effort TO earn moro
than q mere livelihood from his
honest toll, his smallest efforts are
now rewarded with lavish prodigal-
fly until he is today rated as one
of the oil magnatcs OF the Mid-Con-
tinent field.
Born Of poor parents in Coffoy
county, Kansas, with II brothers
ana sisters. al NJ whom are stlll
living, Albert Kelly TOOK UP farming
i'm that locality. hut soon became dis
cour1ECd trying to- wreSt a livelihood
from Kansas soil, and migrated to
the Creek nation, Indian territory, 20
years ago. Purchasing an allotment
from an outlaw Creek, he settled on
the land and FOR several years de-
N'NNA MS lllllF W tl'dilUk out Inc
hriars, jack oaks and uuderhrush.
and making fit for cultivation the
very tract now devoted to the
eQunty's poor. and famed far and
wide as THE richest poor farm on
earth"
The former owner OF the "rich
poor farm stepped In the limcliEht
In January 1922, when the first
well, drilled by himself and Homer
L. Wilcox. prominent oil operator
Of Tulsa, brought in a 3.OO0-harrel
"GushcT' IN an area condemned on
all sides by dry holes. A few weeks
later n second well Of equal size
was completed on this lease. At tho
end Of 30 days the first well had
produced about so, 0 O0 barrels Of 81
oil and the property is rated ma be-
Ing worth millions OF dollars az an
oil producer. Since Creek county
poor farm receives an eighth royalty
from this oil. Il Is by far the
greatest income producer OF any
other state department.
Eight years ago, whom Albert
Kelly sold tho poor farm land 70 the
county for $50 per acre.. the price
called ]eNorbitant by a large pro-
portion Of the taxpayers, who accused
the county commissioners OF squan-
the peoples money, and made
II "a political issue. At the time OF
tho sale Mr.. Kelly reserved for him
self the oil and gas lease on the en-
tire tract Of $50 acres.
Porycrso fate again took a hand In
the game, ana he was unable for
many months 10 obtain drilling con
on his almost valueless leases.
because attorneys for several big
concerns held that tho lease was
that county commissioners
were without authority to lease
county-ownod real estate for oil and
gas purposes. After "A time Kelly
Interested an operator who took n
sporting chance, and they drilled n
dry hole, abandoning At about 1000
feet. Homer =. Wilcox, one of the
most successful ~wild-cattors in the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16

oil Industry, became Interested about
"a wear ago, ana put down "a test for
ouo-half interest In the lease. pro-
vided Kelly would get tho legislature
to pass a bill giving authority To pub
lie officials TO lease land for oil and
gas purposes. Tho bill was passed.
and the well drilled 90 tho 3.lUO foot
sand was a sensational "Rushct.'
Luck. and black cat luck at that.
has marked the completion of both
big producers on tho poor farm
lease. While number one was drill
ing a gount black cat, harbiuEcr Of
bad luck 10 all but Kelly, who
claims that h Is an omen Of nothing
but the best OF fortune to him,
lcapCd upon the derrick floor and
passed in front OF the drillcr. That
Is n sur sign We will get n WELL"
said Kelly with satisfaction. and the
next day his prophecy was fulfilled.
while the second well was being
drilled, the same black cat played
about the derrick floor, filling the
drillcrs with misgivluEs but Mr..
Kelly with content. Just before tho
wells completion, six smaller rcpll-
cas- OF herself accompanied the om-
IN OF luck to tho rig. and that
means we will have a whole flock
OF big producers was Mr. Kolly's
comment. and 90 the skeptic, let It
ho mentioned that these two wells
IN condemned territory, on n county
poor farm, and linked" by not only
ono black cat but sovon Of them,
have netted Mr.. Kelly something
like two million dollars.
Mr.. Kelly owns something like
1000 acres OF leases IN Creek county,
with many producing wells, his first
oil Investment being In the Gushing
field, when that was first opened up,
and whore he began the foundation
Of his great fortune. lie has but re-
comfy returned from "a tour OF Eu-
rope, whore he went as delegate TO
the Worlds cotton congress, after
wards visiting all the principal cities
and countries of interest IN the old
world.
To celebrate his astounding suc-
cess I'm the oil game, Mr. Kelly de-
Cidod TO look up an his living rola-
tives, and for this purpose, took a
trip down through Pennsylvania,
whore his family had boon located
before moving west, Mr.. Kelly, with
characteristic Irish pleasure In a
good Joke on himself tells the fol-
lowing anccdote: On Baltimore, /
found the name Kelly over the
doors OF many Of the business
houses. Going into Kclly's oyster
house, 7 asked: And whore rs Mr..
Eelly?' The proprietor replied, 'Oh,
Mr.. Kelly has been dead 90 years. /
own the place now
Farther down the street" said
Mr.. Kelly. 81 went into 'Kelly's
A..1 GlAW. . -..l .#N#L.N Zoo NNAA .aA
prlctor, and was told that there was
no such person ~ the company, that
that was only the trade name OF
their candy. Eolly's establishments
were all over the city, but not n
OF that name whom / could claim
kin TO; at last in desperation. ] en-
tered a taxi ana inquired OF the taxi
driver, DO you know n man living
here by the name OF Kelly Hell,
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Operators Not Worrying
About Okemu Lawsuit

From Okmulgcc comos tho report
that the lawsuit started by lawyers
at Okemah involving acreage In tho
rich Hi oil country, IL not worry
ing anybody because Il only IN
wolves Il piece OF land that has hut
one small well. and several dry
holes, and IL il naturally believed
that n there had been n chance
~ getting any OIL T. would be all
Off now that the lawsuit has been
started. Tho Gypsy owns the only
well that IL making any oil on this
fraction of land, and Il Ia certainly
some relief 10 know that the town
Of Okemah is not h|Hrboriug any
high jack lawyers TO worry tho oil
men. Okomah Will be "A good town.
but not a good place for the oil
mon N lawyers are going 10 be al
lowed TO hurt titles In that vicinity.
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yes he replied, 4 know q dozen men
hy that name, but they are all In
JAN"
And heartily he laughs no misfor-
tune. taking things as he finds them.
and accepting with tho air OF u king
-kcllys are an kings I'm Ireland
tho favors that Lady Luck" so grgc-
iously bestows. THE salt OF the
earth" and "the finest fellow that
ever lived are the terms his friends
and associates usc-aud they are
legion I'm the oil couutry-uso when
speaking OF him, for Albert Kelly is
not only ouc of Oklahoma's luckicst
mortals: and he deserves every bit
OF Il. but no is one OF the biggest
hearted and best.
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Charles Wesley West Wen
On Top Second Pan Sand

The Charles Wesley West well IN
the center Of the north line OF the
northwest 81 the southeast Of 32-9-
10, near Okemah, which had a
showing for a small uilor In 10. feet
of pay sand topped az 3,27S feet.
yesterday, then encountered a shulo
break of from 10 10 10 feet, and
late Friday evening was ON top OF
a second and richer pay sand that
was Jogging wet gas so heavily that
drilling operations had TO be sus-
pended uutil morning.
The test was being drilled into the
pay Saturday. and "a later report is
looked for with much interest. Top
OF the lime in this interesting opor-
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o. x. HClrard Back
In Tulsa

Mr.. and Mrs oscar r.. Howard "
Tulsa and Pasadena, Cal. arrived in
Tuisa yesterday morning and are at
the Hotel Tulsa.
Mr. Howard ls very optimistic NJ
CO. the oil and Ersoliu" business. tie
says eve hovo gone ,hrouEh, in the
past !, months. the worst period the
OH industry will SOC FOR Years TO
come and. with the decline iu tho
production OF McNit aud other now
fields discovered the past year. We
viii look forward 60 much better
prices.
Mr. Howard is Interested lu Calf
fDruia as well as oklahoma. and
says that tho market for oil and
gasoline has held up remarkably
SIC. In California, due To tho cuor-
nous motor traffic both winter and
summer.
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Ray DOdd, Not Payne
0EnS Big GdSser

The big gas well located In the
center OF the northwest OF the
southwest OF |15-l5-l4, Bald Hin.
Delongs TO Ray Dodd and not to
ION Payne. There IS a quarter in
IIes, owned by Fred Ossenbeck and
.ge Ardizzone, but Mr.. Dodd natur-
ey feels that he should be given
U,oii Tor the well after doing all
a' hard work. A rig will be built
y once 10 replace the one burned,
al the gas either bradenheaded
smut In, and certainly the test
y.'s X a good paying PROPOSE
sl as well as making 5000 900
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Ind, and announces that no Is here
TO stay, and will try his luck again
In tho Mld-Continent field. Mr.
Rruncr has made a pile OF money
In the Illinois field. and tho chances
arc will get 10 going good here.
Major lilly. better known e.
"pawnce Bin" was IN the city yes
tcrday comforting with his associates
In the Buffalo Refining company;
Arch ~. order and Eddie" weiss.
T.. T.. schock is in the city from
Okmulgec. looking after business In
forests.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
WIN the Oil Men

Frank Tack. who was tho first
man In tho oil country to use the
name Rock hound as applied To
geology, and who is entitled to
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-16
.OlL AND GAS
NNippIles- Production. Etc.
'"pp''es- Production, Etc.

sard tools --Contract for string STAN
Top inter- near Homlny. or VIII drill
e.tp Ws,,at and furnish pine Tor
"is%d anywhere. Phone Usage
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04
BOYLE
HERE FRIDAY
With ANS0NS
Fans Anticipate Great Series; Felie
Car to BE Given Away
Saturday.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Harshalltown al Rock Island
Dubuque at Cedar Rapids.
Waterloo at Ottumwa.

Frank Boyle, veteran of many a
summer campaign, is coming 10
Rock Island tomorrow at the head
of his squad of Marshalltown An
sons. He will remain until Tues
day to engage the Islanders each
afternoon at Douglas park. All
contests are slated to start at 8
o'clock.
Fans are sure to see classy ar
ticle Of baseball when the Island
ers and Ansons clash. Rock Island
has been showing great hitting
power and top-notch fielding in the
games with Dubuque, while Mar
shalltown by two victories over
Ottumwa, one by a "a to 8 count,
indicates power not to be taken
lightly.
Local fans have felt all along
that Boyle would assemble a fast
organization. OF course, this re-
mains to be proved, but Frank is
already stepping at lively pace.
Boyle has Forsythe, former
American association player, at
second base. Sullivan, his catcher,
is a seasoned vet. He has a couple
more experienced players and
group of fast youngsters.
Present Velie Car.
Manager Councilman is keeping
Joe Van Goethem, likely pitching
prospect. in reserve for the Satur-
day game against the Ansons, pre-
ceding which the fans association
will present the Velie automobile
to its new owner. In spring drill
Joe has shown all kinds of stuff.
He has speed, change of pace. and
command of jazz on the ball.
Milo Craig Of Kewanee was slat-
ed to hurI today's game against
Dubuque.
It's high time for the fans to
come out and get acquainted with
the new Islanders. You are bound
to like the style of all of them.
The outfeld is being well handled
by Fillingham in left. Newell in
center and GRAY in right. The trio
are cracking the ball in vicious
style.
On first base is Boss Jim himself.
At second we have Andy McEwan,
who fields 'em with the polish of a
big Lacquer. On short Curt Norton
of Moline has been bringing 'em to
their feet by sensational fielding.
Walter Swenson is taking care OF
third base better than at any time
in the last two seasons. Downey
is striving hard to attach himself
permanently to the pay roll as
catcher, and is showing better form
each day. And pitchers! It's going
TO he a tough job trimming the
stat.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-04
CINCY PLUCKS
REAL find IN
YOUNG HURLER
National League All Het Up Over
the Pitching of Kid Named
H0nohGe.

| Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, May 4.-Cincinnati is
not up very high in the pennant
race but it is going the rounds of
the inner circles of the ball play
ers that Cincinnati has one OF the
best and probably the best young
right hand pitchers out this year
in the National league. His name
is Donohue, and he is at nome IN
;; Texas in the winter.
Cincinnati picked him up at the
very close of last season. He work
ed long enough to win seven games
and lose six. Pat Moran exercised
him whenever he could to see II
he was worth while.
This spring on a team that isn't
much on batting and has been
shy on some other things, Don
ohue has had an even break with
two victories and two defeats. Glib
son, Pittsburgh manager, says
Donohues has everything. Gibby
knows.
Some of the players who were
on the western clubs and have
been transferred to the eastern
minors had a chance to take look
at Donohue and they're filling the
eastern teams up with reports OF
his skill. When the underground
information bureau begins to work
in baseball it always is good sign
of a players ability.
Some of the 400 batters have been
trimmed in the American associa-
ton but there's still left a 800 list
that reaches around the block.
Among them is Sickling of Indian
apolis, who is up at .30s. The
Giants took the young man on once.
He could field we'll and hit
some but he hated to stir up the
surface OF the earth. He can move
but he can't start until he thinks it
over. That's what is spelling a nat
urally fast player.
The Giants brought Boston over
to New York to play off a post
poned game and wish now they
had left them in Boston to their
fish chowder, because the Braves
won with ease. Boeckel, Poke and
Gowdy of the Braves made IL hits
between them in their nine in
nings. Powerful batting for three
players.
The Yanks lost to Philadelphia
and the cynical sharks who were
bowling who is Ruth?" have turn
ed their Tyres to something else.
The Yanks went back to second
place because of the defeat, St.
Louis not playing and moving to
first. The absurd theory that the
Yanks are as strong a team with
out Ruth and Meusel as they would
be with them may make whimsical
reading but it won't make a good
baseball club. Except for the I'M
usually good showing that the
Yanks made against Washington
they would be foundering in the
race despite their good pitchers.
Washington certainly has to prove
that it is good road team. At
Boston, Phillips was hit harder
than he has been pounded this year
and the Senators were well trounc-
ed again.
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SHADE ADMITS
SCHLkIFER IS
TOUCH ARTICLE
Cowboy Padgett, However, Sure He
Can Put Omaha Boy Down
for the Count

Is there a welterweight in the
fistic game today who can put
Morrie Schlaifer, 'who meets Cow
boy PaGgett in Davenport the night
of May u, down for the count?
Dave Shade. sensational Califor-
MIA welter, says no. Dave tried
and failed. Padgett says the trick
can be accomplished.
Shade in a recent statement to
Chicago newspaper men numbered
Schlaifer as one of the toughest and
most rugged men he had ever box
ed. Il hit him with everything l
had. l soaked him on the head with
rights and lefts and found his body
with iabs and swings but he never
even WINGED" Shade is credited
with saying.
But Padgett, the cowpuncher, has
not so much respect for the Oma-
han. He'll go down like all the
rest of US when he gets soaked on
the button. l have fought Schlaif-
er and 1 beat him badly. He was
all in at the end of the 10th round
and if that battle went two more
sessions this so-called iron man
would have taken a roll in the
resin for 10 or even 20 seconds.
That statement was printed in a
Denver newspaper few days after
Shades story appeared in the Chi
cago newspapers.
Schlaifer Tough Article.
Perhaps Padgett can stop Schlaif-
err If he ever does knock the
Omaha boy out his fortune is made
for Schlaifer is, without question.
one of the hardest nuts to crack
that ever set foot inside the roped
enclosure. Morrie has appeared in
Davenport rings on three different
occasions. He first met frankie
WEIGH and beat the Chicago boy
handily. 1t wasn't even test for
the rugged Hebrew. But legion
promoters stepped forward after
the Welch-Schlaifer bout and sign
ed the veteran, Johnny Griffths.
And Griffiths is tough customer
to beat. Still. Morrie hammered
the Akron battler around the ring
for 10 sessions and won by a bir
margin.
Schlaifer's next foe in the le-
gion's ring was no less a star than
Denny O'keefe, one of the leading
welters of the country. OKeefe
made things interesting for the
Omaha boy for 10 sessions but
newspaper men at ringside agreed
that Morrie had the better of the
argument That triumph was a
surprise to all local fans for the
majority of bugs looked for the
Fighting Irishman" to give Schlaif-
er fancy walloping.
Padgett is next and no doubt
Schlaifer will have a stiff battle on
his hands, for in the Cowboy he
will meet two-fisted fighter with
punch and everything that goes
with it. It's no dream that Morrie
will have to be at his best for Padg-
EFT. But will the Denver star
succeed in .leveling this rugged
Omahan.?
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iron MAN JOE
is STILL GOOD
ENOUGH TO Win
Peoria Humbled by McGinnity, "a
Years a Pitcher, by a ) to
3 Score.

Danville, H., May 4.-Iron man
of old, Joe McGinnity today has an
other rivet driven to clinch his il
tie. After 81 years in the pastime
he came back" yesterday and
pitched his Danville Three-Eve
league team to a 5 to victory
over Peoria just by way of demon
strating that the old arm still re-
tanned at least a modicum of its
former might.
He hurled seven scoreless in
nings, weakened a bit in the eighth
when Peoria got to him for three
rHAa. two of them earned. but was
strong enough in the ninth to stave
off further scoring. He turned back
three batters on strikes, walked
one man and pinked another with a
pitched ball.
He fielded his position, too, &C
cepting two chances for putouts.
and showed his eyes still are good
by getting one hit out of four trips
to the plate.
McGinnity. who earned the Iron
man" appellation years ago by his
repeated efforts by pitching hota
ends of double headers. was given
an ovation when he ascended the
mound, and another when the last
Peoria batter went out.
Peoria 100000 030-3 s 3
Danville 1000 02x-5 Z /
Vanguard, Rein, Federle and
Stumpf; McGinnity and Ovengros.
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GREAT FINISH WINS FOR ISLANDER
AROUND . the elRCUIT
Il u JAMES L. HUGHES Il

Marshalltown comes tomorrow
for a four-game series. Trust the
veteran Frank Boyle to put win
ming combination of youngsters in
the field. If his showing at OF
tumwa is any indication, Manager
Councilman and his Islanders can
look for trouble.
A feature of Saturdays matinee
will be the presentation of the
Velie car to the owner, whomever
he or she may prove to be. The
car is all ready and just itching to
become the property of someone.
OF course, the fans association
owns it now, but then it is to be
given away to some booster of the
club.
Speaking about garrison finishes,
the most ardent fan could have
wished for nothing more exciting
than that ninth inning rally of the
Islanders yesterday. Both clubs
played fine baseball all the way,
but the final punch remained with
the Islanders.
The Islanders went out this aft
ernoon determined to make a clean
sweep of the opening series, but
Larry Mullen and his hopefuis
were just as determined to break
into the win column.
Mullen is seriously handicapped
by failure of his pitching staff to
come up to expectations. Then on
top of that comes the injury to
Henges, star third baseman, which
will keep him out for several
weeks. Yesterday, Sullivan, one of
Mullen's best bets for backstop-
ping duty, received a split finger.
The Dubuque boss, however, has
lines out for new material and he
promises to produce a winning ag-
gregation before many days have
elapsed.
Dubuque, Marshalltown and
Waterloo are preparing for their
grand opening next Tuesday. The
initial defeat of Dubuque has not
slackened the interest of the fans
of that city, judging by reports.
The various civic organizations