The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-31
BY "REASONER"

By "REASONER"
We will now engage in story OF
Ernest W. Marland, millionaire, in
which the comparison with Aladdin
appears not; in which he is considered
in the light Of his effect on state
politics; in which something Of the
personal habits of the man and his
associates is told without any partic-
uar effort TO compliment him.
In the ascending years of 1913 and
1919, when money was flying around
like mad, and those as had. spent"
Marland got considerable fame.
He was marked among the big oil
men as the sone who paid s670,000 for
the oil rights to a quarter-sectiOn OF
Usage reservation land. He was de.
scribed as the man who sat calmly
under the spreading auction tree at
Pawhuska. fading" the representa-
tives of Standard Oil and the powerful
Tulsa Independents.
He is recalled as the man who
came down to the state capitol took
charge OF the big Victory Loan drive,
took about s1,000,O00 worth Of the
bonds himself 10 make the campaign
go over in large way, and then ST.
lently went hack to Ponca.
In the general hurrah about the
$4,000 lease, little was written about
the fact that it might not have prov.
cd out as happily as another which
cost no more than $40 an acre in the
same locality.
When there was much publicity CIV
en- to the cruise of his yacht named
"Whitemarsh" or Oneida" or some
thing to South America in quest Of
land grants in Salvador and else
where. the soft.pedal was placed on
the fact that highsalaried geologsts
slept on the floor and all got power
fully seasck in the jolly old Carribe.
an.
Much Left rnsaid About Millionaire s
Lives
Thus ii is that the daily doings OF
the millionaire which place him along
with other men. are usually left IN.
said.
Who knows that Marand sits at the
head OF his table in the director 8
room, listens TO the heads of his de.
partments argue pro and con on some
proposed move, then carries them
home to lunch in the palatial home
in front OF the golf course he has
given to his town?
Who knows that in the little game
OF draw that is one of his favorites
he bets $4,000 on the hand he likes?
Little games are frequent on such
hunting trips as Marland and his as
sociates are wont to indulge in during
the winter months.
And in days gone by games Of con
siderable moment have occurred else
where than on hunts.
| I feel that | am betraying no con
| fidence when refer to an entertain
ment Of an eastern capitalist who Wis
tied Ponca City for purposes OF prob
able Investment
In the innocent way that lmen-ant
women too, nowadays have Of turn
ing TO little games of chance to while
the hours away, the capitalist was
made participant in the exciting
game whose name is pronounced some
| thing like minnie roo.
It is n happy circle. the Marland
group, and in the merriment that ac
companied the betting on the little
; horses, the capitalist lost several
hundred dollars understand. this was
just a trivial time.killins game.
Obviously tie should Have Paid Right
Then
When the game closed, the EASTERN
cr. not overburdened with cash, pre-
| pared TO write check. He then sug
sested 10 Marland that they cut high
card double or quits"
Marland assented, and after foui
cuts the easterner's check was over
$1,000
! This shows he is rather lucky al
cards-much as the man usually Is
who is not gambler. nor worried b,
small stakes, but rather plays for IN,
sport Of the moment. Rarely does h,
play. for large stakes or small, tha,
his best judgment is not In the game
Even when he goes on the untriet
lease with rig, he has all that seolog
/ lists can figure out on H.
When he went into Mexico "a ob
tain concessions from Carranaa In tn,
prolific oil region Of the Panuco ant
! Tamplco. he moved carefully. talked
with old Venustiano himself, and ther
put couple OF Obregons sympathil
ers on the directorate of the AIarlant
Oil company Of Mexico
This demonstrates the judgment thai
he brings into play when he enter,
| the political circles Of oklahoma.
That he has entered to the eyten
Of $4,000 backing for Robert II
Wilson for governor. Is the most eur
rent report in politics today.
Wilson Last Of Board That Gran,e,
Nfariand Lease
Whether ne carries on" or not Il
question which certainly will come I,
light later in the campaign. and need
no particular comment here. "Ansels'
lowering nigh. are no now thing 4,
campaign comment.
X. II. Wilson, state supern,enden
Is the last Of thoeo officials WI,
made up the school land commlsslo,
during the Cruce administration. |
was this commission which grarte,
he so.cslled "blansst leasa" OF shou
10000 acres Of 5, hool land to Ma
land.
II was not till Two o, ih~eH years AZ
-" this action NJ tho schoal Ian,
board. that Wilson frs, showed GU
Groupings NJ gubernatoria, desires: an,
I Whan hs annnnnpas IA xxtu hnv. k.n,