The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-20

south OF okmulgee; 40 ~ okmulgeo
has any claim to them. then the
battle OF tho Brandywine was
fought In n barroom.
"Henryetta has several 5000
barrel wells; any ono maklnS more
oil than any six Okmulgoe even
dreamed Of Henryetta has moro
oil than Okmulgeo has negroes. and
they are so per cent up there. They
don't stay here.
1--WE get three 20 five s,000-bar-
rel wells a week; 80 miles from Ok
mulgee, but still they would like
TO claim them. so please don't for
get that Henryetta Is oil King south
OF Tulsa
The Okmulgee Daily Times, re-
spends with the following state
ment that Will be OF educational
value 60 the Oil fraternity In gem
eral:
Should he spanked.
There Is n man down In Henry
eta who signs his name Thomas
a. Hays, who is like the democratic
candidate in the last election. The
returns were coming in slowly and
the race between him and his op-
ponent was neck and neck, lIo
| called up his campaign manager and
said: Charley. II looks pretty d---n
close. Claim victory to the last,
| and then holler fraud
shame on you, Tommy. George
Riley Hall should tako you out back
OF the wood shed. turn you over
his lanky leg and spank you. That
10 the way TO handle unruly boys.
1T Is the oil mon In Okmulgoo
and the producers OF Okmulgeo that
you must thank. for your present
prosperity. Had net w. c. New
man. j. J. Deanor. Joe r. King. Ed
III. Moore and Jimmy Lyons spent
their good hard money to develop
the country around Honryetta and
bring In pools OF oil worth while.
Henryetta would still be dead
country village.
And now you are trying 10 villfy
them and their efforts In the press.
BILL Newman was the pioneer In
the country west OF lIenryetta. Then
J. ]. Deaner. an .1>,mulgee man,
opened up tho famous Deancr pool
and the Kingwood oil company an
Okmulgee institution, get tho deep
or SANDAL adding to the pros
perlty of your town and people.
Then Jimmy Lyons opened the
famous Lyons pool together with
the Indiahoma Refining company.
| tE. II. Shock and sons) After Jeff
Quinn had gone broke and could
not raise another kopeck, tho 1nde-
pendent oil e. Gas Co. OF Okmulgce
furnished the money TO drill deeper
and opened up tho famous quinn
pool. Waite Phillips. n former Ok
mulgee man, is also adding TO your
prosperity
Had not these okmulgee men
risked their money. your town would
stlll be n dead one. Where do you
get that we that you use so freely.
Show us, please, n Henryetta man
who risked any money to open up
these pools7 How much. Tommie.
have you contributed for your town
and your country? In fact you
have not real live producer in
| your town. You have william
Drinks, who IN fine man and II
good promoter--but you have never
| had to come to Okmulgee TO get
financial assistance to help him
| drill wells.
The Okmulgee men who are de-
veloping these big pools. are get
| ting the cream of the development.
and they are entitled 10 II. They
| are glad that their success means
the helping OF Henryetta, for they
realize that prosperity OF Henryetta
| means prosperity all over the
county. They are glad TO employ
your idle men. glad to help build
your town. They have none OF the
dog in the manger spirit. That's
what makes them big men.
when you get right down TO IL
there are no oil men in Henryetta
except those attracted there since
the Okmulgee men started the de-
velopment. There are several Ok
mulgee producers. they are now
making some money. Okmulgee is
glad OF II.
"Tommie. you thought you were
handing out some hot stuff In your
communication to the Tulsa news
paper. The fact OF the matter Is
you are doing the good people In
your town an injustice. for II tho
people outside OF Henryetta thought
you was an average citizen, they
would not want to live there.
NOW take your little spanking
and be a good boy from now on"
But the important question has
not yet been settled--when a Tulsa
| oil operator was asked, yesterday.
what town was considered tho oil
center OF the southern part OF the
state, he answered without hesita-
| ton