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Men of Affairs 



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Representative Institutions 



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Oklahoma 

1916 

A Newspaper Reference Work 




Published by 

THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY 

TULSA. OKLAHOMA 



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MONROE STUDIO 
DEGUELDRE 
BASS STUDIO 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 

WATTON STUDIO 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

PIERSON STUDIO 
GREEN'S STUDIO 

Muskogee, Oklahoma 

GOULTY STUDIO 

Okmulgee, Oklahoma 

TAYLOR BROS. 

Sapulpa, Oklahoma 

BLAIR STUDIO 

Claremore, Oklahoma 



TO THE PRESS 




HE pages of this book are the defense of the title: 
"Men of Affairs and Representative Institutions of 
Oklahoma 1916." This is published as a news- 
paper reference work for the benefit of the press 
of not only Oklahoma, but of the United States. 
The portraits and views were made especially for 
this work, and are the latest that could be obtained. The bi- 
ographies are free from the superlative and hyperbole, and the 
fact that they were given first-hand by the men themselves is a 
guaranty of accuracy. HThe publishers, compilers and editors 
have spared neither time nor money to make this book not only 
of incalculable value to the editors of the country, but a work 
of art as well. ^|"I know a man," says the critic, "whose por- 
trait should be in here." We answer: "True! But there had 
to be a limit, and perhaps we were unable to see the man- 
maybe he was out of the state and it might be that he refused 
(for reasons best known to himself) to give us his portrait or 
biography and therefore w 7 e could not give him representation 
here." H"There are men in that book who should not be 
there," continues the critic. Again we answer: "That's your 
opinion your opinion is your privilege." ^We do not claim to 
have all the "Men of Affairs" in Oklahoma in this book, but we 
are quite certain that all men in the book are"Men of Affairs." 

Fraternally yours, 

THE PUBLISHER 




WILLIAMS. ROBERT L., lawyer, governor of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, 
was born in I :riinilidgi\ Ala.. December 20, isi;x. son of Jonathan and 
Sarah Jnh.i il':uili \\'illiams. Att<nd<-il school at ! '.mnclid?;.-. was grad- 
uated from Smith. -rn I'liivt-rsity. Greensboro. Ala., in ISsl. Is a Democrat, 
and came to Oklahoma in July. 1896, and located at Atoka, later Durant, his 
legal residence. He always took an active T>art in the politics of the 
state; and was an ardent supporter for statehood in territorial days. 
Was a member of the constitutional convention of Oklahoma", and was 
a material factor in writing that instrument .\lt<r the adoption of the 
constitution, he was the first uhief justice of the Sunreme Court of the 
State, and was iv-elr. ted. He resignfil in r.M r. to m.ik.- the race for gov- 
ernor. He is an Klk. K. of P.. M. W. -A.. Mason of lii.uli degree and a 
Shriner. Is a worker in the Methodist church and member A. T. O. 
fraternity. Governor Williams is a single man. never having married. 
His ]iritn-i|ial liobliy in addition to service In the in'onlo is sivirg an 
annual dinner to all the newsboys and poor rhililrni of Oklahoma City. 




JONES, E. R., lawyer, Muskogee, born Moberly, Mo., December 21, 
1881, son of E. W. and Flora (Love) Jones. After leaving high 
school, entered Columbia University and was graduated from depart- 
ment of law in 1902, located in Muskogee the following year. Is 
a Democrat. Was married to Miss Etta Dewar, daughter vice- 
president M. O. & G. railroad, Muskogee, April 26, 1906. Two chil- 
dren: Elizabeth, 9; and Preston West, 8. 







DANIEL. LEE, lawyer, Tulsa, was born in Ackerman, Miss., May 5, 
1890, son ot William J. and Mollie V. Daniel. Attended Mississippi 
University. University of the South, and Washington and Lee Uni- 
versity. Is a Democrat, and for several years has heen justice of 
the peace of Tulsa. Is a 32d degree Mason and member B. P. O. E., 
No. 946. Tulsa: member Tulsa Country Club. Tulsa Pan-Hellenic 
Society and other fraternities. 




CO BB, JAMES H. N., Sapulpa, county commissioner of Creek county, and 
secretary of Commercial Club of Sapulpa, born December 1 4, 3S58, at 
McDowell, Va., son of John A. and Elizabeth A. (Pullin) Cobb. Learned 
to read and write at the age of 11 years; attended country schools of 
Virginia and Missouri for only few months. Education came from hard 
grind and home study. Graduated in law from Lincoln- Jefferson Law 
School of Hammond, Ind., in 1910, and was admitted to practice in the 
courts of Oklahoma in 1910. Is a Republican, and was a member of the 
Okla.homa State Constitutional Convention from District No. 67; was 
United States District Indian Agent from 1908 to 1912, and is now commis- 
sioner of Creek county. Is secretary Commercial Club, elected in 1913. Is 
secretary-treasurer and a director in Sapulpa Bonded Warehouse Com- 
pany and secretary and director of the International Crude Oil Storage 
Company. Is a Mason and Odd Fellow. 




AMES, CHARLES BISMARCK, lawyer, Oklahoma City, born Macon, 
Miss., August 1, 1S7H. son of Charles Single and Sarah Jane (Long- 
street) Ames. B S. degree from Emory and Henry College, Emory. 
Va., 1890; LL. it. I'nivi'rsiiy of Mississippi, 1892. Was member Di- 
vision No. 1, State Supreme Court Commission, and resigned in 1913. 
Is a Democrat. President Oklahoma State Bar Association. Mr. 
Ames always lias taken a very active part in church work, member 
M. E. church south. Delegate to Universal Congress of lawyers and 
jurists. Si. l.c.uis. 1904. Married Miss Elizabeth Fallen, at Macon, 
Miss., February fi, 1894. Practiced law al Macon from 1893 until 
1899, when he came to Oklahoma and located at Oklahoma City. 




CRAYCROFT, HUNTER A., insurance, Oklahoma City; born Spring- 
field, Washington county, Ky., April 13, 1862; son of Charles Robert 
and Mary Frances (Hunter) Craycroft. Attended Covington Institute 
at Springfield, and .St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Ky. Moved to 
Sherman, Texas, in 1880, and later to Fort Worth and Dallas. Twen- 
ty-six years ago he became associated with Mutual Benefit Life In- 
surance Co. of Newark, N. J., and opened offices at Dallas. He 
has been with that company ever since, now member of firm of 
Craycroft Bros. & Dyer, Colcord building. Came to Oklahoma in 
1907, when the Mutual Benefit Life withdrew from Texas on account 
of the Robinson law, and located at Ardmore, remaining there a 
short time and removing to Oklahoma City. Is a Democrat, and 
member B. P. O. Elks. Was a member of staff of Governor Cruce 
of Oklahoma. Married in 1891 to Miss Lucy Crawford, daugh- 
ter of Col. W. L. Crawford, Dallas, Texas. Three Children, all 
grown, William Robert, Love Kathrine and Dorothy Hunter. 




DYER, JAMES NEWELL, insuiance, Oklahoma City, born Hodgens- 
ville, LaRue county, Ky., June 10, 1863, son of Daniel W. and Hannah 
(Boogher) Dyer. Educated in public schools of Kentucky and 
Texas, and Carlton College, Bonham, Texas. Lived in Texas, princi- 
pally at Dallas until he came to Ardmore in 1907. Came to Okla- 
homa City in 1909. Is a Democrat. Is a member of the firm of 
Craycroft Bros. & Dyer, state agents for the Mutual Benefit Life In- 
surance Co., of Newark, N. J. Was married to Mattie C. Masterson 
of Round Rock, Texas, July 8, 1885. Has six children: Willie, 
Jennie, Ruby, Nell and Sue, grown: and J. N. Jr., 16. 




BARNES, GEORGE W., oil producer, Muskogee, was born at Hones- 
dale, Wayne county. Pa., October 29, 1880, son of George W., and 
Alice Y. (Young) Barnes. His mother was a daughter of Coe F. 
Young, of New York, railroad builder. Finished education in the 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, took law course. Votes with 
the Republicans; member of Elks lodge. Was married to Miss 
Madge M. Mitchell, daughter of E. B. Mitchell, of Lima, Ohio. Two 
children: George W. III., 2% years; Mary C., 4 years. 




MORLEY, RALSA F., lawyer; born Baraboo, Wis., December 12, 1874; 
son of Ralsa F. and Rose Mary (Clark) Morley. Attended University 
of Wisconsin at Madison for three years; also Lake Forest Univers- 
ity, near Chicago, in 1898, where he received B. A. degree. Received 
M. A. degree at Chicago University in 1902. Came to Tulsa in 1906. 
Is a Democrat. Member Tulsa Lodge No. 71, A. F. & A. M. Married 
to Miss Augusta M. Moore, July 12, 1905. One child, Lucile Eliza- 
beth, 8 years. 




FITE. FRANCIS B.. physician and surgeon. Muskogee: born Bartow. 
Ga.. October 17. 1S61: son of Dr. Henderson and Sarah (Demuan) 
Fite. Attended Johnstone's Academy, Carterville. Ga. Came to Tah- 
lequah. Indian Territory, in 1SS4. and studied medicine while teach- 
ing school at Sallisaw. Returned to Atlanta, Ga., and entered South- 
ern Medical College. Left there and went east where he studied in 
Polyclinic Hospital. New York City. Came back to Territory and 
located at Muskogee in 1SS9. Since living there he has taken trips 
to the east and attended courses at Johns Hopkins, in New York and 
Philadelphia schools of surgery and different hospitals. He has 
held many places of honor as a surgeon: has been secretary of Medi- 
cal Association of Cherokee Nation. Served one term mayor of Mus- 
kogee. Knight Templar. Shriner, Elk and Odd Fellow. Married in 
1889 to Miss Julia Pztton of Vinita, Okla. Five children: \\~illiam 
P., Frances. Francis B., Edward H. and Julian B. 




CLINTON. FRED SEVERS. ;>hysician and surgeon. Tulsa. was born near 
Okmulgee. Indian Territory. April 13. 1S74. son of Charles and Louise 
Atkins) Clinton. Was educated at Indian schools at Wealaka Mission 
and Okmulgee. Later attended Drury College at Springfield, Mo.. Gem 
City Cusin-s'j College. Quincy. III., the Young Harris College in Georgia. 
Kansas City College of Pharmacy. Kansas City. Mo., the University Med- 
ical College. Kansas City. Mo. He was the organizer a'nd president of 
the Tulsa Hospital Association, conducting a hospital and training school 
for nurses from 1H"7 to Nov. 2ij. isir,. - ganizer and president of 

the Oklahoma Hospital, which is a modern fire-proof institution. Is a 
member of the county, state and American Medical Association, the 
American Association and Railway Surgeons, chief surgeon of Sand 
Springs railway. Tulsa Street railway. Sapulpa & Oil Fields railway. 
surgeon for St. L. ,c s. F. milwav. Santa Fe. Midland Valley and the 
M. K. & T. railway. Charter member of the Tulsa Chamber of Com- 
merce: delegate from Okla'homa Medical Association in 1906 to Boston 
Medical Association. One of the organizers of the Tulsa Street railway; 
one of the organizers of the Clinton Investment Company, which built 
the Fred S. Clinton eight-story building in Tulsa. Scottish Rite Mason 
thirty-second degree. Shriner. Married to Miss Jane Heard of Elberton. 
Ga.. April 15. 




LORTON. EUGENE, editor, Tulsa, born in Middletown, Montgomery county, 
Mo., May 2S, 1S69. son of Riley Robert and Ellen Jane (White) Lorton. 
Educated in the public schools of Missouri and Kansas; moved with 
parents to Medicine Lodge, Barber county, Kansas, in 1878, and entered 
the newspaper business at an early age. Went west to state of Wash- 
ington with parents soon after Washington was admitted to the Union. 
Followed newspaper work, and was at different times affiliated with 
practically every metropolitan newspaper in the Sound country. AJso 
owned and edited several newspapers of his own, including the Walla 
Walla "Union." Mr. Lorton has always been an active worker in the 
ranks of the Republican party. In the early eighties he was mayor of 
Mound City. Kansas. In Oregon he served as county chairman and com- 
mitteeman in several counties, and was at one time a member of the 
State Board of Control of Washington state. He came to Tulsa in 1911, 
and has been marvelously successful in all business enterprises. He is 
editor and half owner of the Tulsa Daily World, and has several apart- 
ment and business houses. Is a Mason, an Elk. past president of the 
I'liamber of Commerce, and member of the Drill and Derrick club. 




DENT, CHARLES E., publisher, Tulsa. was born Parkersburg, W. Va., 
October 20, 1876, son of James A. and Martha A. (Horner) Dent. 
Was educated in the public schools of Kansas, and worked his way 
up by hard knocks. Is a Republican never sought political prefer- 
ment. Came to Tulsa from Joplin, Mo., in 1903, and later became 
business manager of the Tulsa Daily World. In 1913, with Eugene 
Lorton, he bought the World, and has since maintained his position 
of business manager. In addition to the World stock, owns con- 
siderable real estate in Tulsa. Is a High Mason, Shriner, Elk, mem- 
ber Chamber of Commerce, Drill and Derrick Club, Rotary Club, 
Country Club, and Tulsa Auto Club. Married to Miss Evangeline 
Price, at Joplin, Mo., November 19, 1902. 




HUNT, OLIVER D., mayor of Tulsa, born Heckley, Oneida county, N. 
Y., April 4, 1870, son of Oliver and Laura A. (Stephens) Hunt. At- 
tended the graded schools of Buffalo, N. Y.; and Academy Louis 
Center, Minn. Came to Oklahoma in 1910. Is a Democrat and was 
elected sewer and water commissioner of Tulsa, and automatically 
became mayor to serve out unexpired term of Frank Wooden. Is 
a Mason. Member Tulsa Rotary Club. Married Miss Bertha Mc- 
Intyre, June 23, 1898. One child," Esther, aged 16. 




JOSEY, R. A., oil producer, Tulsa, born in Huntsville, Texas, March 
28. 1870. Graduate Sam Houston State Normal, Huntsville: Mason 
thirty-second degree Shriner; vice-president Exchange National 
Bank, Muskogee. 




WILDER, LEW, sheriff Creek county, Sapulpa, was born in Kansas 
City, Mo.. August 8, 1875, son of Charles and Julia. Educated in the 
public schools. Is a Republican and served as chief of police of 
Kiefer before being elected sheriff. Belongs to the Elks and Moose. 




WAITE, CHARLES L., loans and insurance, Tulsa, was born in War- 
ren, 111., September 27, 1867, son of John E. and Rebecca Waite. 
Educated in public schools of Appleton, Wis. Is a Republican. Is 
a Shriner and an Elk. 




STRYKER, WILLIAM, editor and publisher, Tulsa, born Strykersville, 
N. Y., March 24, 1857, son of A. L. and Mary Stryker. Has M. A. 
College degree; is a Democrat and was state superintendent of 
schools of the State of Kansas in 1897-8. Editor, owner and pub- 
lisher of Daily Democrat, Tulsa. 




CASTEEL. W. R., Sapulpa. court clerk, was born in Marshfield, Mo., 
June 19, 1867, son of J. M. and N. A. Casteel. Received common 
school education in Missouri. Is a Republican and served for two 
years as clerk of the district, court of Creek county, and is at present 
court clerk. Odd Fellow. 




OLDS, WALTER, job printer, Tulsa, was born in Pittsburg, Mich., 
December 3, 1871, son of Charles B. and Matilda F. Olds. Came to 
Oklahoma in 1889. Attended the -common schools and learned the 
printer's trade; has always been in the newspaper and publishing 
business. Has resided in Tulsa since 1910, where he conducts a 
job printing establishment. 




CLINE, ELISHA B., city auditor, Tulsa, born Pulton county, 111., Oc- 
tober 30, 1878. son of John and Rheuby Cline. Graduate Van Rens- 
selaer Academy, Hannibal, Mo.; also from Kelly's Business College 
of Hannibal. Is a Democrat and has been city auditor of Tulsa since 
1909. Is a Mason, Odd Fellow, M. W. A., K. of P. and an Elk. Church 
worker in M. E. South. 




LANKFORD, J. D., State Bank Commissioner of Oklahoma, Atoka; is 
a native of Mississippi, and has been a resident of Oklahoma since 
1882. Was appointed to present position by Governor Cruce at the 
beginning of his administration in 1911; reappointed by Governor 
Williams in 1915. Temporarily resides in Oklahoma City. 




STROUVELLE. C. E., oil producer. Tulsa, born Chillicothe, Mo., No- 
vember 12. 1872, son of Christopher and Anna Strouvelle, educated 
in the public schools of Missouri; affiliates with Democrat party; 
is a Mason; member Scottish Rite Lodge, Guthrie, and is past ex- 
alted ruler of Tulsa Lodse, No. 946. B. P. O. Elks, Tulsa. 




REYNOLDS, W. A., real estate, Tulsa, born Osage county, Mo., Feb- 
ruary 10, 1876, son of H. H. and Lydia Reynolds. Educated in the 
public schools of Missouri; votes Democrat ticket. 




McNULTY, M. J., Jr., City Treasurer, Tulsa, is a Democrat; belongs 
to Knights of Columbus 'and B. P. O. E., No. 946, Tulsa. 









BOLEN, HUBERT L., United States Internal Revenue Collector for 
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, was born at Front Royal, Va., March 30, 
1876; son of Newton L. and Lucy (Grant) Bolen. Graduated from 
Shenandoah Normal College at Reliance, Va., and graduated from 
law at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. Admitted to prac- 
tice in Oklahoma in 1906. Is a Democrat and served Oklahoma City 
in the fourth State legislature; was appointed to present position in 
1913. Married in 1910 to Miss Eva Klomann, of Oklahoma City. 
Two children, Ralph L., 2 years; Lawrence R., 6 months. 




TALLEY, HASKELL BURLASON, lawyer, Tulsa, born Florence, 
Term., September IS, 1877, son of Edwin Wells and Katie Augusta 
(Burlason) Talley. Took preparatory course in Webb's School, 
Bell Buckle, Tenn.; college course at Southwestern Presbyterian 
University: law course at Vanderbilt, Harvard and George Wash- 
ington universities, degrees: LL. B., LL. M., D. C. L. Is a Republi- 
can, and is president of the Harvard Club of Oklahoma: member 
of Kappa Alpha Order (College fraternity) University clubs and 
alumni associations of schools attended. 



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COREY, GUS L., county clerk Creek county, Sapulpa, born Lee's Sum- 
mit, Mo., November 23, 1886, son of Hiram W. and Hattie R. Corey. 
Graduated from High School of Bristow, Okla., and from Business 
College in Lee's Summit. Took law course in LaSalle University of 
Chicago. Is Republican and has been elected twice county clerk 
of Creek county; lived more than 25 years in Oklahoma, and is an 
enthusiast about good roads. Member M. W. A. and Elks. 




LILLY, EUGENE ANDERSON, mortgage loans, Tulsa, born in Lilly 
Chapel, Madison county, Ohio, May 9, 1858, son of James Lilly and 
Matilda (Anderson) Lilly. High school graduate of Madison county, 
Ohio, attended Ohio Wesleyan University; graduate University of 
Michigan at Ann Arbor; lived a few years at Weatherford, Okla., 
moved to California in 1906, but soon returned and located in Tulsa. 
Is Knight Templar, 32 degree and Shriner. 




MARTIN, LOYAL J., lawyer, Tulsa, born in Crawford county, Ohio, 
February 16, 1863, son of D. D. and Caroline (Johnston) Martin. 
Attended Knox College and was graduated from the University of 
Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889. Is a Democrat and was mayor of 
Tulsa from 1910 to 1912. Served as county attorney of Miner county, 
S. Dakota, from 1S91 to 1895, and from 1895 to 1901. Served as state 
senator from Miner county from 1901 to 1902. Was president Cham- 
ber of Commerce of Tulsa from 1906 to 1908. Married in 1891 to 
Miss Mabel Frisbee, at Carthage, S. D. Have three boys, Robert 
Bruce, 21; George F., 18, and Loyal J., Jr., 12. Is 32 degree Mason; 
W. O. W.; M. W. A., and B. P. O. E. 




SHAFFER, C. W., oii producer, Sapulpa, was born in Enterprise, War- 
ren county. Pa., March 7, 1870; son of John and Elnora (Hunter) 
Shaffer. Attended high school at Titusville, after leaving graded 
schools at Enterprise. Republican in politics. Belongs to Odd Fel- 
lows and Elks. Resided in Bradford for seven years, and in Find- 
lay, Ohio, for twenty-five; spent most of life in the oil business, 
and went to Independence, Kansas, soon after the first discoveries 
in the Kansas field. He took the first .string of tools into Ramona, 
Okla., was in Bartlesville in 1906, and in Sapulpa in 1910. Married 
on November 26, 1904, to Miss Marian E. Whetstone; one boy 2 
years old. 




FISCHER, F. W., lawyer, Oklahoma City; born Clarington, Ohio, April 
22, 1888; son of John and Eliza (Davis) Fischer. After going through 
the public schools, Mr. Fischer studied law on a farm and was ad- 
mitted in 1909. Came to Oklahoma in 1901 and located at Apache at 
the time of the opening of the Kiowa and Comanche reservations. 
Moved to Oklahoma City in 1907, and is now general attorney for 
the Orient railroad for the state of Oklahoma. Belongs to the Re- 
publican party. Member B. P. O. E. and Odd Fellows. 




GREGG, CARL, showman, Tulsa, born in Nashville, 111., April 24, 1881. 
son of Park and Lou Gregg. Received his education in the public 
schools of Harrisonville, Mo. Is a Democrat and is present Commis- 
sioner of Finance and Revenue of Tulsa. Owns two theaters in 
Tulsa, and is national vice-president of motion picture league of 
Oklahoma; is president of Oklahoma Motion Picture league and was 
a delegate to their conventions in Chicago and Xew York, 1912 and 
1913. Is an Elk, K. of P., W. O. W. and Moose. 




BLACK, OLIVER C., lawyer, Oklahoma City; born Altoona, Pa., April 
8, 1875; son of J. H. and Lovina (Stitt) Black. Graduated from the 
State University of Indiana at Bloomington in 1900, where he re- 
ceived degree in law. Is a Republican and was United States Com- 
missioner of Oklahoma City for several years. Belongs to practically 
all branches of Masonry. Was elected life member of the B. P. O. 
Elks on March 28, 1913. Served several years as secretary of the 
Oklahoma City Lodge, No. 417. Was grand master of the Odd Fel- 
lows of Oklahoma in. 1912 and 1913. Came to Oklahoma in 1901. 




WRIGHT, G. N., hanker, Tulsa, born near Ft. Smith, Ark., December 
19, 1873, son of G. N. and Martha R. Wright. Attended only country 
schools about three months each year when a boy. Self-made man, 
reared on farm, worked way through business college of Ft. Smith. 
Came to Oklahoma City in 1893; moved to Tulsa ten years ago; is 
president of the Wright Clothing Co., Tulsa: president Merchants 
& Planters Bank, Tulsa; president Wright Producing Co.; interested 
extensively in oil and gas production. President of the Chamber of 
Commerce of Tulsa. K. P. and B. P. O. E. 




STEINBERGER, HENRY, oil producer, Tulsa, born in Prussia, Ger- 
many, January 8, 1852, son of Henry and Cathrine Stienberger. Pub- 
lic school education. Republican. Came to America in 1855 and 
settled with parents in Pittsburg, Pa.; came to Oklahoma in 1903; 
has been in the oil business since 1878 in all parts of the United 
States. Was associated with Standard oil companies for twenty- 
three years. 




DOWNING, CASSIUS MARCELLUS, commissioner of streets, Tulsa, 
was born at Maysville, Mo., September 9, 1874, son of C. M. and 
Mary K. Downing. Attended the public schools of Kansas City, 
Mo. Is a Democrat and served as commissioner of streets in Kan- 
sas City under the administration of Mayor Reed. He has had 
charge of practically all paving in Tulsa, which is supposed to have 
the best paved streets in the United States. 




BAR i ON, LOUIS SAMUEL, minister of the gospel, Tulsa, was born 
in Arkansas, June 30, 1869, son of James L. and Jane (Stevens) Bar- 
ton. Graduate University of Texas and Vanderbilt University. 
Democrat. Is a member of the general board of education of the M. 
E. South church, and still represents the Southern Methodist Uni- 
versity in Oklahoma City. Was admitted to the bar in North Texas. 
Gave up law for the pulpit and for twenty-one years served in North 
Texas conference. Served for several years as member board edu- 
cation Southern Methodist University at Dallas. Is a Mason. 




CURRY, FRANK Z., lawyer. Tulsa, born in Breensboro, Ga., August 
31, 1867, son of William M. and Sarah E. Curry. Has B. L. degree 
from University of Georgia; is a Democrat and for four years was 
judge of the county court of Butler county, Ga.; was a lieutenant 
of the 3d Georgia Volunteers in Spanish-American war, and saw ser- 
vice in Cuba; was associated for eighteen years with Gov. Nat E. 
Harris, of Georgia; served one term in Oklahoma legislature. Mem- 
ber Scottish Rite Masons 32d degree, Shriner, Eagle, Moose, Red 
Men, K. of P. 




ARNOLD. HUMPHREY Y., oil producer, Tulsa, born in Bedford, Pa., 
April 8, 1846, son of John and Julia Arnold. He received his educa- 
tion in the Bedford Academy. He ran away from school and en- 
listed in the civil war in 1861 in the 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers 
and served until the close of the war. He is a Republican in poli- 
tics; member of the G. A. R., and high in Masonry, belonging to 
almost every branch including the Consistory, Knights Templar and 
Mystic Shrine. 




AVERY, CYRUS STEVENS, oil producer and farmer, Tulsa, born in 
Stevensville, Pa., on August 30, 1871, son of James A. and Ruie 
Avery. Educated in the public schools. Received A. B. degree 
from William Jewel College, Liberty, Mo. He is a Democrat and 
has served two terms as commissioner of Tulsa county. Is a Mason 
of high degree, being a member of the Consistory and Mystic Shrine. 
Member Board Directors Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa, and presi- 
dent Good Roads Association of the State. 




CROSSLAND, EDWARD, lawyer, Tulsa, was born in Mayfield, Ky., 
March 24, 1875, son of Samuel H. and Martha E. Crossland. En- 
tered Kentucky College at Mayfield, after leaving the public schools. 
Received B. L. degree from the law department of Center College, 
Danville, Ky., and served for four years as city attorney of Mayfield, 
and four years county judge. Mr. Crossland is a Democrat and was 
for two years assistant prosecuting attorney of Tulsa county. Was 
elected prosecuting attorney in 1915. Came to Tulsa in 1910. Mem- 
ber of the Knights of Pythias and Elks. 




MAGEE, PERCIVAL E.. Tulsa, lawyer, was born in Waukon, Iowa, 
January 16, 1885, son of John C. and Jane (Cole) Magee. Was edu- 
cated in the common schools and in the Iowa State Teachers' Col- 
lege, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and in the Upper Iowa University at Fay- 
ette, Iowa. Is a Republican in politics. Is the vice president and 
attorney for the Hill Oil & Gas Co., of Tulsa. Member A. F. & A. 
M., 71. Tulsa: Tulsa Chapter, No. 52, R. A. M.; Trinity Commandery, 
No. 20, K. T.; Indian Consistory A. A. O. S. R.; Akdar Temple, A. 
A. O. N. M S. 




NIXON, J. TRUMAN, oil producer and Indian records, Tulsa; born 
near Grafton, W. Va., November 6, 1868; son of S. C. and Virginia L. 
Nixon. Graduated from high school St. Paris, Ohio. Also attended 
Denison University at Granville, Ohio. Republican; never held elec- 
tive office. Is a Master Mason, Royal Arch, Knight Templar, mem- 
ber council and member of Shrine. Stockholder in National Bank 
of Commerce, of Tulsa; stockholder Booths ville Telephone Co., 
Boothsville, W. Va.; vice president Merchants & Planters Bank of 
Tulsa. Is a large owner of farms and city properties in Oklahoma 
and West Virginia, and also owns some valuable coal lands in West 
Virginia. 




LATHAM, DR. LORENZO D., physician and surgeon, Tulsa, born in 
El Dorado, Saline county. 111., January 9, 1862; son of Samuel C. (M. 
D.) and Porthena Latham. Early education in the public schools of 
Illinois and Southern Illinois Academy, Enfield, 111.; graduate of 
Physicians and Surgeons' College, Keokuk, Iowa; College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons, St. Louis, Mo., 1895-96; received "Ad Eundem" 
degree in medicine from National University of Arts and Sciences 
at St. Louis, Mo. Is a Republican, and under the McKinley adminis- 
tration was commissioned examining surgeon of U. S. Pensions for 
Saline county, 111. Coming to Tulsa in 1905 erected one of the first 
brick buildings in the city. Member Guthrie Consistory. 




SPEED, HORACE, lawyer, Tulsa, born on a farm in Nelson County, 
Ky., January 25, 1852, served as United States prosecuting attorney 
for Oklahoma Territory 1890 to 1896; came to Oklahoma from In- 
dianapolis, Incl., locating at Guthrie, day of original opening, April 
22d, 1889. Member of Guthrie Consistory. 




STANDEVEN, HERBERT LESLIE, lawyer, Tulsa, born Boone, Iowa, 
November 20, 1878, son of Joseph H. and Susan L. Standeven. Gradu- 
ate of law department of University of Michigan; is a Democrat 
and served from 1907 to 1911 as county attorney of Kiowa county, 
Okla., while residing at Hobart. Is a Mason, Elk, K. of P. and 
M. W. A. 




BROWN. WARREN H., lawyer, Sapulpa, was born at Tinney's Grove, 
Ray county, Mo., August 21, 1865, son of Caleb and Martha (For- 
tune) Brown. Graduate of the State Normal and graduate of law 
Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa. Located in Lawton, 
Okla., at time of opening of Kiowa and Comanche reservations. Is 
a Republican and has held offices in Lawton and Oklahoma City. 
Has been in Sapulpa for five years, two years of which he served 
as county judge. Belongs to A. F. & A. M. and Consistory of Guthrie. 




MARS, FRANK L., lawyer, Sapulpa, born in Campbell county Tenn., 
July 18, 1872, son of Wellington and Elizabeth (Owen) Mars. Gradu- 
ate of State University of Tennessee at Harriman: graduate of law 
State University of Missouri. Is a Republican, Mason, Elk, Odd Fel- 
low, W. O. W. and M. W. A. 







HOLMBOE, J. A., general contractor, Oklahoma City, was born in Nor- 
way, November 26, 1866, son of J. A. and Karen Dorethea (Bjorn) 
Holmboe. Was educated in Kristiania, Norway, public schools, and 
is graduate of polytechnic university, is a civil engineer. Democrat 
in politics. Has had many contracts from the state. At the State 
University at Norman; he built the Administration building, the Law 
building, Engineering building, power plant, Science hall. Also built 
the state insane asylum at Vinita. Mason, Royal Arch, Knights 
Templar. Is emminent commander of Oklahoma Commandery No. 
3, Oklahoma City. 




QUINN, THOMAS J., contractor, Tulsa, born Galena, 111., November 
12, 1855, son of Patrick and Margaret Quinn. Educated in public 
schools of St. Louis, Mo. Is a Democrat, and served three times 
as a director of St. Louis county, and served as member of school 
board; is present Commissioner of Police and Fire in Tulsa; moved 
to St. Louis when nine months of age and left there when 55 years 
old. Was in real estate business and contracting; worked on the 
Eads bridge: came to Tulsa in 1909; is the father of seven boys and 
five girls; father and mother both born in Ireland. Elk and knight 
of Columbus. 




WALDREP, JAMES ANDREW, wholesale confectioner, Tulsa; born 
near Texarkana, February 11, 1876: son of John A. and Nancy E. 
(Santifer) Waldrep. High school course, Gonzales, Texas; business 
college, Gonzales. Democrat. Came to Tulsa and engaged in whole- 
sale confectionery in 1905, and business has had marvelous growth. 
Member Rotary Club, Elks and U. C. T., 458, Tulsa. Never married. 




PERRY, EDWIN RUTHVEN, lawyer, Tulsa; born Ontario, Canada, 
March 4, 1875; son o William and Barbara (Legge) Perry. Edu- 
cated in the public schools, Evanston Academy, Northwestern Uni- 
versity (A. B.) ; Harvard Law School (LL. B.). Republican. Belongs 
to Masonic orders and Tulsa Elks. Came to Oklahoma in 1908 from 
Chicago, where he had been engaged in practice of law. 










DUNN, EDWIN L., real estate, Tulsa and Shamrock; was born Hum- 
bolt, Kansas, October 12, 1859; son of Dr. A. L. and Nancy E. Dunn. 
Took business course in St. Joseph, Mo., after leaving public and 
high schools of Kansas. Spent several years in Washington, D. C., 
and came to Oklahoma at opening of Cherokee strip, 1893, and was 
elected first mayor of Enid; served as clerk of the United States 
District Court and member state legislature. Was engaged in real 
estate and insurance business in Oklahoma City for number of years; 
was engaged in oil business for awhile. Now member realty firm 
of Eaton & Dunn, builders of the towns of Oilton, Pemeta and Sham- 
rock. Member K. of P., Elks, M. W. A. Married and has a grown 
son, Truman. 




MULKY, FRANK L., oil producer, Oklahoma City: born Bloomington, 
Ind., June 8, 1863; son of James 15. and Mary J. (Coffey) Mulky. Is 
graduate of University of Indiana at Bloomington class of 1882 
Taught school for five years, and for fourteen years was field repre- 
sentative for the Aetna Life Insurance Co. for Indiana, Illinois and 
Missouri. Has been a miner in New Mexico, and came to Oklahoma 
City in 1906 and engaged in the real estate business. Became in- 
terested in oil in 1912, and has been very successful. He is interested 
in some of the best leases in the Mid-Continent field and owns some 
valuable refinery stock. Is a Republican. Was married to Miss 
Kate Parks of Bedford, Ind.. June 8. 1893. One son. Francis, aged 
18 vears. 




HURLEY, PATRICK J., lawyer, Tulsa; born in Texas, January 8, 1882; 
son of Pierce O. and Mary (Kelly) Hurley. Graduate of Bacone Col- 
lege (A. B.), May 30, 1908., LL. B. National University, Washington, 
D. C.; attended George Washington University, Washington, D. C. 
Is a Republican. Has been National Attorney for Choctaw Nation 
since 1911. Elk. 




GUNTER, CHARLES W.. insurance, Oklahoma City; born LaGrange, 
Miss., February 6, 1884; son of Andrew Jackson and Sarah Elizabeth 
(Gibbons) Gunter. Graduated from Millsap College at Jackson, 
Miss. Is a Democrat ; never held office. Mr. Gunter has been with 
the Penn Mutual ten years in Mississippi before coming to Oklahoma, 
and for four years he has been state agent. Married November 20, 
1907, to Miss Louise Currie; one daughter, Louise, aged 4 years. 




LOZIER, ROBERT EMMET, real estate, Tulsa, was born in Ray 
county, Mo., October 5, 1859, son of R. M. and Fanette Lozier. Edu- 
cated in public schools of Richmond, Mo. Is a Democrat, and has 
served for several years as superintendent of streets of Tulsa. Was 
at one time clerk of the county court of Carroll county, Mo. Under 
Gov. Haskell, Oklahoma's first governor, he served as state prohibi- 
tion enforcement officer. Has been a resident of Oklahoma for fif- 
teen years, and was a delegate to the National Democratic conven- 
tion in 1908. 




SMITH, S. J., Sapulpa, merchant, oil and gas producer, mayor of Sa- 
pulpa; was born in Pennsylvania in 1871, son of Thomas and Re- 
becca Smith. Education is academic and from Normal schools; has 
teacher's training and spent six years in school work. Is Republican 
in politics, was school director for 12 years; was two terms mem- 
ber of the state legislature of Pennsylvania, and one term as 
state legislator of Oklahoma, and is now serving second term as 
mayor. Is 32 degree Mason, member I. O. O. F., W. M. A., Improved 
O. R. M., F. O. E. and K. of P. 





JONES, JOHN T. (Jack), real estate and farm tractors, Oklahoma City, 
was born at Akron, Ohio, September 15, 1868; son of Enoch and Mar- 
garet (Gardner) Jones. Received common school education in Ohio. 
Is a Republican, and has served continuously on Governor's staff 
since statehood with rank of colonel. Prior to locating in Oklahoma 
City Mr. Jones bad traveled for seventeen years as a mercantile 
salesman. Has been in Oklahoma for fifteen years, and has been 
identified with the real estate business in many towns. He put on 
several additions to Oklahoma City during the "boom" days. Is a 
Master Mason, member Royal Arch, Council, Knights Templar, Con- 
sistory and Shrine. Is Imperial Marshal of the Shrine of the United 
States. 




BEELER, HARRY B., general purchasing agent Pierce Oil corporation, 
Tulsa; horn Vincennes, Ind., August 29, 1877; son of James C. 
and Sarah C (Reel) Beeler. Attended the public schools of Vin- 
cennes. and Georgetown University at Washington, D. C. Is a Re- 
publican and served several years member of the state committee. 
Was minority leader of the Oklahoma State Senate in the second 
and third legislatuies. Is present Republican member state election 
board. Shriner, Elk, K. of P., W. O. W. and M. W. A. Came to 
Oklahoma from Indiana in 1895 and located in Checotah, Indian 
Territory. Married to Laura A. Faulkner of Checotah, November 29, 
1899 (deceased). One daughter. Frances, 14. Formerly resided in 
Muskogee. 




WOODEN, FRANK M., real estate, Tulsa; born Ellis county, Texas, 
July 14, 1875; son of Abe and Eliza (Dorsey) Wooden. Graduate of 
high school of Ballings, Texas. Came to Tulsa in November, 1910. 
Member Rotary Club. Twice elected mayor of Tulsa; Is a Democrat. 
Member Masonic lodge, Odd Fellows, Elks and Knights of Pythias. 
Married to Miss Estelle Gibson, January 10, 1897. Two children, 
Mamie, 16; Helen, 12. 




ROSS, JAMES S., lawyer, Oklahoma City; born at Dover, Term., Feb- 
ruary 9, 1878; son of Ambrose B. and Sue (Gray) Ross. Was edu- 
cated in the common schools. Admitted to practice law in 1889, and 
opened an office at Paducah, where he remained for seven years 
when he camp to Oklahoma. Is a Democrat. Belongs to Masonic 
orders and B. P. O. E. Was married July 10, 1901 to Miss Emma Hal- 
loway. Has three children. 




SYKES, JAMES H., lawyer, Tulsa, was born in Morristown, Tenn., 
January 5, 1880; son of Josiah S. and Nora (Burnett) Sykes. Lacked 
a short time of taking a complete course in Emory & Henry Col- 
lege, at Emory, Va.; began practice of law immediately after leaving 
college, and after practicing five years took a law course in the Uni- 
versity of Chattanooga, Tenn., and received degree in 1905. Came 
to Oklahoma, August 6th, 1908. Member Fifth Oklahoma legislature. 
Is a Democrat and always took active interest in political affairs. 
Was married to Miss Essie Overton, of Meridian, Miss., July 31, 1911. 
Has one daughter, Brycea, aged 9, from a former marriage. 




VAUGHT. ED S., lawyer, Oklahoma City; born in Wythe county, Va., 
January 7, 1873; son of Noah T. and Minerva (Atkins) Vaught. 
Graduate of Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va. Was superin- 
tendent of schools of Jefferson county, Tenn., 1896 to 1901. Came to 
Oklahoma City in 1901 and was superintendent of schools from that 
year until 1906, and has since practiced law. Is a Republican, and 
has served his party many years as committeeman and campaign 
manager. Member Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery Mason. 
Is at present president of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, 
largest commercial body in the Southwest. 




WILDMAN, ROY T., lawyer, Sapulpa, was born in Fairfield, Iowa., 
April 18, 1883, son of Benjamin T. and Sarah (Taylor) Wildman. 
Attended public schools of Neosha Falls, Kan., and was graduated 
from the Kansas University class of 1907; came to Sapulpa in 1909. Is 
a Republican, and was elected county attorney in 1915. Prior to 
that time he was assistant county attorney. Married Miss Dora A. 
Jones of Neosha Falls, Kan., in June, 1913, and has two children. 
Is a Royal Arch Mason, an Elk and Odd Fellow. 




STAHL, WILLIAM FAIRCHILD, bonds and insurance, Tulsa, was 
born at Toledo, Ohio, June 11, 1882, son of George C. and Julia P. 
(Fail-child) Stahl. Graduated in 1901 from Maine Wesleyan College 
at Kent's Hill, Maine. Is a Republican. Is a Mason, Royal Arch, 
Knights Templar and Shriner. Pastmaster Delta Lodge No. 425, 
Tulsa; was president of the Tulsa Rotary Club, 1915-16. Married to 
Miss Elizabeth Thornton, October 25, 1906. One daughter: Winni- 
fred, aged 8 years. Came to Oklahoma in 1909. 




EATON. WALTER R., real estate and town builder, Muskogee and 
Shamrock; born Bucyrus, Ohio, July 11, 1874; son of Reason and 
Margaret (Hayes) Eaton. Studied law after leaving school and ad- 
mitted to practice at Hastings, Mich., in 1900. He is a Democrat 
and member Oklahoma state legislature, 1915-16. Senior member 
firm of Eaton & Dunn, builders of Oilton, Pemeta and Shamrock; 
was associated for years with former Governor Charles N. Haskell in. 
railroad building, telephone and banking business. Member Knights 
of Pythias, and was secretary to Supreme Chancellor for Tour years, 
1894-8. Was married to Miss Lillian Pitman, daughter of Judge Pit- 
man of Shawnee, Okla. Three boys, Marquis, 18; Donald, 15; 
Richie, 12. Mrs Eaton is accomplished and well known in musical 
circles in state. 




FOHS, F. JULIUS, consulting oil geologist, Tulsa: born New York 
City, March 1, 1884; son of Mark E. and Frederica (Baum) Fobs. 
Post graduate work at Columbia University, New York City. Inde- 
pendent in politics. Superintendent of mines in 1901; field assist- 
ant geological branch United States survey, 1902; engineer in charge 
of mines from October, 1902 to March, 1905; assistant state geologist 
of Kentucky from March, 1905 to 1912; consulting practice oil geolo- 
gic work since that time. Thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Mason, 
Shriner, member American Institute Mining Engineers. 1904-10. 
Married to Cora Baldauf. September 16, 1908; daughter Ella B., aged 
6 years. Came to Oklahoma, April 1. 1913. Author of "Flourspar 
Deposit of Kentucky," "Coals of the Quicksand Regions," and various 
other bulletins and papers on coal, oil and other minerals. 




WILSON, ROBERT H., state superintendent of schools, Chickasha 
(legal residence), Oklahoma City; born Scottsville, Ky., August 26, 
1873; son of J. A. and Mary E. Wilson. Educated in common schools 
of Kentucky, worked way through college, and finished in spring of 
1898. Is a Democrat. Was superintendent of schools of Grady coun- 
ty, Okla., 1907-11; member Board Education Chickasha, 1908-11; 
state superintendent schools 1911 to present time. Member I. O. 
O. F., B. P. O. E., W. O. W., K. of M.; member Oklahoma Educational 
Association and National Educational Association. 





RYAN, J. L., lumber, Claremore; born Williamsburg, Whiting county, 
Ky., February 19, 1847; son of Joel and Jennie (Creekmore) Ryan. 
Educated in common schools. Opened first lumber yard in Clare- 
more in 1890. Is a Democrat, and has been mayor of Claremore two 
years. Was also mayor ten years ago, under Arkansas law; served 
as member of council and police judge. Was married thirty years 
ago to Andella Coin, who died four years ago. No children. Mem- 
ber I. O. O. F. and W. O. W.: was clerk of W. O. W. for fourteen 
vears. 







ESTES, JOEL S., lawyer, Oklahoma City; born at Sidney, Iowa, Janu- 
ary 7, 1873; son of Francis W. and Mary (Hiatt) Estes. Graduated 
from the high school at Sidney and Normal College of Shenandoah, 
Iowa. Was superintendent of schools of Sidney, Iowa for five years. 
Studied law at State University at Iowa City; practiced law in Sid- 
ney from 1903 until 1908, when he came to Oklahoma City. Is a 
Democrat and has always been active in politics. He was a candi- 
date against Hepburn for congress in the Eighth Iowa district, and 
cut his majority down to less than 2,000. Was assistant attorney- 
general of Oklahoma under Gov. Lee Cruce. 




SMITH, GEORGE A., newspaper editor. Chandler; born Danville, 
111., February 25, 1868; son of William H. and Mary (Beasley) Smith. 
Educated in common schools ot Pine Village, 111.; came to Chandler 
in 1891. Is a Democrat. Served as clerk of Lincoln county, Okla- 
homa, also assessor. Appointed by Gov. Williams secretary to the 
commissioners of the land office, which position he still holds. 
Present editor of the Chandler News. Was elected 1912 president 
Oklahoma State Press Association. Married in lola. Kan., March 
24, 1892. to Miss Emma Christy. Four children, Ruby and Pearl, 
grown; Opal and Olin, twins, 14. 







JOHNSON. ALVIN C., Slate Agent Illinois Life Insurance Co., Tulsa, 
was born in Edmondson County, Ky., December 13, 1876, only son 
of Joseph and Laura M. Johnson. Educated in the Brownsville 
Academy at Brownsville, Ky., and Shrewsbury (Ky.) graded schools. 
Entered service of Illinois Life Insurance Co. in 1902 in capacity 
district manager of Southern Kentucky; in 1904 was made state 
manager for Oklahoma and Indian Territories; holding this position 
for a short time became associated with the Des Moines Life In- 
surance Co., of Des Moines, Iowa, for the state of Arkansas, Okla- 
homa and Indian Territories, and after four years was made super- 
intendent of agencies at the home office of the company. In June, 
1909 married in Tulsa, resigned with the Des Moines company and 
was again appointed state agent for the Illinois Life Insurance Co. 
A Democrat, member First Christian Church; member Tulsa Coun- 
try Club, Elks and Knights of Pythias. 







DURANT, WILLIAM A., lawyer, Durant, born at Bennington, Choctaw 
Nation, Indian Territory, March 18, 18fi6: son of Sylvester and 
Martha (Robinson) Durant. His father was one-half Choctaw In- 
dian and one-half of French extraction. His mother was a white 
woman. Was educated at public schools at Bennington and Durant, 
and was graduated from the Batesville (Ark.), College. Sat as a 
special judge in courts of Choctaw Nation; was superintendent of 
Jones' School at Hartshorne; was several years a member of the 
Choctaw legislature. With the advent of statehood Mr. Durant be- 
gan a very active political career. He was sergeant-at-arms of the 
constitutional convention. He has been elected successfully to every 
legislature since statehood, including the present one, the fifth. He 
was speaker of the third. Married in April, 1892, to Miss Ida 
May Corber; two children, W. E. L., 22; James G., 17. Mason, K. 
of P. 







BRADEN, GLENN T., president Osage & Oklahoma Gas Co., Tulsa, 
was born at Waterford, Erie county, Pa., June 1, 1856, son of William 
and Sarah Braden. Common school education. Independent in poli- 
tics. Formerly lived in Pittsburg, Pa., where he had been engaged 
in the oil and gas business for forty-seven years. Is the inventor 
of several oil well appliances, including the famous Bradenhead. 
Lived in Oklahoma for ten years. Is recognized as the leading au- 
thority on gas in the United States. Mason and Elk. 




BARTLETT, ROBERT H., treasurer Osage & Oklahoma Gas Co., 
Tulsa, was born at Cuba, N. Y., June 26, 1880, son of Edward and 
Martha Bartlett. Common school education. Is a Republican. Came 
to Oklahoma from Pittsburg, Pa., nine years ago. Formerly oil and 
gas producer. 




SHERMAN, ROGER S., lawyer, Tulsa; born Titusville, Pa., March 11, 
1879; son of Roger and Alma (Seymour) Sherman. Prepared for 
college at Lawrenceville, N. J., and graduated from law school of 
Harvard in class of 1901. Affiliates with Democrats. Single. 




MALLORY, SIDNEY TRUMAN, oil producer, Tulsa; born at Water- 
ford, Pa., November 24. 1860; son of Truman and Lydia (Phelps) 
Mallory. Is a Republican. Mason, Consistory, Shriner. Was mar- 
ried to Ella Bushfield, December 28, 1894. Came to Oklahoma in 
1908, and has been active in the oil fields, and owns some of the 
best properties in Mid-Continent field. 







COOK, W. ALBERT, eye, ear, nose and throat doctor, Tulsa; graduate 
Rush Medical College, University of Chicago, post graduate school of 
eye, ear, nose and throat, Manhattan, N. Y.; University of Vienna, 
Austria. Is vice-president Oklahoma State Medical Association. Is 
oculist and aurist for Midland Valley R. R., and to more than twenty 
local corporations. Belongs to practically all Masonic bodies in 
Tulsa. 




ENGLISH, ALBERT Z., realty owner, Muskogee, born Englishtown, 
N. J.. November 22, 1S68, son of James and Mary (Ely) English. 
Went to Montclair high schools and attended Princeton one year. 
Republican. Came to Muskogee from Kansas City, Mo., in 1891. 
Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, member B. P. O. Elk. Married 
to Miss Liz/ie E. Severs. March 28, 1894. One child: Frederick 
Severs English, 21 years. 




GILLESPIE. FRANK A., oil producer, Tulsa; born Oil City, Pa., April 
22, 1869; son of J. B. and Mary Gillespie. Educated in public schools ; 
is independent in politics. Came to Oklahoma twelve years ago; 
has been engaged in the oil business all his life, and has been very 
successful as a producer; he is a pioneer in the oil business in Ok- 

. lahoma. Owns large cattle ranches in Oklahoma, and his hobby 
is fine breed of Herfords and other blooded cattle. In April, 1916, 
his income from oil was estimated at $30,000.00 a day. 




FUNK, ARTHUR L., oil producer, Tulsa, born in Mt. Morris, 111., No- 
vember 24, 1863, son of Peter and Isabella (Hellar) Funk. Gradu- 
ate Dunkard College, Mt. Morris, III. Is an independent Repub- 
lican. Came to Oklahoma in 1900 and engaged in oil business when 
famous Glenn Pool was discovered; prior to that time had been 
engaged in banking and real estate business. Thirty-second degree 
Mason. 







MILLER, WILLIAM PERRY, lawyer, Muskogee, born Mt. Pleasant, 
Texas, May 20, 1880, son of William G. and Lou (Black) Miller. 
Graduate Central College of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Came to Ok- 
lahoma in 1906, and began the study of law, preferring it to the 
mercantile business in which he was engaged. Is a Democrat 
and was clerk of the district court one term. Was a member Okla- 
homa legislature in 1911. Was mayor of Muskogee, 1912-14. Is 
32d degree Mason and a Shriner. Married to Miss Lena Loving, of 
Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 15, 1905. 




KIMBLEY, ELMER WAYNE, oil producer, Okmulgee, born at Gar- 
win, Iowa, December 1, 1868, son of Henry L. and Susan (Day) Kimb- 
ley. Attended public schools and graduated from Garwin high 
school. Came to Oklahoma in 1901 and engaged in oil business in 
1904. Was engaged in telephone buisness in Arkansas prior to 1904. 
Owns large production in Okmulgee, Bald Hill and Morris fields. Is 
a Mason, belongs to Consistory and the Shrine. Married to Miss 
Nellie May Simpkins, May 11, 1892. Two children: Leona Marion 
and Russell P., both grown. 




WOOFTER, JOHN S., oil producer and accounting, Sapulpa, born in 
Auburn, W. Va., October 25, 1860, son of Andrew and Mary J (Simp- 
son) Woofter. Normal and common school education. Is a Repub- 
lican and served several years as treasurer of school board of Sa- 
pulpa; also temporary sheriff of Creek county; member of Republi- 
can state central committee and in 1914 was nominated on Republi- 
can ticket for office of state examiner and inspector. Belongs to all 
Masonic branches except thirty-third degree; Shriner, Odd Fellow, 
Eagle, Moose, U. C. T., Past Exalted Ruler Elks, Past Patron Eastern 
Star, King in White Shrine of Jerusalem. 




HAGER, DORSEY, petroleum geologist and engineer, Tulsa; born St. 
Paul, Minn., June 7, 1887; son of Fred D. and Sarah S. (Dilworth) Ha- 
ger. Graduate Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., and Columbia 
University of New York City. Independent in politics. Master Mason; 
member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Member Tulsa Chamber of Com- 
merce; also member American Institute of Mining Engineers and 
Oklahoma Academy of Science. Married May 20, 1913. to Adelaide 
Tyler Myer (deceased), of Norflok, Va. One child. Franklin Tyler 
Hager. He came to Tulsa in November, 1904. Mr. Hager is an au- 
thor and scientific writer on practical oil geology. 




HASKELL, NORMAN R., lawyer, Oklahoma City, born Ottawa, Ohio, 
September 12, 1882, son of ex-Governor Charles and Lucy (Pome- 
roy) Haskell. Graduate O. S. U.; also graduate of law department 
University of Arkansas; admitted to bar in 1903. Is a Democrat. 
Married September 7, 1904, to Miss Jessie Ware, of Little Rock, 
Ark. Two boys, two girls. 




LUYKX, NICHOLAS G. M. oil producer, Tulsa, born Amsterdam, Eng- 
land, February 19, 1865. Associated with the Roxana Oil Company, 
subsidiary company of the Dutch-Scheel syndicate of Europe; has 
been in this country a few years. Was married to L. A. A. Van- 
Oosterzee in November, 1896. Three children: Dira J., 18; John 
N., 14; Hein M. C., 8. 




WILSON, W. FRANK, lawyer, Oklahoma City; born Oak Ridge, Mo., 
July 11, 1875; son of William T. and Cathrine (Lumbaugh) Wilson. 
Academic education; graduated in law from Missouri University, 
Columbia. Is a Democrat. Was married to Miss Gertrude Amrner- 
man, January 30, 1901, at Columbia, Mo. Three children. Came to Ok- 
lahoma after leaving school in 1901, and soon thereafter published 
"Wilson's Digest." In 1903 he published "Wilson's Annotated." 




TOMER LIN, JOHN, lawyer. Oklahoma City; born in Robertson county, 
Tenn., November 22, 1877; son of G. W. and Sarah (Jackson) Tom- 
erlin. Was graduated in law at the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 
Tenn. Practiced law four years in Nashville before coming to Okla- 
homa City. Is a Democrat, but never sought office. Belongs to Si- 
loam Masonic lodge, Oklahoma City; is also an Elk. Was married 
January 12, 1910, to Miss Anne Barrs of Jacksonville, Fla. One boy, 
Granville. 




CAMPBELL, HARRY, lawyer, Tulsa, born Hamilton county, 111., Au- 
gust 20, 1868, son of James M. and Eliza Campbell. Graduate of 
law department of Northwestern University of Indiana, Valparaiso, 
1893. Affiliates with Democrats; oldest attorney in point of resi- 
dence in Tulsa; was delegate in 1906 from Indian Territory to Chi- 
cago, in convention that nominated Wm. J. Bryan first time; is 
Scottish Rite 32d degree, Elk, K. of P. and W. O. W. 




NICKLE, ALBERT W., Tulsa, oil producer, was born in Venango 
county, Pa., April 30, 1851, son of James and Mary L. Nickle. Re- 
ceived a public school education. Is a Republican, and member of 
the Elks and Odd Fellows. Came to Oklahoma from Robinson, 111., 
three and a half years ago. Is one of the oldest oil men in the 
United State?, having been engaged in that business in all parts 
of the oil country for fifty-six years. His hobby is big-game hunt- 
ing, and his trophies are many. 




BIDDISON, W. VAL JEAN, lawyer, Tulsa, was born in Leonardville, 
Kansas, April 30, 1886, son of V. H. and Kate H. Biddison. After 
graduating from the public schools he took a course of the Arts and 
Sciences at the Agricultural and Mechanical School at Manhattan, 
Kan., and later a course in the Arts and Law at Washburn Univers- 
ity, Topeka, Kan. Mr. Biddison is a Democrat and for several years 
has been treasurer of the school board of Tulsa. Has been in active 
law practice in Tulsa for nine years and has erected several resi- 
dences and business buildings. 




GAULT. FRANK MARION, president State Board of Agriculture, Ok- 
lahoma City; born Sullivan county, Mo., March 30, 1849; son of E. 
J. and Sophia (McClure) Gault. Common school education. Demo- 
crat, always very active in interest of his party. Farmer, rancher 
and stock owner on large scale; properties near Geary. Interested 
in lumber yards and banks. Elected president State Board of Agri- 
culture in 1914, which office he still holds. Married March 15, 1905. 
to Mrs. L. O. Major of Montague county, Texas. One child, Merrilee, 
aged 10 years. 




BRECKENRIDGE, MAURICE ANTHONY, lawyer, Tulsa; was born at 
Fincastle, Va., February 26, 1880; son of G. W. and Anne Anthony 
(Hammer), Breckenridge. Attended the public schools of Botetourt 
county, Va., and received degree of LL. B. at Washington-Lee Uni- 
versity at Lexington, Va., where he was graduated in 1902. Is a 
Demo'crat, and was the first county attorney of Tulsa county after 
statehood. He was elected the first judge of the Superior Court of 
Tulsa county, and has held the position from the date of organization 
of that court to the present time. He was married to Julia B. Rob- 
ertson in 1906, and has two children, William R., 9; and Anne An- 
thony, 7. 




RUMMONS, NESTOR, h:\vyer, Hobart : born at Wright City, Mo., 
January 16, 1869; son of Landon and Martha (Lacy) Rummons. Is 
a graduate of Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Mo.; and 
graduated in law from the University of Michigan at Ann Harbor. 
Lived in Ellwood and Lincoln, Neb., where he practiced law before 
coming to Oklahoma and locating at Hobart in 1901. Mr. Rummons 
is a Democrat and was elected as an independent candidate mayor 
of Hobart in 1905. Member B. P. O. Elks. Was appointed by Gov. 
Williams member ol the State Supreme Court Commission November 
8. 1915, which position he now holds with temporary residence in the 
state capital, Oklahoma City. 










HOWARD, OSCAR B., oil producer, Tulsa, was born Morganstown, 
Ky., September 2, 1875, son of A. A. and Addie (Hareld) Howard. 
Was educated in the public schools. Is a Democrat. Came to Ok- 
lahoma at the original opening of old Oklahoma, in 1889, and 
located witli his parents on a farm three miles north of Edmond, 
where he lived for ten years. Came to Tulsa in 1903. Married to 
Miss Inez Greene, Junction City, Kan., July 4, 1901. Elk, K. of P. 




HOWARD, E. B., state auditor, Oklahoma City, permanent residence 
in Tulsa, was born in Morsantown, Ky., September 19. 1873, son of 
A. A. and Ada (Hareld) Howard. After leaving the common schools, 
he was apprenticed a printer, and worked for several years at his 
trade. Was a member of the State Board of Affairs of Oklahoma, 
1911 to 1915, and was elected state auditor in 1915. on the Democrat 
ticket. Before entering the public service. Mr. Howard was an oil 
producer, and lived for a number of years in Kansas City. Mo. Elk, 
K. of P. and M. W. A. 




LEDBETTER. WALTER A., lawyer, Oklahoma City; born Fayette 
county, Texas, March 9, 1863; son of T. E. and Almeda (Robinson) 
Ledhetter. Educated Texas State Normal, Huntsville. Learned law 
in law offices and was admitted to practice when 21 years old, 
in 1884 and opened office in Gainesville, Texas, later moving to Ard- 
more, Indian Territory. Democrat in politics; took active part in 
statehood agitation and made several trips to Washington urging 
statehood legislation. Was member of constitutional convention, 
and had charge of the judiciary committee that wrote the consti- 
tution now in force in Oklahoma. Moved to Oklahoma City in May, 
1909; enjoys lucrative practice from large corporations and extremely 
large acquaintance throughout the state. Was married in 1887 to 
Lelitia Parantan, of Illinois. Has six children, 3 boys and 3 girls. 







HUMPHREY, WALTER D., lawyer, Nowala; was liorn in Richland, 
N. C., March .">. 1S76; son of George F. and Annie (Thomas) Hum- 
phrey. Graduated from high school and from liin^ham Military 
school at Asheville, N. C. Admitted to practice law in 1901. Is a 
Democrat. Was mayor of Nowata in 1903-5-6. and was a member of 
the constitutional convention of Oklahoma. Was appointed hy Gov. 
Williams member of the corporation commission of Oklahoma to 
fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Watson. Was married in June, 
1906, to Miss Eva Sudderth of Xowata, and he is the father of two 
girls. Mr. Humphrey's principal recreation is horseback riding and 
romping with Russian hounds, of which lie is very fond and of 
which he has quite a collection. 




MITCHELL, JOHN O., oil producer, Tulsa, born in Bade county, Mo., 
October 22, 1862, son of DeWitt C. and Nancy C. Mitchell. Graduate 
of the Ozark College of Springfield, Mo. Is a Democrat and served 
as Mayor of Tulsa 1907-8-9-10. Was member of Democrat convention 
in Missouri that nominated David R. Francis for governor. Owns 
more than half a million dollars worth of Tulsa improved real estate. 
Member of Scottish Rite Masons, 32d degree, Shriner, K. of K., K. of 
P., Odd Fellow, M. W. A. and past Exalted Ruler of Tulsa Elks 
Lodge, 946. 




LIKELY, VANCE, Commissioner of Public Affairs, Sapulpa, was born 
in Wichita, Kansas, April 6. 1879: son of William T. and Maggie 
(Watt) Likely. Educated in common and high schools of Wichita, 
and graduate of Fairmount College. Is a Democrat and is serving 
his second term in his present office. Was formerly superintendent 
of water service of the Frisco railroad. Married at Wichita in 1902 
to Miss Clara Harding; they have two children, Juanita, 12; and 
Mary Margaret, 2. Member B. P. O. E.. Owls, Eagles and Moose. 




JENNINGS, HARRY, lawyer, Claremore; born London, England, July 
29, 1852; son of John Richards and Eliza Jennings. Is graduate of 
St'. John's Wood College, London. Is a Republican. Was U. S. Com- 
missioner for Northern district of Indian Territory from 1899 to 1905; 
was postmaster of Claremore from February 1, 1905 to January 1, 
1914; member board of education, Claremore, nine years; now chair- 
man Republican Central Committee, Rogers county. Member B. P. 
O. E., I. O. O. F., K. of P., W. O. W., M. W. A. and A. F. & A. M. 
After leaving England Mr. Jennings settled in Chicago, afterward 
went to Canada, where he lived a few years, then prospected in 
California for a number of years, finally coming to Indian Territory 
and settled at Bartlesville, where he established the first newspaper 
published in that town, the "Magnet," which he sold in 1899 and 
moved to Claremore where he has been a factor in the upbuilding 
of that town ever since. 




TILBURNE, EDWARD 0., traveler, author, actor and theatrical man- 
ager, secretary Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa, born in Philadelphia, 
Pa., June 4, 1864. son of Edward and Mary Tilburne. Went to Yale 
University where he leceived Ph. D. degree, in 1887. Mr. Til- 
burne has been a Kreat traveler, and twice encircled the globe in 
the interest of educational illustrated lectures. For a number of 
years he was literary editor of the Rand McNally Publishing Com- 
pany of Chicago. Also an author and has published in all twenty- 
six books. He was assistant secretary of World's Fair at Chicago, 
and has been at the head of publicity work in San Diego, Cal., dur- 
ing the exposition at that place in 1915. Is a Mason, an Elk and 
Odd Fellow and a K. of P. 




ROGERS, HARRY H., Tulsa, lawyer, was born in Wheatland, Mo., 
May 24, 1877, son of P. J. and Nancy Rogers. Attended Weau- 
bleau Christian College at Weaubleau, Mo., Warrensburg State Nor- 
mal at Warrensburg, and Drury College at Springfield, Mo. Is a 
Republican and served one term as superintendent of schools of 
Hickory county, Mo. Is a member of A. F. & A. M.; Royal Arch 
Masons and Scottish Rite 32d degree. Is a life member of the Elks 
and belongs to the M. W. A. Is general attorney^or the Mc-Man Oil 
Company, the largest individual oil producing firm in the world. 




NORVELL, WOODSON EASLEY, Tulsa, lawyer, was born on a farm 
in Linn county, Mo., August 9, 1880, son of George H. and Lucy 
(Edgar) Norvell. Was educated in the common schools of Chilli- 
cothe, Mo., attended Normal at Brookfield (Mo.) College, was gradu- 
ated in law from University of Chicago. Is a Democrat, and served 
in the first Oklahoma state legislature from the Tulsa-Creek dis- 
trict. Is past master of Tulsa Lodge No. 71, A. P. & A. M. Four 
times orator Masonic Grand Lodge. Is a life member of Akdar 
Temple at Tulsa, and a member of the Scottish Rite bodies at Mc- 
Alester, 32d degree. 




STAFFORD, ROY E., editor and publisher, Oklahoma City, was born in 
Marshalltown, Iowa, September 1, 1871, son of John R. and Edna Eu- 
genia Stafford. Received a High School education. Democrat, 
served as state senator of Oklahoma. Mason, Elk. Editor and prin- 
cipal stockholder in Oklahoman Publishing Co., owners and publish- 
ers of the Daily Oklahoman, the Oklahoma Daily Times, the Okla- 
homa Farmer-Stockman. One time president Oklahoma Press Asso- 
ciation. 




GALBREATH, ROBERT, oil producer, Tulsa, was born at Derby, Ohio, 
December 22, 1864, .;on of Robert and Sarah H. Galbreath. Educated 
in the public schools. Is a Democrat, and was four years National 
Committeeman for that party in Oklahoma. He served as postmaster 
of Edmond, Okla., under President Cleveland. Delegate to national 
Democrat conventions at Chicago and St. Louis. Is an Elk. Was one 
of the pioneers in the oil business in Oklahoma, and opened Glenn 
Pool, which was the world-beater until Gushing broke all records. 




GREIS, HENRY NAUERT. oil and gas producer, Tulsa, born Buffalo, 
N. Y., July 5, 1880, son of Jacob M. and Mildred N. Greis. Attended pub- 
lic schools of Buffalo, N. Y., was graduated from Central High School, 
and entered the United States Military Academy at West Point; 
in politics is a Democrat; is director of Liberty National Bank of 
Tulsa; vice president Central Torpedo Co.; president Wyoming Tor- 
pedo Co.; president Packard Oklahoma Motor Sales Co. Member 
Delta Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Tulsa; Mt. Sinai Chapter, R. A. M., Buf- 
falo, N. Y.; Indian Consistory, McAlester, Okla.; Trinity Comman- 
dery, Tulsa, Okla.; Akdar Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Tulsa, Okla.; 
Captain of Akdar Arab Patrol; member Tulsa B. P. O. Elks, No. 946. 




KIGHT, H. TOM, lawyer, Tulsa; born April 11, 1881, in Georgia; son 
of S. W. and Susan (Lawrence) Right. Graduated from high school 
and read law in offices at Wrightsville, Ga. Is a Democrat; has 
served as city attorney of Claremore and county judge of Rogers 
county, 1911-13, and 1915 to February. 1916, when he resigned to 
move from Claremore to Tulsa to again take up law practice. He 
was urged to make race for congress, but refused on account of pri- 
vate practice. Moved to Tulsa February, 1916. Is a Mason and an 
Elk. Married in Wrightsville, Ga., to Miss Blanche Snell. One child 
living, H. Tom, Jr. 




CARR, MARK E., general insurance, Tulsa, born Port Henry, N. Y., 
January 30, 1864, son of Frank and Mary (Kelly) Carr. Received an 
academic education at Port Henry. Went to Pacific Coast in 1888 
and remained there, engaged in real estate and mining, for one year, 
followed mining in Colorado in 1889. Came to Bartlesville, Okla., 
in 1904, and entered oil business. Came to Tulsa and in 1912 en- 
gaged in a general insurance business. In 1914 he formed a partner- 
ship with Schuyler French, which partnership still exists and which 
is very prosperous. Is trustee of Elks' lodge No. 946. Never married. 







FRENCH, SCHUYLER C., insurance, loans and bonds, Tulsa; born 
September 23, 1868, at Tekonsha, Mich.; son of James M. and Cathe- 
rine (Osborne) French. Common school education; apprenticed in 
newspaper office; attended Chautauqua courses. Is a Republican. 
Belongs to Masonic degrees, K. of P., member Presbyterian church. 
Always resided in Michigan until he came to Tulsa in 1910 and en- 
gaged in insurance business. Has had experience in banking, manu- 
facturing and oil production. Married. 




McGRAW, JAMES J., banker and oil producer, Ponca City, was born 
in Leavenworth, Kan., August 21, 1874, son of Thomas and Anna Mc- 
Graw. Was graduated from the Osage Mission. Is a Republi- 
can, and always has taken an active part in national and state 
politics, but never sought office until 1916, when he was the success- 
ful candidate for Republican National Committeeman, having been 
chosen at a state-wide convention held in Oklahoma City, March 
22d. Member Knights of Columbus. Married Miss Francis Dunshue 
in 1899. One child: Joseph, aged 15 years. 










FURRY, JACOB B., lawyer, Muskogee, born New Enterprise, Pa., Oc- 
tober 20, 1862, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Burger) Furry. Gradu- 
ated from law department University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1888, 
after leaving Millersville (Pa.) State Normal. Located in Topeka, 
Kan., in 1888, and went to Guthrie, Okla., in 1902, and was Santa 
Pe attorney until 1905; and was assigned to special work by that 
road until 1908. Went to Muskogee in 1908. Is a Republican; York 
Rite Mason. Married to Miss Eleanor Wilson. One child: Anna 
Elizabeth, 14. 




BREWER, PHIL D., lawyer, McAlester; born Sebastian county, Ark., June 
18, 1862; son of John O. and Sarah (Council) Brewer. Born poor, Mr. 
Brewer received his early education in the common schools of Arkansas 
and later attended DePauw University (Methodist) at Greencastle, In- 
diana. Read law in the office of Former Governor John S. Little. Prac- 
ticed law at Hackett, Ark., from 1888 to 1895. Located in McAlester in 
1897. Is a Democrat. Was a member of Arkansas legislature in 1891. 
Held minor political offices in McAlester and in April, 1909, was appointed 
to Supreme Court Commission; was elected district judge, and resigned 
to again accept appointment on commission, a position which he still 
holds. He is the only member of the original commission now serving. 
Member A. F. & A. M., Consistory and Shriner. Was Worshipful Master 
of Masonic Lodge of Hackett, Ark., and also of McAlester; has held every 
station in Blue Lodge and all stations in Grand Lodge; has been grand 
orator of Oklahoma, and for twelve years was on the committee of law 
and usage of grand lodge of Oklahoma. Has often received honors from 
Masonic bodies for proficiency in the work of the order. Married Annie 
L. Mayfield at Hackett, Ark., in 1892. One daughter. Myrtle, grown. 




ARMSTRONG, JAMES R.. Unvyi-r and nil ]imdi r. member Criminal 

Court of Appeals, resides in Boswell. dim-law enmity, was born in the 
northeast corner uf Alabama. January 2G. 1876. son of William H. and 
Mary (Roberts) Armstrong, l.ivi-d in the country anil received his early 
education under the usual dilli. ulii.s attending sons of ministers in rural 
districts. His father was a Baptist pr.-a.-hrr. Attended Southern Normal 
University at Huntington. Tenn. : alsu Southwestern Baptist University at 
Jackson, 'where he was graduated in law in liiiil. and located in Arkansas, 
coming to Oklahoma later and locating in Boswell. where he practiced 
law and entered the banking business. When D. A. Richardson resigned 
as district judge of the Sixth judicial district, to accept an appointment 
on the Criminal Court of Appeals. Judge Armstrong succeeded him to 
the bench. Later was elected member of the Criminal Court of Appeals, 
and succeeded Judge Richardson there also. Married in 1901 to Miss 
Bertha Scott of Georgia. Two sons, Jefferson, 13; Jasper, 11. Member 
Scottish Rite Masonic fraternity, is a Shriner. an Elk. Odd Fellow. 
W. O. W. Extensively engaged in the production of oil and gas. 




ARDIZZONE, JOE, oil producer and contractor, Tulsa; born in Paler- 
mo, Italy, October 14. 1872; son of Frank and Maria Ardizzone. Came 
to this country when seven years old a poor immigrant boy and be- 
gan work in mines. Went to Illinois and secured contract for lay- 
ing several miles of pipe for Standard Oil pipe line from western oil 
fields to the east. Lived for some time in Bradford, Pa., and Buffalo, 
N. Y. Has extensive oil interests in Oklahoma. Member oil firm of 
Ardizzone & Ossenbeck. Is an Elk, Scottish Rite Mason and 
Shriner. Married August 22, 1894 to Miss Beatrice Linberg, of Brad- 
ford, Pa. One daughter, Helen Ruth. 







OSSENBECK, FRED J., oil producer and general contractor, Tulsa; 
born Oil City, Pa., June 21, 1S76; son of J. H. and Margaret (Rear- 
don) Ossenbeck. Educated in the public and parochial schools of 
Bradford, Pa. Is a Democrat. Has been engaged in general con- 
tracting and oil production for a number of years. Was formerly a 
newspaper man in Bradford, Pa. In Oklahoma has been member 
firm of Ardizzone & Ossenbeck. Is a member of Elks and Knights 
of Columbus. Married in Tulsa. March 12, 1913. to Miss Gertrude 
I. Robinson, of Missouri. Two children, Fred J., Jr.; Gertrude. 




RUTHERFORD, S. MORTON, lawyer, Muskogee, born Lewisville, Ark., 
February 16, 1859; son of Robert Bealle and Sallie (Butler) Ruther- 
ford. Moved to Ft. Smith, Ark., immediately following the civil 
war. Was educated in public schools and graduated from law de- 
partment of the Emory and Henry College of Emory, Va. Has lived 
in Muskogee for twenty years. Formerly lived at Atoka, Indian 
Territory. Is a Democrat, and served two years, 1895-97, as United 
States Marshal of Indian Territory under President Cleveland. Was 
Mayor of Muskogee in 1904 and 1905. Mason, Knight Templar, 
Shriner and a member of K. of P. and Odd Fellows. Married April 
16, 1890, to Miss Sallie Dillard of Fort Smith. Four children: Helen 
K., S. Morton, Jr., and John D., grown; and Jane W., 16. 







FARRAR, THOMAS J., lawyer, Okmulgee, born on a (arm in Franklin 
county, Mo., August 15, 1861, son of Richard and Nancy (Thur- 
mond) Farrar. Graduate of the Southwest Baptist University, Bol- 
livar, Mo., and law graduate of Washington University of St. Louis. 
Is a Republican, and came to Oklahoma, locating: at Kingfisher in 
1893, where he served two terms as clerk of the District Court; was 
county attorney of Elaine county, Okla., when that county was first 
organized. Moved to Vinita in 1898, and was United States Commis- 
sioner under Judge Luman F. Parker (deceased) for some time. 
Went to Okmulgee in 1908 and was district Indian Agent until 1915. 
Married September 14, 1898, in Shawnee, to Miss Elva M. Allen. No 
children. 




WINKLER, GEORGE, architect, Tulsa, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Sep- 
tember 25, 1S73, son of M. J. and Rosa Winkler. Attended the public 
schools in Pittsburg and received an A. B. degree from the Curry 
Institute of Pittsburg. Was graduated in architecture from Cornell Uni- 
versity. Republican in politics. Is a thirty-second degree Mason and an 
Elk. Is one of three members in Oklahoma of the American Institute 
of Architecture. Mr. Winkler has specialized in church and school work, 
and before coming to Oklahoma he had furnished plans and drawings 
for forty-two schools and thirty-nine churches in Pennsylvania. During 
his six and a half years' residence in Tulsa, Mr. Winkler"s more im- 
portant architectural work consists of the Catholic church, the highest 
edifice in the state, and Tulsa county court house. 




COX, THEODORE, real estate and oil producer, Tulsa, was born in 
Kanawha county, W. Va., March 14, 1872, son of George Henry and C. 
E. Cox. Entered Marshall College at Huntington, W. Va., after 
leaving public school. Is a Democrat. Prior to coming to Oklahoma 
Mr. Cox was a furniture dealer at Newport News, and had the sec- 
ond largest store in Virginia. Settled in Tulsa in 1907, a few days 
before statehood, and has been engaged in the real estate and oil 
business ever since, having sold more than four million dollars 
worth of Tulsa real estate. Married and has one bov. 




JOHNSON, GEORGE H., oil producer, Tulsa and Los Angeles, Calif., born 
Milan, 111., May 31, 1870; son of Matthew and Helen E. (McLean) Johnson. 
Graduate of Milan High School, Milan, 111. ; Davenport Business College, 
Davenport, Iowa. Is a Progressive Republican. After completing educa- 
tion was in employ of U. S. Government in Civil Engineering corps on the 
Illinois and Mississippi canals for ten years. In 1902 moved to Beaumont, 
Texas, and went into oil well drilling and contracting, soon becoming a 
producer. Became interested in Oklahoma oil fields in 1908. and owns 
large interests in California fields. He is president, vice-president and 
director of several big companies operating in Oklahoma and California; 
also interested in oil properties in Old Mexico. Member Rock River Lodge 
No. 612, A. F. & A. M., Sterling, 111.; Sterling Chapter R. A. M., No. 57, 
Sterling 111.; Trinity Commandery No. 20, K. T., Tulsa; Oklahoma Consis- 
tory, No. 1, Guthrie; Akdar Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Tulsa; B. P. O. E., 
No. 946, Tulsa; Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles. 
Has held all the elective offices in the Adkar Shrine, and is present po- 
tentate. 




SINCLAIR, HARRY FORD, oil producer, Tulsa; was born Wheeling, W. Va., 
July 6, 3876; son of John and Phoebe (Simmons) Sinclair. Graduate of 
Kansas University, Lawrence, in pharmacy. Is a Republican in politics. 
Spent boyhood days in Independence. Kansas, where he was a drug clerk 
for a number of years. Came to Oklahoma in 1904 and engaged in the oil 
business with P. J. White, and under the firm name of White & Sinclair 
owned several oil corporations. At one time the White & Sinclair com- 
panies were the largest independent oil producers in the Gushing field, 
which meant they were the largest in the world. Recently they sold most 
of their company holdings and dissolved partnership. It is estimated that 
Mr. Sinclair's oil holdings at one time were worth thirty million dollars. 
He is now operating in Oklahoma, Texas. California, Old Mexico and Kan- 
sa's. In 1914. Mr. Sinclair purchased the Kansas City franchise of the Fed- 
eral baseball league and moved it to Newark. N. J. He was responsblie 
for bringing abjut an amicable settlement of the baseball war. Mem- 
ber Tulsa Elks, No. 946. Married to Miss Elizabeth Farrell, July 25, 1904. 
One child (adopted). 




WOOD, TIM, real estate, Muskogee, born Putnam county, Illinois, 
September 15, 1859, son of Timothy and Lois (Blanchard) Wood. 
Educated in country schools, raised on a farm. Came to Oklahoma 
and located at Lawton in 1901, and came to Muskogee in 1904. Is 
leading real estate man of fast-growing Muskogee. Member Ma- 
sonic fraternity, and M. W. A. and Royal Neighbors. Mr. Wood 
took a special car to the east, and had it in Washington, D. C., at 
time of President Wilson's inauguration. Mr. Wood handles Texas 
and Florida lands also. Married Miss Clauda B. Anderson, of Henry, 
111., December 15, 1885. Children: Hazel W. (Moffatt), J. J. and 
Horace Tim, all grown. He organized the Swan Lake (Illinois) 
Shooting Club, thirty years ago, and it stil] is the greatest trap 
shooting field in the world. 







PORTER, JOHN DYER, oil producer, Tulsa, was born on a farm in 
Fannin county, Texas, March 17, 1859, son of William and Elizabeth 
(Dyer) Porter. Educated at Warrensburg, Mo., and at Drake Uni- 
versity at Des Moines, Iowa; admitted to practice law in 1896. 
Taught school after leaving college, engaged in banking business 
later; organized banks at Jerico, Mount Vernon and Springfield, Mo. 
Lived at Springfield several years and came to Oklahoma in 1908. 
Is a Democrat and while never seeking office has been political ad- 
viser was six years chairman congressional committee, and served 
as chairman Tulsa county election board. Married in 1885 to Miss 
Flov Woodbeck. Member Odd Fellows. 







THACKER, CHARLES M., lawyer, member State Supreme Court. Mangum, 
was born at French Hill, Brunswick county, Va., January 17, 1866; son of 
"William J. and Allia (Parhall) Thacker. Attended public and private 
schools. Dug law out of a few books which were available only at odd 
hours. Located in Ennis, Tex., where he practiced law in 1887-8; also 
practiced awhile at Garland, Tex. Went to Mangum, Greer county in 1S89, 
at which time that county was a part of Texas. Mr. Thacker is a Demo- 
crat, always has taken a very active part in politics. He was elected 
county attorney of Greer county in 1901, and served until 1907. He was a 
member of the Oklahoma Territorial council in 1899-90; was mayor of 
Mangum 1909-10. In 1891-2, Mr. Thacker was editor of the Mangum Star, 
a.nd is an honorary member of the Oklahoma State Press Association. He 
repeatedly has served as territorial and state committeeman from Greer 
county. He was county judge of Greer in 1892. On March 19. 1913, he was 
appointed member of Supreme Court Commission, and appointed to the 
Supreme Court of the State on November 1, 1915, to fill out unexpired term 
of Judge Brown, fellow townsman, deceased. No lodges. Never married. 








PRUIETT. MOM AN. lawyer. Oklahoma City; was born in Alton, Ind., while 
his parents were temporarily away from their home in Kentucky on July 
12, 1872; son of Wan en LeGrand and Elizabeth (Moman) Pruiett. Is a 
self-educated man; studied law in offices in Paris, Texas; came to Indian 
Territory in early days and located at Pauls Valley, where he was elected 
city attorney and later mayor of that city. He is a Democrat. Member 
Democrat campaign committee to elect delegates to constitutional con- 
vention. Mr. Pruiett has made a marvelsous record as a criminal lawyer, 
having been unusually successful. Prior to April 15, 1916, Mr. Pruiett had 
defended 346 men and women charged with murder; and he now has on 
his docket thirty-nine similar cases. In addition to this record, he has as- 
sisted in the prosecution of 37 charged with murder; and has been equally 
successful as a prosecutor. It is said that he had defended and caused to be 
acquitted more men for murder than any other lawyer in the world, and 
he has not yet been practicing twenty years. He was married to Miss 
Lola Sniggs in Pauls Valley. He has one daughter from a former mar- 
riage. Gale Hamilton. He is an Elk and an Odd Fellow. 




BLACK, GEORGE E., lawyer and oil producer, Tulsa, was born in 
Montgomery county, 111., April 16, 1876, son of Thos. G. and Sarah 
E. (Berry) Black. Educated in public schools and Washington Uni- 
versity, dept. of law, St. Louis, Mo. Was prosecuting attorney of 
Dewey county, Okla., in 1897-98. Was general attorney for the K. 
C., M. O. R. R. He is a Democrat and was a delegate to the na- 
tional convention at St. Louis in 1904. Odd Fellow and Elk. 




WADSWORTH, DANIEL U., physician and surgeon, Tulsa, born in 
Copiah county. Miss., January 16, 1874, son of William and Sallie 
Wadsworth. Received B. S. degree from Centenary College. De- 
gree of M. D. from the University of the South. Is a Democrat, and 
served one term as superintendent of health of Tulsa. Member the 
Masonic and Elk orders. Represented Oklahoma at the American 
Health Association, Colorado Springs, in 1913. 





BIXBY, TAMS, editor and publisher, Muskogee, born Staunton, Va., De- 
cember 12, 1856, son of Bradford W. and Susan J. (Clark) Bixby. His 
father was run out of the South for selling books and Bibles to negroes, 
and located in Minnesota before statehood. Lived in Stillwater and St. 
Paul, Minn., and for thirty years was editor and publisher of the Red Wing 
Republican. For two years owned and edited the St. Paul Pioneer Press. 
Is a Republican in politics. Was private secretary to Minnesota governors 
for ten consecutive years and served under W. R. Merriam. Knute Nel- 
son and E. M. Clough. Was appointed chairman of the Dawes Commis- 
sion, which position he held for eight years. Has been owner and editor 
of the Muskogee Phoenix for ten years, and owns one of the finest job 
printing establishments in the Southwest. Owns considerable city real 
estate in the heart of Muskogee, and also city property in different towns 
in Minnesota. Master Mason, Royal Arch. Knig-ht Templar, Shriner, K. 
of P. and an Elk and Odd Fellow. Member Country and Golf Club of 
Muskogee. Married April 28, 1886, to Miss Clara Julia Mues. Three sons: 
Edson, 28; Joel. 26; Tarns, jr., 24 all associated with him in business. 




BROCK, SIDNEY L.. merchant (retired), Oklahoma City; born Macon, Mo., 
August 3, 1869; son Sidney G. and Olive M. (Williams) Brock. Graduate 
of Johns Hopkins University, class of 1893. Member of Rotary Club, Men's 
Dinner Club, Golf and Country Club. No lodges. Was president Okla- 
homa City chamlitT of ( 'omment'. l'.-iii!i-ln. and principally through his ef- 
forts secured Morris and S. & S. packing plants during his administration. 
Mr. Brock was one of the organizers of Oklahoma State Fair, and has been 
a member of the directorate for ten years. He came to Oklahoma City and 
started in business cm a small si ale and Imilt up the present large depart- 
ment store in a few short years. With his father, he was for a long time 
interested in raising blooded cattle, and owned one of the finest stock 
farms in the United States at Lake Geneva, Wis. Their famous "Woody 
Lee" Herfords were well known prize winners for twelve years; and at 
the St. Louis World's Fair Mr. Brock's "Little Joe" received the highest 
award for steers. "Little Joe" was declared ch;impion of the world. Mar- 
ried September 18, 1894, to Miss Jennie Wardell. of .Maeon. Two children, 
Sidney L., Jr., 12, and Elizabeth. 11. 




HENRY, Fl DE LI O SHARP, oil and gas producer, Tulsa, born St. Louis, 
Mo., September 7, 1872, son of Robert L. and Rosa (Sharp) Henry. 
Educated in the public schools of St. Louis and was graduated from 
Yale in 1894. Came to Oklahoma three years ago to take charge 
of the Henry Oil Co. and the Henry Gas Co., and is vice-president 
of both companies, holding large interests in the Collinsville, Bart- 
lesville, Nowata and other fields. The Henrys, including father 
and brother, have been identified with oil and gas business in Ohio, 
West Virginia and Pennsylvania for more than twenty years. Is in- 
dependent in politics; member University Club of Chicago, and the 
Yale Club of New York. Married April 12, 1898, to Miss Ida May 
Archer, daughter of Judge Osceola Archer, Austin, Texas. 




EGAN, JOHN F., retired, Sapulpa, born El Dorado, Iowa, June 9, 
1860, son of Peter and Maria Egan. Graduated from high school 
at Waukoma, Iowa. Worked hard, and through own efforts was 
admitted to practice law on June 8, 1907. Is a Republican and was 
postmaster of Sapulpa for four years. During territorial days he 
was a United States constable. Member the Knights ot Columbus. 
Has lived in and near Sapulpa for many years, and now owns one 
of the best farms in Creek county, well stocked with blooded cattle, 
of which he is justly proud. Has been member of school board of 
Sapulpa for eighteen years, greater part of that time its president. 
Is now member executive committee of Taxpayers' League, and at 
one time was its president. 




RICE, BENJAMIN F., lawyer, Tulsa, member firm Rice & Lyons, born 
Washington, D. C., January 9, 1875, son of Benjamin P. and Nancy 
(Riddell) Rice. Left public schools and entered University of West 
Virginia. Republican in politics. Came to Oklahoma in 1901. 




LYONS, THOMAS DANIEL, lawyer, Tulsa, member firm Rice & Ly- 
ons, born July 2, 1883, son of Richard F. and Sarah A. Lyons. Gradu- 
ate University of Notre Dame. Democrat. 




WHITE, PATRICK JUSTIN, oil producer, Tulsa and New York City; 
born Stonebam, Pa., December 16, 1873; son of Patrick Justin and 
Sarah (Brennan) White. Educated in the public schools of Penn- 
sylvania. Mr. White came to Oklahoma as general manager of the 
Oil Well Supply Co., engaged in the oil business with Harry F. Sin- 
clair, and until 1916 operated as the firm of White & Sinclair, own- 
ing some of the most valuable oil properties in the State of Okla- 
homa. Until 1916, Mr. White was president of the Exchange Na- 
tional Bank, the largest in point of capital, loans and deposits in 
the state. At present is member of the firm of White & White 
(Thomas White), oil producers, Tulsa. Married in February, 1914, 
to Miss Frances Laing, of New Orleans, La. One child, Patrick Jus- 
tin, Jr. Mr. White is an Elk and Knight of Columbus. 







WHITE, THOMAS, oil producer, Tulsa, was born at Emporia, Pa., 
July 19, 1871, son of Patrick Justin and Sarah (Brennan) White. 
Educated in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Is an Independent 
Democrat. Came to Oklahoma fifteen years ago and until 1916 
was associated with the firm of White & Sinclair (P. J. White and 
Harry F. Sinclair). At present is associated with the oil firm of 
White & White (P. J. White), Tulsa. Is an Elk and a member of 
the Knights of Columbus. Was married to Miss Anna E. McBride 
of St. Marys, Pa., November 6, 1906. One child: Edward Justin, 5 
(deceased). 




MARTIN, H. B., lawyer, Tulsa, born Fayette county, Ky., February 8, 
1873, son of Henry S. and Eliza J. Martin. Received early educa- 
tion from private tutor, and graduated from University of Kansas 
in 1885, receiving B. A. degree. Began practice of law at Atchison, 
Kan., in 1888, and came to Tulsa in 1893. Was six years secretary 
of the Oklahoma Bar Commission, appointed by the state supreme 
court. Is a Democrat. Member law firm Martin & Moss. 




MOSS. L. FLINT, lawyer, Tulsa, born Hodgensville, Ky., January 
22, 1880, son of R. H. and Harriett Moss. Attended public schools 
and received B. S. degree from Center College, Danville, Ky. Came 
to Oklahoma in 1901, and located in Kay county, where he was 
elected county attorney on the Democrat ticket. Lived five years 
in Oklahoma City, and came to Tulsa in 1912. Has always taken 
active part in politics and is one of the cleverest orators in the 
state. Member law firm of Martin & Moss. 




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DUN LOP, ROBERT, farmer and oil producer, Newkirk, born Garnett, 
Kan., September 6, 1869, son of Alexander D. and Mary (Whitson) 
Dunlop. Educated in public schools of Elk county, Kan., and high 
school of Langton. Came to Oklahoma in 1889 and located on Wild 
Horse, where he was a cowboy, near Mulhall, in Payne county. 
Went to Cherokee strip in 1893 and settled on a farm near New- 
kirk, where he has resided ever since. Is a Democrat and was 
county treasurer of Kay county in territorial days. Was elected 
state treasurer of Oklahoma and served four years. Is a Knight 
Templar and Shriner and K. of P. Married to Miss Flora Christian 
of Blackwell, June 7, 1904; one girl, Flora, aged 10. Since leaving the 
office of state treasurer be has devoted himself to drilling oil wells, 
and at this time has some good production and several hundred 
acres of likely leases. 




HARRIS, JAMES A., real estate and farms, Wagoner, born at Henry, 
Marshall county, 111., July 26, 1870, son of Geo. H. and Emma H. 
(Rowe) Harris. Common schools and business college education. 
Engaged in mercantile business in Wagoner in 1893, since then real 
estate and banking: director First National Bank, of Wagoner: also 
interested in oil production. Mr. Harris is a Republican and al- 
ways has taken a leading part in state and national politics. Prior 
to statehood, he was chairman of the Creek Nation committee of 
Indian Territory; was a member of the Oklahoma constitutional 
convention in 1907: was a delegate-at-large to the Republican na- 
tional convention, 1908: chairman Republican state committee, 1910 
to 1912: member the Republican national committee, 1912 to present 
time. Methodist. Belongs to the Elks and Muskogee Country Clubs. 
Unmarried. 




SCHAFER, HENRY, hotel, milling, brick burning, lubricating oil and 
gas business, El Reno; was born in Lippe Detmold, Germany, Feb- 
ruary 21, 1869. Parents died while he was too young to remember. 
Lived in Germany only three years; but was knocked around Europe 
until he was ten years of age and brought to America, where he lo- 
cated on a farm in Douglass county, Kansas. Mr. Schafer came to 
El Reno in 1890 and has lived there ever since. Member the Odd 
Fellows, Elks, Eagles, Commercial Travelers' Association and the 
Red Men. Was married to Margarette D. Paulson, January 31, 1896. 
Children: Henry, Jr., 19 years; Bernice M., aged 16 years; first wife 
died in December, 1901, and was married again to her sister. Two 
children, Garfield, 10, and Kermit, 7. 




MANEY. JAMES WILLIAM, contractor, Oklahoma City; born January 3, 
1862, Pittsburg, Pa., son of Michael and Johanna (Hartnet) Maney, both 
born in Ireland. Born on farm, he attended country schools and finished at 
college at Red Oak, Iowa. Went as a civil engineer with Southern Pacific 
railroad at the age of 19. Entered contracting business for himself at the 
age of 24. In 1910. Mr. Maney promoted the El Reno interurban between 
El Reno and Oklahoma City. Engaged in milling business in 1900, was 
president \Yeatherford Milling Co.. the Canadian Mill & Elevator Co., the 
Maney Export Co. He owns the controlling interest in the Jordan Valley 
Land Irrigation project, which owns fifty thousand acres of land in the 
state of Oregon. Owns extensive tracts of farming lands scattered over 
Oklahoma. Is a Democrat. Member the Elks. Member Knights of Co- 
lumbus, and was the first Grand Knight of the first council organized in 
the state. His first railway contract was with the Burlington in Ne- 
braska, then on the Chicago and Northwestern, when that line was built 
to the Black Hills, and the country was sparsely settled by whites. Came 
to Oklahoma at original opening in 1889. Married in 1896 to Miss Alphon- 
sina Marie Gerrer, who died in 1912. Six children, Marie, Beatrice, Robert. 
Agnes, Florence and James W., jr. 




FOX, WILLIAM E., baker, Tulsa, born in Wilks county, N. C., March 
29, 1875, son of James H. and Cloah (Barnes) Fox. Received public 
school education at Booner, N. C. Came to Oklahoma in 1898. Or- 
ganized present baking business in 1907, and is the oldest bakery 
in Tulsa, started a little retail and grocery business; now wholesal- 
ing only with capacity of 8,000 loaves a day. Mr. Fox is independent 
in politics. He was married to Miss Janie A. Parks, October 24, 
1900. Three children: Malcolm H., 33; Floyd E., 12; Kenneth W., 4. 
Is a member the Tulsa Lodge No. 71, A. F. & A. M., and belongs to 
I. O. O. F. Wife member Eastern Star. 




BLAKE, ERNEST E., lawyer, Oklahoma City, born Crown City, Ohio, 
October 15, 1868, son of Cincinnatus B. and Gratia T. (Fuller) 
Blake. Early education Sugar Creek school, Ohio; Gallopolis, West 
Virginia University at Morsanstown. and Adrian College, Mich. Is 
a Republican. Went to Coldwater, Kan., when a boy, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar there in 1890. Moved to El Reno in January, 
1891, and moved to Oklahoma City in 1912. Was grand chancellor 
Knights of Pythias in Oklahoma, 1894, and supreme representative 
in 1898-99; A. O. LI. W., life member El Reno B. P. O. Elks, and was 
grand representative, 1909. Brother of Charles O. Blake, of El Reno. 




TULSA HOSPITAL, Tulsa 
J. HERBERT SMITH, Surgeon in Charge 

This is one of the very best hospitals in the Southwest, made so by the many changes since 
the new management took charge under Dr. Smith. A new addition is planned which will make 
100 thoroughly modern bedrooms, the largest hospital in the state. Dr. Smith was born m Nap- 
ton Saline county Mo., January 6, 1864, son of James Monroe and Mary Ann (Adkmson) 
Smith Was educated in advanced country schools and received M. D. degree from Washing- 
ton University St Louis, 18S7; was seven years professor of gynecology in medical department 
Kansas "University and professor of gynecology and secretary of the post graduate course Kan- 
sas City Medical School; was ten years assistant medical director the Brotherhood of Amer- 
ican Yeomen, Des Moines, Iowa. 




HUTCHISON, LON LEWIS, geologist and oil producer, Tulsa, was 
born on a farm near Peabody, Kan., July 26, 1877, son of Humphrey 
L. and Annie D. Hutchison. Attended the rural schools of Kansas, 
and received an A. B. degree from the University of Oklahoma in 
1907. Was in Yale College in 1908, where he assisted in the in- 
struction department of geology. Mr. Hutchison is a Democrat and 
was deputy superintendent of schools of Pawnee county, Oklahoma, 
in 1901. Came to Oklahoma in the famous Cherokee strip opening 
in 1893, and located at Perry. Moved to Tulsa in 1911. Is author 
of several papers on geology. Is a heavy holder of zinc and lead 
properties in the Joplin district. 




KELLOUGH, ROBERT W., lawyer, Tulsa, born Madison county, Ohio, 
March 2, 1881, son of John W. and Senith V. (Poole) Kellough. 
Graduated South Solon high school and Ohio Northern University 
at Ada; Ohio State University at Columbus, degree in law class of 
1902. Is a Republican. Owns some valuable oil production in Mid- 
Continent field. Is member B. P. O. Elks, Knight Templar and 32d 
degree Mason, Shriner. Married Miss Ethel Booth, of Independence, 
Kan., September 10, 1907. Two children: Helen Virginia, 7; 
Thomas Booth, 6. 







COLE, HOWARD N., oil producer, Tulsa, was born at Kinsman, Ohio, 
May 23, 1873, son of C. C. and Sylvia A. (Gleason) Cole. Educated 
South New Lyme Institute, Ohio, Allegheney College, Meadville, Pa. 
Was civil engineer Sun Co., Beaumont, Texas, 1904-9; agent for Sun 
Co., Shrevesport, La., 1909-13; secretary and treasurer Twin State 
Oil Co., Tulsa, at present time. Is a Republican in politics; member 
Masonic fraternity; also Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Married Miss 
Bessie Margaret Baker, of Meadville, Pa., September 4, 1900. 




RAMSEY, GEORGE S., lawyer, Muskogee, born Warren county, Tenn., 
August 18, 1874; son of George W. and Elizabeth (King) Ramsey. 
Graduated from Viola and Burritt College, top of Cumberland moun- 
tains, Tennessee. Read law in the office of Capt. George W. Cross, 
in Manchester, Tenn. Was president of the Oklahoma Bar Associa- 
tion in 1915. Married to Miss Earline Young, of Tennessee, Novem- 
ber 30, 1898. One child, Margaret, aged nine months. 




ROSSER, MALCOLM E.. liiwyi-r, .Muskogee. born on a farm in Washington 
county. Ark., January 16, 1S70, son of William E. and Virginia F. (Hud- 
son) Rosser. Graduated in law from University of Virginia at Charlottes- 
ville, 1891. Traveled for several years for the West Publishing Co., publish- 
ers of law books, and finally located in Talihina, Indian Territory in 1S94, 
and later moved to Poteau. Is a Democrat, and was elected district judge, 
LeFlore county in 1911. Served on State Supreme Court Commission. 
1911 to 1913, and came to Muskogee in 1913. and became member of the 
law firm of Ramsey deMeules & Rosser. Is a Master Mason, past chan- 
cellor commander of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge of Oklahoma'. 
Married June 15, 1898, to Miss Mary E. Rodgers. born at Atoka, grand- 
daughter of first agent of the Choctaws. Three children: Frances, grown; 
Mak-olm E.. jr.. 15; and Louis* 1 , 11. 




MILAM, THOMAS M., president and general manager Amalgamated 
Oil Co., oil producer, Oklahoma City, born in Tate county, Miss., 
September 29, 1872, son of John J. and Alice (Cathey) Milam. 
Graduate Springfield (Mo.) Normal, and Galveston (Tex.) Business 
College. Is an Elk. Came to Oklahoma from Danville, 111., in 1892. 
Amalgamated Oil Co., owns leases and production in Nowata, Heald- 
ton, Duncan, Kansas and Muskogee oil fields. 







CURTIN, JAMES PATRICK, architect, Tulsa, born Louisville, Ky., 
February 19, 1863, son of John Joseph and Cathrine (Barrett) Cur- 
tin. Graduated high school, Louisville, Ky. Is a Democrat. Mar- 
ried to Fannie E. Hager, April 7, 1908. Came to Oklahoma in 1907. 





DAVIS, CLARENCE, lawyer, Sapulpa; born Prairie City, Iowa, Feb- 
ruary 11, 1870; son of Col. A. J. and Katie L. (Noon) Davis. Gradu- 
ate law department U. of K., 1899. Moved to Oklahoma, 1903. Is a 
Democrat. Mayor Bristow, 1905; state senator 1908 (long term) at 
present member Creek county. Married June 25, 1899, to Miss Cora 
Garrison. Two children, Gordon, 12; Ruth, 10. Strong advocate of 
tax reforms: (1) To release all tax on monies, notes, mortgages 
bring more money here, make it cheaper. (2) Graduated release 
within four years of tax on all machinery and equipment of factories 
absolute release for all new ones. (3) Graduated release cover- 
ing four years of all improvements on lots and lands. Idea is to 
encourage new capital and home-building for laborers in new fac- 
tories and industries that will automatically come with these reforms. 







JACKSON. CLIFFORD LINDEN, lawyer, Muskogee, born Dayton. Ohio, No- 
vember 25, 1857, son of George and Ann Jackson. Educated in public- 
schools of Pettus county. Mo.; studied law in office of his older brother. 
Is a Democrat, and has taken very active part in party's behalf. Was 
deputy circuit clerk of Pettus county, Mo.. 18SO-1; district U. S. attorney 
Indian Territory. 1S93-4: attorney second judicial district of New Mexico, 
1887-8. United States district attorney Northern district. 1S95-6-7. Served 
three terms president Muskogee Bar Association. 1905-6. 1910-11, 1912-13. 
The Muskogee Bar Association is the oldest in the state, having been or- 
ga'nized in 1SS9. Mr. Jackson also was president of Indian Territory Bar 
Association in 1902-3: was president of consolidated Oklahoma'-Indian Ter- 
ritory Bar Association during 1908, and was the first president of the Ok- 
lahoma Bar Association after statehood in 1907. In 1910-11 he was vice- 
president of the American Bar Association. Was president Muskogee Com- 
mercial Club in 1907-8. One of Mr. Jackson's hobbies is fine poultry, and 
for years lie has been active in promoting poultry shows throughout the 
state. Was president of the first state federation of growers in 1914. 
Member Muskogee Town and Country Club, the Oklahoma City Golf and 
Country Club and the Ozark Club. Was married April 17, 1S95, to Miss 
Kate Pugh Williams, of Brownsville. Tenn. 





SHELOR, HENRY S., insurance, Muskogee, born Montgomery, Va., Septem- 
ber 14. 1879, son of C. S. and Clara (Abbel) Shelor. Graduated from Dan- 
ville, (Va.) High School and Military Institute in 1900. Was three years 
connected with the Southern Railway, and for some time with the Ameri- 
can Tobacco Co., of New York. Came to Oklahoma and was a clerk in old 
Cherokee land office in 1905, under Tarns Bixby. Was official United 
States court reporter until after statehood, and for awhile was law clerk 
in the office of Gibson, Ramsey & Thomas. Is a Republican. Followed 
court reporting" until 1910, when he went into the .insurance business as 
general agent for National Surety Co. This is the strongest surety com- 
pany in New York, and Mr. Shelor ha's the agency for Oklahoma. Served 
short time as undersheriff Muskogee county; has been president Chamber 
of Commerce; now president the Rotary Club; a director in the Y. M. C. 

A. Married January 27, 1909. to Miss L,ouise Maxey, daughter of Hon. N. 

B. Maxey. Two children: Stanley, 6; Maxey. 4. 




BLEAKMORE. WILLIAM R., lawyer. Ardmore; was born in Richmond, Va., 
September H, 1872; son of Wylie H. and Mary E. (Goddard) Bleakmore. 
Attended the public schools of Fairfield. Iowa; graduated from high school. 
Came to Oklahoma City in 1890, and began studying law in the office of 
H. H. Howard. Was admitted to practice in 1892, and moved to Ardmore in 
1894. He was a partner of Will and A. C. Crnce for eleven years. Is a 
Democrat and always been active in politics. Was county attorney of Car- 
ter county in 1914. On the death of Hon. Stilwell Russell, Mr. Bleakmore 
was appointed to fill out the unexpired term as an associate justice of the 
Supreme Court of the state. Thus Mr. Bleakmore had the distinction of 
returning to the place where he struggled through the early hardships of 
law-learning as a member of the highest legal tribunal in the common- 
wealth. Is a Mason, Guthrie Consistory, a Shriner and an Elk. Wa's mar- 
ried in 1891 to Annie Hazen of Oklahoma City. Four children. Frank W., 
21; Jack Kilgore. 18; Robert, 16. and Kennett, 11. Mr. Bleakmore was ap- 
pointed by Gov. Williams member Supreme Court Commission, which posi- 
tion he now holds, with temporary residence in Oklahoma City. 




V. H. McNUTT 

V. H. HUGHES M. M. VALERIUS 

VALERIUS, McNUTT & HUGHES, Geologists, Tulsa 

VALERIUS, MICHAEL M., petroleum and mining geologist, Tulsa, was 
born in Sigourney, Keokuk county, Iowa, January 16, 1872. Took special 
course in the Missouri State School of Mines, and Drake University, Des 
Moines, Iowa. Is a member of the firm of Valerius, McNutt & Hughes, 
with offices in Tulsa, Okla., and Billings, Montana. Mr. Valerius is a 
Mason and an Odd Fellow. Is a member of the American Institute of 
Mining Engineers, the National Geographic Society of Washington, D. C., 
and the Rocky Mountain Club of New York City. He was married to Ida 
M. Brinton, deceased. He has one child, Claud M., aged 10 years. 

McNUTT, V. H., petroleum and mining geologist. Tulsa, Okla., and Billings. 
Montana, was born in Minerva, Ky., August, 1884. Attended University 
of Missouri School of Mines, and there received the degrees of B. S., M. 
S. and E. M. He came direct from the School of Mines at Rolla, Mo., to 
Oklahoma and located in Tulsa. In 1914 he went to Billings to open the 
office of the firm of Valerius, McNutt & Hughes. He is a member of the 
American Institute of Mining Engineers. Was married to Amy Shelton 
and has one child, aged two years. 

HUGHES, V. H., petroleum and mining geologist, Tulsa, was born in Fort 
Scott Kan., August 16. 1S85. graduate of the School of Mines of Missouri, 
and holds the degree of B. S. and E. M. Member of A. F. & A. M., R. A. 
M.. K. T. and Shrine. Of the firm of Valerius, McNutt & Hughes, mining 
and petroleum geologists, Tulsa, and Billings, Montana. 




PRESTON, HOMER M.. oil producer. Tulsa, born Warren county, Pa., De- 
cember 1. 1860, son Lorenzo P. and Julia (Northup) Preston. Educated 
public schools. Is director in Exchange National Bank of Tulsa, Okla.. 
and First National Bank of Jamestown, N. Y. Member of firm Knapp, 
Hoskins & Preston. Warren, Pa., manufacturers of carbon black, with 
factories in West Virginia and Oklahoma. Vice-president and director of 
Warren & Ja'mestown St. Ry., connected with Union Traction Company. 
Coffeyville and Independence, Kan.; also with the S. W. Interurban R. 
R., W'infield, Kan. Is member of Conewango Club of Warren. Pa.. James- 
town Club of Jamestown. N. Y.. Country Club of Tulsa, Okla., and is also 
member of Elks and a 32<1 degree Mason and Shriner. Democrat. Owns 
interest in gas engine plants, furniture factories and several large farms 
in Pennsylvania and New York. Came to Bartlesville in 1906; immediately 
engaged in oil and gas business, and built the Quapaw gas lines from 
Bartlesville, Okla.. to Joplin. Mo. Moved to Tulsa in 1911 and became 
president, treasurer and general manager of the Oklahoma State Oil Co., 
Tulsa Oil Co, Monitor Oil & Gas Co., and Reece Oil Co.. of Tulsa. Okla.; 
also Terrain Oil Company, of Casey, 111. Married Stella A. Knapp. Sep- 
tember 10, 1884. Three children: Harold M., 19; Allen and Ailene, 8. 




STUART, CHARLES BINGLEY, lawyer, Oklahoma City, born in Meck- 
lenberg county, Va., in 1858, son of John W. and Virginia (Toone) 
Stuart. Moved to Oklahoma from Texas, where he had distinguished 
himself as practitioner. Is a Democrat; former U. S. judge of In- 
dian Territory, residence at McAlester, and former chief justice of 
Court of Appeals for Indian Territory. Mason, K. C. C. H., Elk, 
Woodman. Member the law firm of Stuart, Cruce & Cruce. 




CRUCE, ANDREW CAVITT, lawyer, Oklahoma City, born Marion, 
Ky., March 2, 1S58, son of James W. and Jane (Hill) Cruce. Gradu- 
ate of Marion Academy, where he won a medal for oratory. Gradu- 
ate of Vanderbilt University, class of '82. Started practice of law at 
Smithland, Ky., with Judge Bennett as his partner. Was United 
States attorney for Southern district of Indian Territory from 1895 
to 1897. Went to Ardmore in 1890, and located in Oklahoma City in 
1910. Is a Democrat and brother of former governor of Oklahoma, 
Lee Cruce. Member B. P. O. Elks. Married in 1886 to Miss Fannie 
Clement of Marion, Ky. Two children, both grown: Manonk and 
Gail Hamilton Cruce. Member law firm Stuart. Cruce & Cruce. 




EMBRY, JOHN, lawyer, Oklahoma City, born Butler county, Ky., June 
7, 1869, son of Virgil R. and Sarah E. Embry. Is a Republican; was 
county attorney of Lincoln county, 2 terms, 1895-99; memter terri- 
toriaf legislature, 1891, from Lincoln county; U. S. attorney western 
district Oklahoma, 1907-12; appointed county attorney Oklahoma 
county, 1915, which position he still holds, having made enviable 
record as prosecutor. Came to state in 1891, began law practice at 
Chandler. Resigned federal appointment in 1915 and moved to Ok- 
lahoma City. Married in 1897 to Miss Cora McCreary. Two girls, 
Ruth, 15; Mary, 4. Is a Mason and member I. O. O. F. 




KISTLER. W. L., oil producer, Tulsa, born Greensboro, N. C., Septem- 
ber 13, 1883, son of Samuel and Emma (Prather) Kistler. Was 
graduated from St. Louis (Mo.) High School and took a business 
course. Came to Oklahoma in 1905, and engaged in oil business in 
Claremore and Tulsa: was a pioneer driller in Rogers and Nowata 
counties. Organized and is secretary of Economy Petroleum Co., of 
Tulsa; owners of valuable leases throughout Mid-Continent field. 
Knight Templar, Shriner and M. W. A. Married June 21, 1905, to 
Miss Emilie Hagmaier. Two children: Alice May, 7; William 
Arthur, 5. 




MUNROE, THOMAS I., lawyer, Tulsa, born Rushville, 111., January 
15, 1881, son of Hinman and Anna (Irvin) Munroe. Was graduated 
from the public schools and went to University of Michigan for one 
year, and received degree LL. D. at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tenn., in 
1902. Practiced law at Rushville and was elected city attorney on 
his 21st birthday. Is a Democrat; served as assistant city attorney 
of Tulsa, and is member state committee from Tulsa county. Is a 
Knight Templar, Shriner, K. of P., M. W. A., and at present exalted 
ruler of B. P. O. Elks of Tulsa. Is member Country Club. Married 
Miss Mary Crawford, of Galesburg, 111., June 28, 1905. 




KATES, ALBERT LINWOOD. publisher, Claremore, born New Jersey, 
April 27, 1861, son oi' William Campbell and Harriet J. Kates. Edu- 
cated common schools New Jersey. Is a Democrat, and is present 
postmaster of Claremore; editor Claremore Progress; ex-president 
and secretary-treasurer Indian Territory Press Association; past 
president Oklahoma Press Association; formerly published Woods- 
town (N. J.) Register; came to Indian Territory in 1893. Married 
Miss Nellie C. Moore, December 23, 1886. Five children: William 
M., 19; John M., 16; William C., 14; Helen and Harry (twins), 8. 




D. D. WERTZBERGER 



CADILLAC CO., Tulsa, Okla. 



WERTZBERGER, D. D., rig contractor and auto dealer. Tulsa. born at Decatur, Ind., July 28, 
1SSO, sen of M. J. and Sarah (Zerkel) Wertzberger. Educated in public schools of Decatur. 
Agent for Cadillac and Mitchell automobiles. Was employed for several years with the Oil 
Well Supply Co., representing them in Kansas and Oklahoma. Is a member K. C. C. H., Knight 
Templar, Shriner, B. P. O. Elk and K. of P. 




WERTZBERGER, CLARENCE, G., Commissioner of Finance, Sapulpa, 
was born in Decatur, Adams county, Indiana. January 14, 1885, son 
of Michael J. and Sarah B. Wertzberger. Educated in public schools 
of Decatur. Is a Republican. Held office of City Auditor of Sapulpa 
for one term; is secretary and treasurer of the Sapulpa Fuel Co., a 
new corporation. For several years he was cashier and bookkeeper 
of the Oil Well Supply Co., in their various offices. Came to sa- 
pulpa to accept a similar position with the Bovaird Supply Co. 
Was married in 1912 to Miss Ollie M. Spartley, of Sapulpa. B. P. 
O. E., No. 946; L. O. O. M., No. 295; F. O. E., No. 1131; O. O. O., 
No. 1236. 




REED. GUY C., oil producer, Tulsa, born Monroe county, Ohio, No- 
vember 16, 1876, son of J. W. and Maggie Reed. Educated public 
schools; graduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston; 
Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. Is a Republican. Member B. P. 
O. Elks, No. 477. Been in Oklahoma since 1908, and has specialized 
in leases and oil. Had twenty years' experience in different fields 
in United States. 




STERRETT, WILLIAM STONE, journalist, Drumright, Okla., was born 
at Hawesville, Ky., December 10, 1873, son of C. J. and Eliza (Mc- 
Adams) Sterrett. Public school education. Is a Republican, and 
was mayor of Hawesville; also United States Commissioner of Ok- 
lahoma. Formerly resided at Durant, and is one of the forceful 
writers of the state. Member B. P. O. Elks. 




B1NION, M. CAVETT, farmer (sheriff), Oklahoma City, born in Pick- 
ens county, Ala., April 19, 1866, son of A. H. and Emma (Cavett) 
Binion. Educated in the common schools of Macon, Miss., went to 
the state of Texas when seventeen years of age and came to Okla- 
homa twenty years ago. Lived on a farm in Oklahoma county for 
several years, and served several terms as deputy sheriff and served 
as plain clothes man on the police force of Oklahoma City. Is a 
Democrat and was elected sheriff of Oklahoma county in 1913. Is 
a member I. O. O. F. and Consistory Mason; member Shrine. Mar- 
ried September 3, 1895, to Miss Bertie Brund, of Denton, Texas. Has 
seven children. 




BOARDMAN, HOMER N., lawyer, Oklahoma City, born Jones county, 
Iowa, December 17, 1878, son of Homer C. and Emma F. Boardman. 
High school, Nevada, Iowa; U. of Iowa, Iowa State College. Re- 
publican, was county attorney Elaine county, Oklahoma, 1907-10; 
U. S. district attorney, western district of Oklahoma, 1912-14. Man- 
aged Dick Morgan's congressional campaign, 1910. While U. S. at- 
torney prosecuted two members Elaine county election board for 
refusing to count ballots; case went to U. S. Supreme Court and for 
first time in 45 years it was decided that elections were subject to 
federal control, court holding that U. S. Constitution "gives right 
to vote and have vote counted." Is a Mason, Elk, K. of P. Married 
Susan E. Dakin, November 1, 1900. One child: Dakin, aged 13 years. 










HARTMAN, THOMAS J., banker, Tulsa, born at Roaring Springs, Pa., 
November 23, 1874, son of William A. and Mary A. Hartman. Re- 
ceived his early education in the public schools of Missouri and 
Kansas; was graduated from the Oklahoma A. &. M. College in 1898; 
was member of Board of Regents, also treasurer of the A. & M. Col- 
lege 1901 to 1906. Principal hobby of Mr. Hartman is big-game 
hunting and out-of-doors sports; he established three hunting lodges 
in Central Canada; held state championship of Oklahoma and sec- 
ond amateur championship of the United States for clay pigeon 
shooting from unknown angles, 1907. Member Consistory Masons, 
32d degree, Shriner, Elk, Odd Fellow, K. of P. 




HOPPING & EVANS. FARM LOANS. Tulsa. Okla. 

HOPPING, JOSEPH SHIELDS, (Seated in upper picture), was born in Dougias county, 
Kan.. June 11. 1864. son of Joseph W. ami .lam- (Shields) Hopping. Educated in public 
schools of Wilson county. Democrat. Harried Miss Alice M. Hartman, February 25, 1S94. 
Three children: Esta. 20; Velma. IS; Norris. Hi. Came to Oklahoma in 1889, located at Still- 
water, and came to Tulsa fe\\ years ago. Is president the Producers State Bank, Tulsa. 
Thirty-second degree Mason, Shriner, Elk. 

EVANS, THADDEUS DANIEL, (Seated in lower picture), born Marshalltown. Iowa. August 20, 
1868, son of James and Maria m (Helms) Evans. Graduated Marshalltown High School, 1887. 
Marshalltown Business College; law dept. U. of Iowa, Iowa City. 1892. Republican. Deputy 
recorder Marshalltown four years; city attorney Marshalltown. 1897-1901. Married (Vlftf 
Morgan, June 2. 1897. One child: Miriam, a'ge 15. Knight Templar and Shriner. Knight 
Pythias. Came to Oklahoma in January, 1906. Is a director in the Producers State Bank, 
Tulsa. 




ALEXANDER, WILLIAM L., state treasurer, Oklahoma City, was born in 
Charlotte. N. C., January 29, 1SGO, son of Lieut.-Col. Abdon and Mary J. 
(Sloan) Alexander. Mr. Alexander attended school less than three months 
in his entire life. He came to Oklahoma from Grayson county, Texas, 
April 22, 1SS9, the day of the original opening, and located in Oklahoma 
City where he has resided constantly, with the exception of two years 
he spent in Hobart immediately following the Kiowa and Comanche open- 
ing. He was a cowboy in Texas. Is a Democrat and has served as county 
treasurer of Oklahoma county, and has been a member of the Democrat 
committee several years. He managed the capital campaign for Oklahoma 
City in 1909; and prior to that time was campaign manager for Bill Cross 
in the territorial election of Congressman Bird McGuire. Mr. Alexander is 
proud of his Scotch-Irish ancestry, which he can recall back for six gen- 
erations. Abram and John McKnutt Alexander were signers of the Dec- 
laration of Independence, and .were delegates to the Mucklenberg (Va.) 
convention that declared for the independence of the states. Member 
Scottish Rite Masonic order, 32d degree, Shriner and an Odd Fellow. 




GEISSLER, ARTHUR H., insurance, Oklahoma City, born in 1877. Uni- 
versity r.lm ;ition; in 1893 took course in comparative jurisprudence and 
diplomacy, G-?o. Washington U.. Washington. D. C.; admitted to bar in 
1896. Came to Oklahoma from Chicago in 1893; managed bank in Woods 
county several years. Moved to Oklahoma City in 1904; has traveled ex- 
tensively in Latin-America and Europe. Is Republican. Was unanimously 
elected chairman Republican county committee. Oklahoma county, 1910: 
unanimously re-elected in 191 1'; elected unanimously as vice-chairman 
Republican state committee in August. 1912, became chairman state com- 
mittee in September that year; was re-elected in 1914; was again re- 
elected by acclamation as state chairman at state convention. Oklahoma 
City, March 22. 1916, four-year term, same convention unanimously chose 
him delegate-at -large national convention. Married Miss Julia Hender- 
son Adams, of Washington. D. C., accomplished linguist, being educated 
in France. Germany, England and New York. Mr. Geissler is a Shriner, 
32d degre^ Mason, Knight Templar, member K. of P. K of K and I 
O. O. F. 




DARBY, JOHN F., oil producer, farm lands, farm loans, Tuisa, born 
Odell, 111., August 31, 1872, son of Thos. J. and Mary (Blakesley) 
Darby. Attended the public schools and was graduated from the 
Elmwood (111.) high school. Attended Grinnell (Iowa) College in 
1895; also attended University of Chicago and Chicago College of 
Law; was a teacher in township high school of Cook county, 111., for 
four years; was principal of schools of Rock Island, 111., for three 
years. Came to Muskogee, Okla., in 1903. Is an independent Repub- 
lican. Member of Wauhilla, Tulsa and Muskogee Country Clubs. 
Member the Elks. 




POPE, PAUL M., lawyer, Oklahoma City, was born in Macon, Ga., 
January 28, 1881, son of Henry A. and Lucy (Howes) Pope. Gradu- 
ated from the college department of the Western Reserve University 
of Cleveland, Ohio. Studied law in same college for two years; 
came to Oklahoma directly from school : passed examination and 
has been practicing law in Oklahoma since 1908. Is a Democrat and 
served during 1910 and 1911 as member of the park board of Okla- 
homa City. Was married on September 7, 1911, to Miss Cornelia 
Cranz, of Akron, Ohio. Two children, Lucy C., 4; Paul M. Jr., 3. 




VEASY, JAMES A., lawyer, Tulsa, born Louisville, Ky., October 24, 
1876, son of Joseph M. and Sarah R. (Rogers) Veasy. Preparatory 
School, Kentucky University, Louisville; A. B. from University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor; LL. B. degree from same university in 1902. 
Was reared in Jeffersonville, Ind.; came to Oklahoma in 1903 and 
located at Bartlesville and came to Tulsa in 1913; was associated 
with Roger Sherman for two years, now chief counsel for the Car- 
ter Oil Company. Is a Republican. Married Miss Mary Bolen, 
daughter of Rev. H. C. Bolen, of St. Joseph, Mo., November 19, 1904. 
Three children: Mary, 10; Dorothy, 8; James A., Jr., 4. 




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McDONALD, ALVA L., real estate dealer, El Reno, born Curdsville, 
Ky., September 16, 1876, son of C. H. and Cathleen (Brogan) Mc- 
Donald. Graduated from Hartford (Ky.) College in 1893. Is a Re- 
publican, and a very active party worker. Was chief deputy court 
clerk in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1907 to 1910. Enlisted in United States 
army in 1898, and served in the Phillipine Islands for thirty-seven 
months, and for ten months of that limp was military postmaster 
of Zamboanga. Member B. P. O. Elks. Married in 19(12 at El Reno 
to Miss Scotti B. Barker. Two children: Vinita, 11: Alva, 9. 




REEDER, CHARLES L., physician and surgeon, Tulsa, borr Orlean, 
Appanoose county, Iowa, July 6, 1864, son of Philander and Mary 
Longacre (Edwards) Reeder. Educated in high school, Elsworth 
Medical College, St. Joseph, Mo. Received M. D. degree from 
Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, 1890. Came to Oklahoma and 
located at Tulsa immediately after receiving degree. Was secre- 
tary and member staff Tulsa Hospital Association for number of 
years; president Tulsa Opera House Co., and heavy real estate 
owner. Is a Democrat and served as mayor of Tulsa, 1904-06; and 
was nominated March 22d Democrat candidate for mayor of Tulsa. 
Member A. M. A., Oklahoma State Med. Assn. (president, 1910-11), 
Tulsa County Med. Assn., member Southwestern Med. Assn. York 
and Scottish Rite Mason; was Grand Master of Oklahoma Masons, 
elected, 1914. Married Miss Jessica V. Goodamote, of Springville, 
N. Y., June 26, 1889. 










de GRAFFENRIED, ROBERT P., lawyer, Muskogee, born December 1, 1859, 
Green county, Alabama, son of John F. and Anne Eliza ( Kennedy) de Graf- 
fenried. Attended public schools of Cameron. Ala., and A. and M. College 
at Starkville, Miss., where he was graduated in 1SS5; taught school in Ken- 
tucky to pay expenses of a summer course in the University of Virginia 
at Charlottesville. Va. Went to Texas while a young man and was district 
attorney of the 46th district of Texa's in 1SS7. headquarters at Quanah. 
Came to Muskogee in 1895. Is a Democrat, and is present district judg j 
of the 3d judicial (Muskogee-Wagoner) district, having been elected for 
a second time two years ago. Has served as nn mber 'ity council of Mus- 
kogee, member of school board. Is a Master Mason and Knight of Pyth- 
ias. Married Miss Bessie Lacy of Kentucky. October 7. 1891. Three chil- 
dren: Janett Lacy, Arthur Mosley, Mary all grown. 







WATTS, CHARLES G., lawyer, Wagoner, born at Pawpaw, Indian 
Territory, February 8, 1875, son of Jeff and Martha (Blackard) 
Watts, of Cherokee extraction. Graduated from Hyram and Lydia 
College, Altus, Ark., and admitted to the bar in Wagoner, where he 
has practiced for twenty years. Is a Democrat and active party 
worker. Was mayor of Wagoner two terms, 1905-6 and 1906-7. 
Was elected district judge of 3d judicial district, and was called by 
supreme court to serve on commission April 1, 1915, for one year, 
which service he has just finished. Is a Mason and member M. W. 
A. and I. O. O. F. Married Miss Flora Lindsey, November 4, 1906. 
Two children: Clyde, 8; Charles Gordon, 4. 







BIDDISON, A. J., lawyer, Tulsa, was born at McConnellsville, Ohio, 
June 6, 1864, son of Jeremiah and Brasilia Biddison. Graduate of 
Johnson County College at Ottawa, Kansas, and holds B. L. degree 
in Baker University. He was professor of Mathematics and Mental 
Science at Carlton Institute at Farmin.aton, Mo.; was president of 
Whittier College, at Salem, Iowa. Is a Republican and served as 
a member of the senate in Oklahoma Territory in 1899. He came 
to Oklahoma Territory at the opening of the Cherokee Strip, in 
189: 1 .. Is an Odd Fellow and an Elk. 







GREGG, WILLIAM J., lawyer, Tulsa, was born in Randolph county, 
111., July 28, 1864, son of Thomas and Jane Gregg. Educated in pub- 
lic schools of Kansas where he moved in 1867, and spent most of 
life in Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Is a Republican 
and was United States prosecuting attorney for the Eastern district 
of Oklahoma from 1907 to 1913, and had the distinction of being the 
only prosecuting attorney who ever prosecuted a governor of a 
state while living under the same administration. Is an Elk. 




HAMON, JAKE LEWIS, lawyer, railroad promoter and oil producer, 
Ardmore, born in Kansas in 1875, son of Franklin and Nancy Eliza- 
beth Hamon. Graduate in law from University of Kansas; 
came to Oklahoma in 1901, and located at Lawton, where he be- 
came a factor in town building. He made several trips to Wash- 
ington in the interest of the city, and served the city as mayor. Is 
a Republican and always been active in party. Was chairman of 
the territorial central committee, and chairman after statehood. 
Built the Ringling railroad from Ardmore to Healdton oil field, and 
owned townsites of Ringling and other towns on line. Is heavily in- 
terested in the oil business. Is an Elk, Odd Fellow and member 
A. O. U, W. Was married in 1898 to Miss Georgie Perkins. Two 
children: Jake Lewis, Jr., and Olive Belle. 




CARROLL GRAY, lawyer, native of Warren county, N. C.; son of 
Thomas and Virginia (Daly) Carroll; educated Randolph Macon 
College, Ashland, Va.; Bachelor of Law, law department, University 
of Virginia; practiced law at Little Rock, Ark., until March 1, 1906, 
as member of firm of Dodge, Johnson, Carroll & Pemberton; Prose- 
cuting Attorney, Little Rock, 1886; Secretary of Democratic State 
Central Committee of Arkansas, 1894-1904; Division Attorney for 
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & So. Ry. Co.; removed to Tulsa, Okla., 
March, 1906. Married February 3, 1886, Godwin Parham, daughter 
of Richard H. and Ora (Trezevant) Parham; daughters, Godwin and 
Courtney Carroll; married June 22, 1915, Hazel I. Haskin, daughter 
of George L. and Grace (Brumback) Haskin; member firm of Car- 
roll & Mason, lawyers, Tulsa, Okla. 







MASON. HERBERT DELEVAN. lawyer; born East Swanzey, N. H., Novem- 
ber 2, 1S7S; son Herbert \V. and Abigail Frances (Alexander) Mason, 
educated public schools Glens Falls. N. Y., LL. B., Cornell U.. 1900; mar- 
ried Maud Louis Richardson of Boston. Mass.; June 18, 1910; daughter, 
Elizabeth Dieudomiee, born February 19. 1913. Practiced law in Ithaca. 
N. Y.. 1900-2; associated with Hornblnw.-r, Hvrnc. Miller & Potter, N. Y. 
City, 1902-5; member Ivins, Mascn. Wolff & Hoguet. 1905-12; removed to 
Tulsa. Okla.. 1912; now member Carroll & Mason; N. Y. State Civil Service 
Examiner. 1901-2; assisted as counsel of Public Service Commission of N. 
Y. City, 1907 in general investigation in N. Y. City and Brooklyn Traction 
conditions; member Board of Education, Tulsa; non-resident lecturer Ok- 
lahoma U. Law School; Trustee Cornell U.; member Am. Bar Assn., Assn. 
Bar City of New York. Oklahoma State Bar Assn., Tulsa County (Okla.) 
Bar Assn.. New Hampshire Soc.. Alpha Delta Phi; Mason. Clubs, Cornell 
Univ. (New York); Town and Gown, Craftsmen's (Ithaca. N.. Y.). Author 
(with Robert Louis Hoguet) Supplement to Brightley's New York Digest 
(2 vols.), 1906-7; (with William Mills Ivins); control of Public Utilities, 
1908; Mason on Highways, 6 editions, 1902-1910. Home 1401 Baltimore Av. 
Office 232 Iowa Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. (From "Who's Who in America). 




PINE. WILLIAM B., oil producer, Okmulgee, born at Bluffs, 111., De- 
cember 20, 1877, son of William G. and Margaret H. (Green) Pine. 
Graduate of high school of Naples, 111. Taught a short time after 
leaving school, and was in the grain business for awhile. Came to Ok- 
mulgee in 1909 and engaged in the oil business, and today owns a dai- 
ly production of more than 500 barrels. His leases are mostly in the 
Okmulgee lield and Pine's Pool. He is president of the Okmulgee 
Oil Producers' Association. Is a Republican. Married Miss Laura 
M. Hamilton, of Illinois, June 18, 1912. One child, born May 8, 1913, 
named William Hamilton. 










BURWELL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (deceased. 191(i). lawyer, Okla- 
homa City, was born in Armstrong county. Pa., April 15, 1866, son of 
Joseph Yarenion and Maxia (Lanham) Burwell. Educated in the 
public and noimal schools of West Virginia. Was admitted to the bar 
in 1890. and practiced in Gypsum City, Kan., 1890-91, at which time 
he came to Oklahoma City, where he remained. Was a Republican, 
and was member of the territorial supreme court from 1898 to litnx. 
Was married December 25, 1888, to Miss Jane Carnahan, of 
Hope, Kan. 




ROBERTSON, JAMES BROOKS AYERS, lawyer, Oklahoma City; 
born Keokuk, Iowa, March 15, 1871; son of James Brooks Ayers and 
Clarissa (Wright) Robertson. Was educated in the common schools 
of Iowa. Studied law and admitted to practice in 1895. Is a Demo- 
crat. Was county attorney of Lincoln county, Okla., and judge of 
the Tenth judicial district, and served as member of the state su- 
preme court commission. Was a delegate to the Democratic national 
convention in 1908. Was candidate for governor of Oklahoma in pri- 
maries and lacked but a few votes of defeating Gov. Williams, the 
present incumbent. Master Mason, Royal Arch, Knight Templar, 
Scottish Rite, Shriner, B. P. O. E., M. W. A., W. O. W., K. of P. Mr. 
Robertson was Grand Sire of the I. O. O. F., 1915-16. Was married 
April 27, 1899, to Miss Olive Stubblefield (deceased). Has two 
children; Olive Frances, 16 and James Brooks Ayers, Jr., aged 14. 
Law partner of John H. Burford and Roy Hoffman. 




HOFFMAN, ROY, lawyer. Oklahoma City, born on a farm near Erie. Ne- 
osha county, Kan., June ]::, 1S69, son of Peter and Julia (Hakins) Hoff- 
man. Became learned in law after hard study at home and in offices after 
leaving Normal school of Ft. Scott. Kan. Came to Oklahoma day of 
original opening. April 22, 1SS9: established the first Democrat newspaper 
in territcnA. tin- <;utlirii' L.-adiM- in 1S90. Was assistant United States at- 
torney under President Cleveland and assisted in prosecuting many of the 
early-day land office suits. Was member nf c'h.iok,, Snip i 'ommission 
and located all county-s.-at towns in that district of Oklahoma. Was pri- 
vate secretary to Gov. Renfrew, territorial noyernor; was president of 
the Oklahoma Press Association in 1S92; president Oklahoma Bar Asso- 
ciation, 1893; was capta'in of Co. K. First Territorial Volunteer Infantry 
during Spanish-. \ni<-riran wai ; was member state board of affairs Okla- 
homa after statehood, and was judge of the 10th judicial district: has 
been colonel of Oklahoma territorial and state militia for sixteen years. 
Is an Elk and 33d degree Mason, Shriner, Odd Fellow and Knight of 
Pythias; member Rotary Club. Went to Chandler to live in 1899. and 
moved to Oklahoma, City two years ago. Married Miss Kstelle Conklin 
while stationed at Albany. Ga., during Spanish-American war, October 
5. 1898. 




LOVE, JOHN E. (Jack), farmer and ranchman, Sharon, Woodward 
county; present time chairman corporation commission; was born 
in San Augustine, Texas, June 9, 1857; son of John E. and Susan B. 
(Wood) Love. Educated in the common schools of Texas. Spent 
his early youth as a school teacher and cowboy on the plains of Tex- 
as. Was in the mercantile business for several years before coming 
to Oklahoma, where he located in Oklahoma City in 1889. He was the 
first sheriff of Woodward county, having been appointed by Gov. 
Renfrew. Mr. Love is a Democrat, and was elected member of the 
Oklahoma Corporation Commission with the advent of statehood in 
1907, and has been a member ever since, being elected in 1912 for a 
six-year term. Is a member of the B. P. O. E. and Knights of Pythias. 




GEO. A. HENSHAW. MEMBER CORPORATION COMMISSION, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 







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WEST, PRESTON C., lawyer, Tulsa. born Rodney, Miss., August 19, 1868, son 
of Preston C. and Winnifred Todd (Wilcox) West. A. B. at Southwestern 
Presbyterian University. Clarkesville, Tenn., in 1SSS; studied law in private 
offices and in law department, University of Virginia, 1889-90. Practiced 
at Fort Smith from 1890 to 1897; Muskogee, Oklahoma, from 1897 to 1913; 
was chairman board of freeholders that prepared charter for Muskogee; is 
a Democrat and was Assistant Attorney-General of the United States, re- 
ceiving appointment August 19. 1913. Present time director Commercial 
National Bank, of Oklahoma City. Married Miss Bessie Douglas Shelby 
of Fort Smith, Ark., August 20, 1897. Is an Episcopalian; member Sigma 
Alpha Epsilon; member Town and Country Club, Muskogee. Moved to 
Tulsa, February 1916, and is associated with Roger Sherman. 




MALLOY. PAT. lawyer, Tulsa. born Salix, Iowa, January 7, 1885, son of 
John and Kale (Gibbons) Malloy. Educated at Joseph's, Salix, Iowa, 
and University of Indiana, at Notre Damt j : ;ulniitti>il to bar in Oklahoma,. 
February 20, 1!i(is. served two trims as county attorney of Tulsa county 
Is a Democrat. Won praise from the bench in prosecuting murder trial; 
and defendant was granted new trial on ground that jury returned verdict 
under spell of Mr. Malloy's argument rather than n facts based on evi- 
dence. Leading lawyers claim speech was greatest ever delivered in the 
west. Mr. Malloy was left an orphan at tin- ain- of 14, a cyclone at Salix. 
Iowa, having killed bis father, mother. two brothers and a sister. Mem- 
ber the Elks, and ha.- been <:illtd i lironiihout the central west to deliver 
addresses at Memorial services. Was two years state deputy Knights of 
Columbus of Oklahoma and for four years has been national delegate 
from Oklahoma. Is now delegate to National Bar Association from Okla- 
homa. Married October 5. 1910. to Miss I.enore Harrington, of Sioux City, 
Iowa. Two rhildivn: John, :.': Pat. Jr.. 4 months. 







GOULD, CHARLES NEWTON, educator, geologist, Oklahoma City, born 
Lower Salem, Ohio July 22. 1S6S; son Simon G. and Arvilla A. G. Gradu- 
ate Southwestern College. Winfield. Kan., 1899; special studies geology and 
paleobotany; A. M. Uni. of Nebr., 1900; Ph. D. Uni. of Nebr.. 1906. Mar- 
ried Nina Leola Swan, of Norman, Okla., September 24. 1903. Two chil- 
dren: Louis Hazel 11; Donald Boyd. !). Prof, of geology U. of Okla., 
1900-1911; resident hydrographer U. S. Geol. Survey. 1902-1906; director 
Okla Geol. Survey, 1908-1911. Mem. Soc. Sigma Xi; Am. Inst. Mining 
Engrs , Geol. Soc. America Paleontological Soc. America; Am. Assn. for 
Advancement of Science; International Geol. Congress; Inst. Petroleum 
Technologists; Royal Soc. of Arts: Past Vice-Pres. Am. Mining Congress; 
President Okla. Acad Science. Author of numerous bulletins and scien- 
tific articles, both state and national, dealing with the geology, under- 
ground waters, oil, gas and other mineral resources of Oklahoma and 
adjacent states of the Great plains. Present occupation Consulting Geolo- 
gist engaged chiefly in petroleum investigations. Home address, 2109 West 
Sixteenth street. Oklahoma City. Office address, 1218 Colcord building. 
Oklahoma City, Okla. (From "Who's Who in America," 19161. 




KANE, MATTHEW J., lawyer. Kingfisher, born Niagara county, N. 
Y., November 28, 1863, son of Anthony and Mary (Dunn) Kane. 
Graduated Irom law department of Georgetown University, Wash- 
ington, D. C. Went to Wichita, Kan., in 1888, and to Harper, Kan., 
in 1889. Located in Kingfisher in 1889, closely following original 
opening of Oklahoma. Is a Democrat, was member constitutional 
convention; and was elected to the state supreme court first elec- 
tion after statehood, and has been elected successively ever since. 
Is at present chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, serving 
his third term, and temporarily resides in Oklahoma City. Mem- 
ber the B. P. O. Elks and W. 6. W. Married June 9, 1908, to Miss 
Kathleen Reagan, of St. Paul, Kan. Two children: Matthew John, 
Jr., and Kathleen 




CAMPBELL RUSSELL, Warner, Oklahoma 




MIKE DONNELLY, CITY COMMISSIONER, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 







CUNNINGHAM, JOHN W.. lawyer, inventor, manufacturer, Tulsa, 
born at Broken Bow, Neb., February 4, 1890, son of James D. and 
Belle Cunningham. Attended public school and Puchett College, 
Glasgow, Mo. Attended Missouri University, also Cumberland Uni- 
versity of Tennessee. Is a Mason and an Elk. Inventor of the 
Cuunningham tank protector, a device that prevents large crude oil 
tanks from burning after being struck by lightning. 




LOCKWOOD, MARCUS LAFAYETTE (deceased), oil producer, Tulsa, 
born December 5, 1844. at East Hamberg, N. Y., son of Philo B. and 
Polly (Utley) Lockwoocl. Was educated in I lie public schools. 
Democrat. Member Pennsylvania legislature, 1876-1880; founder 
and late president of the American Anti-Trust League; always active 
in politics. Been in oil business for more than quarter of century. 
Operated in Pennsylvania as Patterson & Lockwood; was one of the 
organizers of the Pure Oil Co.; founder and president, 1901, of the 
Sabine Oil & Marketing Co., operating in Texas, Kansas and Okla- 
homa. Children: Mesdames H. W. Ailing, Jamestown. N. Y.; Har- 
old Helm, Moravia. N. Y..; Roy E. Porter, Guthrie, Okla.: Schuyler 
C. French. Tulsa. Okla.; Elton Everett. Tulsa, Okla., and Robert R. 
Lockwood. Tulsa. 



DUDLEY, JOHN BENTON, lawyer, Norman, born 
Lobeville, Tenn., December 20, 1877, son of George 
H. and Charlotte (Greer) Dudley. Worked his 
way through the Dickson (Tenn.) Normal, where 
he graduated. Also graduate of Nashville College 
of Law (now Southern Law), in 1900. Moved to 
Norman, Okla., in 1901. Is a Republican, and a 
member of the supreme court commission, being 
the only Republican among the twelve members 
who has received appointment by Gov. Williams. 
Was city attorney of Norman, 1903-4. Is an Elk, 
Odd Fellow, Knight Templar, Consistory Mason 
and a Shriner. Married December 24, 1905, to Miss 
Maud Wingate of Norman. Two children: Paul 
W., 8; John Benton, Jr., 4. 



CONNEELY, CHARLES WILLIAM, oil drilling con- 
tractor, horn Mercer county, Pa., August 16, 1877, 
son of Thomas and Elizabeth (O'Brien) Conneely. 
Educated in the public schools. Is a Democrat; 
served as city commissioner of Tulsa, and one 
term as chief of police. Knight of Columbus and 
B. P. O. Elk. Was in Spanish-American war, and 
saw service in Porto Rico. Was in the battle of 
Coamo, August 9, 1898. 



NICHOLS, WILLIAM B., chief of police, Oklahoma 
City, born September 6, 1874, son of O. B. and Han- 
nah (Allison) Nichols. Was educated in public 
schools. By trade, Mr. Nichols is a modeler in 
clay, and took a course in polishing in Washing- 
ton University, St. Louis, Mo., art museum. For 
fourteen years he was connected with Joseph Lie- 
ter, the Chicago wheat plunger. Is a Republican, 
and active party worker. Belongs to Blue Lodge 
of Masons, and is a member I. O. O. F. 



ASP, HENRY EDWARD, lawyer, Oklahoma City, 
born New Boston, O., January 1, 1856, son of John 
Augustus and Christine Asp. Educated in the 
public schools; admitted to practice law in 1878, in 
Winfield, Cowley county, Kan., where he resided 
until the opening of Oklahoma Territory in 1889, 
when he located at Guthrie. Lived there until 
1914, when he moved to Oklahoma City. Is a Re- 
publican and has always taken a very active part 
in territorial and state politics. Served as member 
of both state and territorial legislatures and was 
member of constitutional convention and wrote the 
constitution of the State of Oklahoma as submitted 
by the minority side. Is member of all branches 
of Masonry. 



GIDDINGS, GEORGE H., lawyer, Oklahoma City, 
born Jersey City, January 21, 1867, son of George 
H. and Emma (Lockwood) Giddings. Graduate of 
Fordham and Columbia, New York City. Resided 
for seventeen years in Gainesville, Texas, and came 
to Oklahoma in 1907. He was appointed by Gov. 
Lanham district judge 16th judicial district of 
Texas and resigned after holding office but one 
week. Was a law partner of Judge Patten for 18 
years. Is a Democrat. Member B. P. O. Elks, 
Eagles and is Orator of the Moose. Married to 
Miss Delia Taylor, of Tyler, Texas in 1891. Three 
children: George. 22; Gertrude (married to Alvin 
Richards), and William. 



JARRETT, WALTER R., druggist, Wetuuika, was 
born in Hickory, N. C., March 7, 1886, son of Wil- 
liam Samuel and Mattie Jarrett. Came to Indian 
Territory in 1888, and located at Wynnewood, and 
moved to Wetumka in 1900, where he engaged in 
the drug business, having graduated in pharmacy 
at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. He is 
a Democrat and an active party worker. He was 
appointed by Gov. Williams, secretary of the State 
Pharmacy Board, and still holds that position, with 
office and temporary residence in the capital of 
the state, Oklahoma City. Mr. Jarrett has taken 
practically all degrees of Masonry. He is a large 
land-owner in Hughes county, and possesses some 
valuable oil leases and oil lands. 



ASHTON, WILFRED G., state labor commissioner, 
Oklahoma City, born Plymouth, Ind., November 25, 
1880, son of John and Mary (Krumenacher) Ash- 
ton. Educated St. Michael's Academy, at Plym- 
outh. Is a Democrat, and was elected to present 
position in 1913; is painter and decorator by trade. 
Member B. P. O. Elks. 



DECKER, VIC S., lawyer, Sapulpa, was born in Man- 
kato, Kan., April 4, 1883, son of S. D. and Maggie 
(Sturgis) Decker. Educated in the public schools 
of Guthrie and Chandler, Okla. Read law in his 
father's office. Was city attorney of Chandler 
and member of city council. Was four years 
county attorney of Creek county. Is a present 
county judge of Creek county, and has held office 
continuously since he was 21 years of age. He is 
a Republican. Member B. P. O. E. 



WELLS, OSCAR A., Southern Surety Co., Muskogee, 
born Bedford, Ohio, October 5, 1863, son of A. J. 
and Mary (Weeks) Wells. Graduated from public 
schools of Cleveland. Ohio, admitted to practice 
law at Ryan, Indian Territory in 1906. Is a Re- 
publican, and in 1907 was secretary of the Repub- 
lican state committee, in its campaign before 
statehood. Was clerk of the United States Dis- 
trict Court of Alaska under Judge Silas Reed, of 
El Reno. Mr. Wells came to Indian Territory in 
1883 from Denison, Texas, having run away from 
home. He located finally at Ryan, Indian Terri- 
tory, and moved to Muskogee in 1908, where he 
has remained since. He is vice-president of the 
Southern Surety Co., and vice-president of the St. 
Louis Surety Co., and president of the Pioneer 
Abstract and Trust Co., of Muskogee. Married in 
1897, to Miss Mayme Rice of Denison, Texas. Two 
children: Minnie and Mary Elizabeth. 



AMERICAN 
NATIONAL BANK 

Sapulpa, Oklahoma 



JOE A. BARTLES 

Dewey "Round-Up" 



JOE A. BARTLES 

Dewey, Oklahoma 



J. T. DICKERSON 

Lawyer and Oil Man 
Oklahoma City and Edmond, Okla. 



S. W. BROWN 

Former Chief Euchie Indians 
Jenks, Okla. 



R. B. THOMPSON 

Lawyer 
Sapulpa, Oklahoma 




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RESIDENCE OF A. E. LEWIS, Tulsa 





GUY L. REED 

COUNTRY HOME OF GUY L. RKF.n, Kivr Miles From Tulsa 

This country home is the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Reed. The entire ~>-acre tract is 
planted in fruit, principally peaches, and is one of the popular country homes of Tulsa county 
pointed out to visitors. It is the delight of Mr. and Mrs. Reed to invite several friends out 
during the summer evenings to fiast Them with an elaborate dinner, then remove all furniture 
and turn the event into a dance. Mr. Reed is an attorney, and was burn September 4, 1873, 
at Mexico, Mo., son of John Wesley and Mintrva. Elizabeth { l!otli\\ II i I ii ((!. He Is a gra'du- 
ate of the Phillips Exeter Academy of Exeter. N. H., and a graduate! of the law department of 
the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, c lass i>r 1XU3. He came to Oklahoma in 1903, and owns 
some valuable oil and gas lands. Is a Mason and an Elk; affiliates with Democrats. Married 
to Miss Anna Swift, March 26, 1907. 




RESIDENCE OF JOHN H. REBOL.D, Okmulgee 



J. H. REBOLD 



Situated in the center of well-laid grounds the Rebold home stands a model of typical 
"domestic architecture." Comfort and adaptability are the keynote of its conception. The 
main decorative idea both for the grounds and the buildings lies in the use of the rose as a 
decorative unit. The interior is the most complete in the state, and finished in solid walnut. 
The house alone cost more than $80,000. Carpets and tapestries were made to order in Europe. 
Each room represents an age, and the furnishings are magnificent and in keeping with the 
buildings. Mr. Rebold is a lumber dealer and oil producer, and was born in Armstrong county, 
Pa., September 2, 1872, son of Henry and Margaret (Collar) Rebold. Came to Oklahoma from 
Kittanning, Pa., in 1906. Is a Democrat. Owns his own timber forests in McCurtaln county, 
Okla., and has yards at Okmujgee and Boynton. Married to Miss Anna Elizabeth Bricken. 
Seven children: Grant, 20; Jesse, 18; Bryan, 16; Anna, 15; Joseph, 13; Harry, 11; Ca'thrine, 9. 




RESIDENCE OF HARRY F. SINCLAIR, Tulsa 




RESIDENCE OF ROBT. M. McPARLIN, Tulsa 




RESIDENCE OF JOHN H. MARKHAM, JR., Oil Producer, Tulsa 




RESIDENCE OP J. B. LEVY, Tulsa 



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RESIDENCE OF A. F. AULT, Tulsa 

AULT, A. F., oil business and real estate, Tulsa, born in Ray County, Tenn , son of 
Thomas and Jeston Ault. Is a Democrat, and came to Oklahoma in 1905. Prior to 
that time he was engaged in the banking business at Southwest City, Mo., and Grove 
Okla. For awhile he lived in Kansas City. 




RESIDENCE OF J. A. CAMPBELL, Tulsa 




RESIDENCE OF FRANK L. TACK, Tulsa, Okla. 




MANHATTAN COURT, Tulsa, Okla. 



THE MANHATTAN COURT 



On the opposite page is shown Manhattan Court, Cincinnati ave- 
nue and Eleventh street, owned by David J. Kelley, of the Manhattan 
Oil Co., Tulsa, the most beautiful and most exclusive apartments in 
the Southwest. The suites are three rooms and bath; interior trim- 
med in mahogany; quarter-sawed oak floors throughout; specially de- 
signed electric light fixtures; building scientifically ventilated; con- 
si ruction, asbestos and fire-proof stucco. Manhattan Court has its 
own pure water system connected with each apartment for all pur- 
poses; instantaneous hot water; steam heat; all kitchens open on 
beautiful interior court with its fountain of pure water and lawn; under 
personal direction of superintendent, always on premises; iron grill 
entrance for trades people in rear, adding to the exclusiveness and 
privacy of the occupants; special store room for each occupant in 
the basement; kitchens completely furnished with gas range, pantry 
kitchen table, sanitary refrigerator, connected with air vents and 
Hush drains; garbage container furnished; garbage and waste burned; 
container thoroughly cleaned daily; each department connected with 
vacuum cleaner, work done by superintendent; sanitary bed in each 
apartment; large closet with modern appliances for clothing; bath 
rooms tiled and white enamel; recessed tubs, porcelain fixtures, 
plate-glass mirrors, medicine cabinets recessed in the walls; adjust- 
able head shower baths; all bath rooms fitted with white enamel ac- 
cessories: highest standard of plumbing and modern fixtures with 
latest sanitary appliances of approved design. 

Manhattan Court occupies a convenient and attractive site in 
Tulsa. The artistic and attractive exterior of this structure, com- 
bined with its modern, luxurious and convenient interior, offers a 
must desirable residence for discriminating and appreciative people 
who understand that it is not how much money one spends, but what 
is received in return for such expenditure. 

Manhattan Court is not excelled by any similar structure in the 
United States and it is with some degree of pleasure that the owner 
has been privileged to contribute his share in this manner to the 
welfare and upbuilding of Tulsa. These flats are all rented a year 
ahead, and have a large waiting list. 




CONVENTION HALL, Tulsa, Erected by T. O'Keefe, Contractor 




OKLAHOMA HOSPITAL, Tulsa, Oklahoma 

Fire proof; inclines or ramps instead of elevators or stairs; silent signals; intercommunicat- 
ing telephones; electric lights; stram heat; sanitary plumbing: three modern operating rooms; 
all rooms outside; clinical pathological laboratory; X-Ray; training school for nurses; open to 
ethical profession; motor ambulance. Miss H. C. C. Ziegeler, superintendent; Dr. Fred S. Clin- 
ton, president; H. 3. Brickner, secretary. 




TULSA PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY, Tulsa 

Laboratory of Dr. Walter E. Wright. Thirty-six rooms used for X-ray equipment 
and pathological laboratory. Equipped with latest scientific apparatus for diagnosis 
and therapeutic uses. Largest institution of its kind this side of St. Louis. Building 
is reinforced concrete construction, practically all tiled floor, woodwork mahogany, 
finish birch. Located corner Third and Cheyenne streets. Absolutely complete and 
modern for X-ray equipment. For diagnosis and treatment work, plant is complete and 
modern in every detail. 




METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Muskogee, Owned by Revell & Wagner 




R. T. DANIEL OFFICE BUILDING, Tulsa. Built by Van Horn & Son 




A. Y. BOSWELL'S JEWELRY STORE, Interior View, Tulsa 




TULSA STOVE AND FOUNDRY CO., Sand Springs, Oklahoma 




TRAIN LOAD OF PIPE BEING SHIPPED TO ATLAS SUPPLY CO., Muskogee 




GUY W. McCULLOCH C. O. WINTERRINGER 

MOWBRAY UNDERTAKING CO., Tulsa, Okla. 

THE LEADING UNDERTAKERS 




GARAGE AND SALESROOM OP MEYER Ai MOORE, A. wnts for the Winton and 

Page Automobiles, Tulsa 




Upper Picture : RIGHTWAY CLEANERS 
Lower Picture: RIGHTWAY LAUNDRY, Tulsa 




TULSA ICE CO., Tulsa, Okla. 

TULSA ICE COMPANY was incorporated in 1903, and started with a 
capacity of about six tons a day, and employed six persons. Now the 
capacity is 150 tons a day and employes sixty-five persons. This 
was the first ice plant in Tulsa ; runs twenty wagons and two trucks 
during busy season. The south plant of this company built two 
years ago is as modern and up-to-date as can be found in any com- 
munity. The main plant has 190 feet frontage; the south plant, 160 
feet front; ships ice to many towns around Tulsa. The officers and 
owners are: George Lee Parent, President; C. E. Fink, Vice-Presi- 
dent; O. C. Fink, Secretary; F. J. Fink. Manager. 




NEW STATE AUTO AND SUPPLY CO., INSERT OF FRED SHAW, Tulsa 

This concern was organized in 1910, and sold ninety-three new Buiclc 
cars in 1915; had sold seventy-nine cars the first two months of 1916. Has 
Buick agency for Tulsa, Rogers and part of Wagoner counties, and is the 
largest Buick dealer in the state, and is incorporated. Fred G. Shaw or- 
ganized the company, and is its president, treasurer and general manager. 
They "got everything" as they advertise. Mr. Shaw was born in Monroe 
county, Iowa, January 4, 1875, son of Edward D. and Emma (Kenyon) Shaw. 
Educated himself. He came to Tulsa from Detroit, Mich, in March, 1907; 
and was superintendent of the Cleveland-Trinidad Paving Company for a 
year and a half. He organized the New State Paving and Construction 
Company, and was president and general manager. He is a Democrat. Is 
an Elk, and chairman of the house committee. Charter member of the Ro- 
tary Club. Married September 18. 1902. to Miss Minna May Adams. Two 
children: Mary Madeline, 10: Freda Marcellus, 7. 



OKLAHOMA RAILWAY 
COMPANY 



One of the most representative institutions of Oklahoma is the Ok- 
lahoma Railway Company of Oklahoma City. This company owns and 
operates 124 miles of street and interurban railway, including local 
lines in Oklahoma City, El Reno and Outline, also the interurban lines 
reaching Norman on the south. El Reno on the west, and Edmond on 
the north. Construction work is now in progress on the extension of 
the interurban line from Edmond to Guthrie. The Oklahoma Railway 
Company maintains a high standard of operation, and is considered 
the best managed electric railway of its size in the country. 

SOME POINTS OF INTEREST REACHED 
BY OKLAHOMA LINES 

At Norman is located the State University of Oklahoma. The Uni- 
versity improvements consist of eight modern buildings, provided by 
the State at an expense of $500,000. The new chemistry building is 
now in process of construction, which is to cost not less than $100,000. 
The University City is often referred to as the best residence town of 
the State. The enrollment for the years 1915-16 was about 2,000 stu- 
dents. The University is composed of 11 schools and colleges, and has 
a teachers' staff of 135 members, headed by Dr. Stratton D. Brooks. 

Tin- Central State Normal at Edmond is another educational in- 
stitution of which the State of Oklahoma can justly be proud. It has 
ten departments, and a faculty of more than 50 educators, assisted by 
the leading lecturers and educators of the state and nation. Its en- 
rollment for the years 1915-16 was more than 3,000. 

Belle Isle Park and Lake. This famous amusement resort is lo- 
cated at the northern city limits of Oklahoma City and is one of Ok- 
lahoma's most famous recreation places. It is just a five-mile ride 
from the Terminal Station. It has the best bathing beach in the 
Southwest. The largest lake in the Southwest on which boating, 
launching and canoeing are very popular. It also has a large dancing 
pavilion, in which dancing is conducted every evening. Also various 
other amusements, such as carousel, bowling alleys, shooting galleries, 
motion pictures, refreshment stands and numerous other amusement 
features. Belle Isle is beautifully landscaped, and is considered one 
of the real beauty spots of the State of Oklahoma. From Decoration 
Day until Labor Day each year, thousands of people visit this inter- 
esting resort daily. 

El Reno Interurban Line. The interurban line to El Reno passes 
through a wonderfully productive territory. At Yukon is located the 
largest flour mill in the State. At El Reno are located the Rock Island 
shops as well as its general offices for the Oklahoma division. El 
Reno is considered one of the busiest cities on the entire Rock Island 
System, outside of the terminal points. 




MILLS AND FACTORIES BUILT AND BUILDING 

Sand Springs is the greatest manufacturing center in the Southwest. 
Its plants embrace a variety unequalled in any other such center. The ex- 
cellent free sites, the splendid service of railways, the pure water, the cheap- 
ness of gas for fuel and electricity for power combined, of course, with the 
great co-operation extended have made Sand Springs this manufacturing 
center, ideal in all respects. 

These factories with their continual hum, working nearly 2,000 labor- 
ers, have brought the population of San Springs up to 5.000 in four years' 
time. It is a model city, with good schools and good churches where at- 
tendance is excellent. Property there is purchased on easy payments, mak- 
ing it possible for even the day laborer to own his home. It is seven miles 
from Tulsa. The Sands Springs Railway gives a 20-minute service between 
the two places. 



MIDLAND 
VALLEY 
RAILROAD 




MIDLAND VALLEY RAILROAD, "ARKANSAS RIVER ROUTE, 
SERVES OKLAHOMA AND ITS PRINCIPAL CITIES 




KENDALL, COLLEGE, Tulsa, Okla. 

KENDALL COLLEGE was founded in old Indian Territory twenty years ago. The Kendall 
of today, however, had its beginning 100 years ago this summer when the Rev. Cyrus Kings- 
bury, a Presbyterian missionary, made his first visit to the Indian country, the Cherokees 
then living east of the Mississippi river. Rev. Kingsbury was furnished with two plows, six 
hoes and as many axes by the United States government, and with this meager equipment 
he began the education of the American Indian. Two years later when the tribe came west, 
Rev. Kingsbury came with them and established the first school ever established in this 
great 46th state, at Dwight, near Sallisaw, Okla. A year later he was appointed to open 
schools among the Choctaws. and thus was the beginning of the present school. Kendall 
College is the outgrowth of a crude educational institution established a century ago. 
Compensation in the early days was little, but the early Christian teachers were somewhat 
rewarded by the establishment later of the Henry Kendall College at Muskogee, which 
later moved to Tulsa in 1907. The present college is located at College Hill, and has a 




KEMP DODGE, GIFT OF ROGER E. KEMP OF TULSA. (GIRL'S DORM.), KENDALL, 

COLLEGE Tulsa, Okla. 

thirty-acre campus with five college buildings. Three hundred and fifty young men and 
women can be accommodated. Kendall likes Tulsa and Tulsa likes Kendall. The city 
has given the ground and about $200,000. The college work consists of nine departments, 
instructed by a University-trained corps of twenty-live men and women. The course is 
four years, leading to classical degrees, academic course of four years, corresponding to 
first-class high school courses. Also special courses in music, art. expression, domestic 
science, oil geology, business a'nd normal training. The dormitory facilities are unexcelled 
in the state. Every room is an outside room, and the chapel seats 550. A 55,000 pipe 
organ was installed in 1915. The gymnasium is one of the best in the state: building 
65x90 feet, with a basket ball court. 40x70 feet. Visitors' gallery that will seat 500, bowl- 
ing alleys, dressing rooms, equipped with lockers and shower baths. During the past 
twenty years Kendall has had six presidents. Dr. Charles Evans is the new president, suc- 
ceeding Rev. F. W. Hawley, recently resigned. 




THE REA & READ MILL & ELEVATOR CO., Tulsa, Capacity, 500 barrels per day. 
Incorporated under Kansas laws 1900, under Oklahoma laws 1914. Capital stock, 
$50,000, fully paid. Officers: E. S. Rea, President; E. R. Coker, Secy, and Treas. 
Markets: Eastern Oklahoma, Western Arkansas, Northern Texas. 
Leading brands: DINNER PARTY, pure soft wheat flour. MAIN LINE, pure hard 
wheat flour. "QUALITY FIRST," is their slogan. 







GALLAIS BUILDING, Now in Course of Construction, Tulsa 

Tin- ahuve building, now being built, is of steel structure, and on April 15th the brick and 
terra cotta were up to the tenth floor, and the building will be ready for occupancy by July 
1st. It is tin- bi'st office building in Tulsa', and the community as we'll as the owner is justly 
proud of it. Mr. Gallais, the owner, has made the money with which he will construct this 
building in Tulsa", where he owns in addition to it. a quarter of a million dollars worth of im- 
proved property. It is the men like him and the things they do likp this that adds confidence 
to the future of Oklahoma and to Tulsa. It is said every "room was rented in this building 
before the steel was half up. John B. S. Gallais was born in dialleaux. Eastern France De- 
cember 2 1851, and came to America immediately following the Prussian war, in 1870-71 in 
which he was a soldier of France the Southern army. For forty years Mr. Gallais conducted 
a fish market in St. Louis, Mo., at Union Market, and a branch at Twenty-first and Walnut 
streets Came to Tulsa two years ago. and built the Gallais flats. Is a Republira'ii Married 
to Miss Mary Sallier, of Illinois. One child now living. Blanche, grown, and who resides with 
her parents in Tulsa. 




KING, W. A., owner King's Market, Tulsa, was born in Crawford county, Kan., February 23, 
1867, son of Francis Marian and Martha A. (Toley) King. Attended public schools of Crawford 
county. Is a Democrat. Member Elks and is a Modern Woodman. Came to Tulsa in 1907 
and established his business on Second street. Each succeeding year has shown an added 
increase in business and in departments. King's Market now occupies a floor space of 6,400 
square feet, and twenty-five employees are on the payroll. Mr. King was married June 20, 
1903, to Miss Hattie J. Sutherland. Formerly lived in Cleveland Okla. Is member Rotary 
Club. 




FINNEY, BENJAMIN F.. out-door advertising. Tulsa. was born in Adams county, Iowa, De- 
cember 28, 1S61. son of Nelson and Matilda (Bowersrmth) Finney. Mr. Finney is a graduate 
nt Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa; Paraiaf'ie College. Paris. France; Bourlegyn Academy, 
Berlin. Germany; Sewaird Library of Science, London. England. Came to Tulsa a few years 
ago and built and operated tbe first poster advertising plant in the Southwest which gives the 
beautiful panel service. President Oklahoma State Poster Advertising Association, three 
terms of one year each; now a director of the National Poster Advertising Association of 
United States and Canada. Is a'n Odd Fellow, Knights of Pythias. Elk. and member the Tulsa 
Rotary Club. 




THE IDEAL MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CO., of Sapulpa, manufactures a com- 
bination, automatic, self-wringing mop and floor oiler. The main office of the com- 
pany is in Sapulpa, and the factory and warehouse in Sand Springs. 




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I/i'XCH'S COAL .MINE 



William Lynch, of Tulsa. was born in Benton county, Arkansas, September 3, 1870. son of 
P. E. and Mary A. Lynch. Is a pioneer of Tulsa and is extensive real estate holder. His coal 
mini' is located on the Frisco, near Dawson. and has been opened twenty-six years, and oper- 
ated for fifteen years under present management. Produces an extra good grade of hard coal, 
on an average of one hundred tons a day. The first vein is thirty inches thick and the second 
vein five feet, third vein six feet. At present the surface vein only is being worked; the coal 
is free from sulphur and burns to fine ash. Principally marketed at home and in Texas. 




WAREHOUSE OF THE OIL, WELL SUPPLY COMPANY, Tulsa 

This company opened its first supply store in Tulsa in 1905, it being a branch of the Red 
Fork store. The business has constantly grown. Tulsa being the oil center of the state, there 
are many oil well supply houses here, but none to compare with the Oil Well Supply Co. This 
company owns fourteen stores in the Mid-Continent field and has three big machine shops in 
operation. In 1915 a $50,000 warehouse was erected to take care of the business. The building 
is of the heaviest steel. From, this central warehouse orders of great magnitude can be 
handled with dispatch. The building of this fine warehouse is in keeping with the policy of 
the company, which, with its line of oil field tools, is known throughout the oil world. The 
company has altogether seventy-six stores in the United States, those of Oklahoma being 1 con- 
sidered the most important. The head offices are in Pittsburg, Pa. This company has a rep- 
resentative in every oil field in the world. The Mid -Continent field is in charge of Albert 
Brown, who has been district manager here for six years. The company's statistician also is 
located in Tulsa. 

The dimensions of the building above are 70x146 feet, 3 stories; floor space, 27,000 square 
feet; complete system of trolleys; electric crane outside for handling heavy wares, boilers, etc. 
All books for Mid-Continent district are kept here, all executive offices located in this building; 
building absolutely fireproof; complete sprinkling system for fire portection. Employs 120 peo- 
ple in Mid-Continent district, 65 being located in Tulsa. 




JAMES B. PORTER 



PLANT OF THE PURITY ICE CREAM CO., Tulsa 



This concern began business in Tulsa in 1906, and has steadily grown in volume of business, 
st;i rt'd with Tl'n square feet, now has more than 2,200; started with four employers, now has 
1.", lias shown 25 per cent increase per annum; capacity at first 300 gallons, now more than 
1200; ships to every point within 50 miles of Tulsa. Firm composed of H. M. White and James 
B. Porter. Mr. Porter was born New Castle, Pa., March 24. 1869. son of John A. and Mary 
(Baird) Porter. He is a Republican. Is a member of the 102d Pennsylvania Volunteer Associa- 
tion. Is a Mason and a Shriner and an Elk. Member Rotary Club. Came to Oklahoma in 
1909. Married to Miss Mae Eakin, June 12, 1899. Two children: Mary, 16; Harold, 13. 



THE PARKERSBURG 
RIO AND REEL CO. 

ERSBURG.WVA 




F. J. BRADFORD PARKERSBURG RIG AND REEL COMPANY 

This company was organized in 1893 with a capital stock of $100,000. The main 
offices and plant are at Parkersburg, W. Va., branch offices and plant at Tulsa; offices in 
the Drew building. Has yards at all principal points in oil field territory; manufacturers 
of rig irons, sand reels, calf-wheel outfits, drilling machines, bolted derricks and wooden 
tanks. The officers are J. M. Crawford, president; F. J. Bradford, vice-president; D. B. 
Crawford, secretary and treasurer. Floyd J. Bradford (insert) was born Ritchie county, 
Va., August Z, 1876, son of Simon and Elizabeth (Collins) Bradford. Mason, Shriner and 
an Elk. Married September 14. 1901, to Miss Jennie Russell. Two children: Floyd, 9; 
Morris, 6. 




BRADY HOTEL, T. T. WELLS, Proprietor, Tulsa 




PICTURE OF PART OF THE GUSHING OIL FIELD, SHOWIN 

COMPANY-CIMARRC 



THE Carter Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Standard 
Oil Company is one of the biggest oil producing 
companies doing business in the Oklahoma Fields. 
This company was organized years ago, with J. J. Carter 
as president, who remained in that position until two years 
ago, when he retired from business. Until about two years 
ago, the Carter company preferred the eastern fields to Ok- 
lahoma, but since opening offices here some twenty months 
ago, this company has been the most active in purchasing 
production, storage and leases of any operating in the Mid- 
Continent field. 

One of its first moves was to buy the storage of the 
Quaker Oil and Gas Company, in the Gushing field, for 
which $4,000,000 was paid. Many smaller purchases im- 




ASKS AND STORAGE OIL IN TANKS OF THE CARTER OIL 
^ER IN FOREGROUND 



mediately followed, until now the Carter Company is by 
far the largest owners of storage oil in the state. 

They are building a large refinery at Yale, and when 
completed will be the only one in Oklahoma using the Bur- 
ton system. 

The Carter Company does not confine its operations 
to the Gushing field, but also owns leases and production 
in every field in the southwest. At one time this company 
was taking leases at the rate of a congressional township a 
day, and it is said now owns more than two millions of 
acres of production and prospective leases. 

J. Edgar Pew is Vice President and General Manager 
of the Oklahoma division with offices over the Central 
National Bank, Tulsa. 







PHOENIX REFINING C. 



THE Phoenix Refining Company Plant is located on 
the banks of the Arkansas River at Sand Springs a 
busy manufacturing town upon the outskirts of Tulsa. 
The Phoenix plant has been called the model plant of the 
southwest and it is the boast of the officials of the Phoenix 
that every part of the plant can be visited by a lady in a 
silk dress, so clean and neat is every detail of the works. 

The company was organized under the laws of Okla- 
homa in 1911, and the plant was complete and went into 
operation in October 1913. It has a capacity of 4000 bar- 
rels, and enjoys the advantage of controlling most of it's 
own production. 

The President of the company is James King Duffy; 
the Vice President, Frank S. Hastings; the Treasurer, Mar- 
tin J. Quinn, all of New York City; the General Manager 





JLSA, OKLAHOMA 



and Secretary of the company is Thos. P. Melvin of Tulsa. 

The company has adopted the word "Quality" as its 
watchword in business, and every gallon of every com- 
modity which passes through the Phoenix plant receives 
that attention which would qualify it to pass the severest 
tests of its kind and gravity. 

The Trade-Mark "Top Notch" Gasoline and "Top 
Notch" Burning Oils, is known throughout the trade as 
synonymous with highest quality. 

When the movement was begun to put refinery labor 
upon the eight hour basis, the Phoenix Refining Company 
was among the first to adopt the plan, and to their credit 
it can be said that they did not wait to have their employ- 
ees present the proposition, but granted it voluntarily. 




A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE PEARCE OIL CORPORATIM 



PIERCE OIL C 



REFINERS AND MARK 



Illuminating Oils, Gasolines, Naph 

Road Oils, Fh 



HOME OFFICE- 
DISTRICT sJ 

Saint Louis, Missouri Little Rock : 

Shreveport, Louisana 




.EFINERY LOCATED AT SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA 



3RPORATION 



:RS OF HIGH-GRADE 



ias Gas Oil, Solar Oils, Black Oils 
and Fuel Oil 



lint Louis, Missouri 



iS OFFICES: 

kansas Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

Mexico City, Mexico 




SCENES FROM REFINERY OF COSDEN & CO. 
West Tulsa, Largest in State 

FIFTEEN years ago, Joshua S. Cosden was working for fifteen dollars a week. Today 
he lives in a fifty thousand dollar residence in Tulsa, manages the largest refinery 
in the state, and recently organized the Cosden Oil and Gas Co., incorporated for 
eight million dollars. 

In 1909, Mr. Cosden engaged in the refining of crude oil, and in a crude way. He 
began at Big Heart, Okla., with a capacity of ten and a half barrels; and his first day's 
production was one and one-half barrels of crude oil. The authorized capital stock of 
that concern was $150,000; and to use Mr. Cosden's exact words, the "real capital fifteen 
cents." Today the Cosden refinery covers 80 acres of ground and has a capital stock 
of four and a half million dollars. In April, 1913, the present refinery was begun, and 
the Big Heart concern swallowed in a new corporation under the name of J. S. Cosden 
& Co., increasing the capacity to 4500 barrels a day, and the capital stock to $300,000. 




COSDEN REFINING CO., Tulsa, Okla. 

The company was again reorganized in November, 1913. and incorporated under 
the name of Cosden & Co., and the capital increased to $1,200,000. 

In 1914 there was organized the Cosden Pipe Line Company which finished a six- 
inch line to its refinery from the Gushing field. It is capitalized for $250,000. 

In October, 1915, the Cosden & Co., again re-incorporated this time with a capital 
stock of $4,200,000, at which figure it stands today. 

At this time (spring of 1916), an army of workmen are engaged in building addi- 
tions and increasing the size of the plant. The daily capacity at this time is 15,000 
barrels a day, and this will be increased as rapidly as workmen can make the additions. 

The officers are: J. S. Cosden, president, Tulsa; A. W. Gieske, first vice-president, 
Baltimore, Md. ; Jacob France, second vice-president, Baltimore, Md. ; John R. Cary, 
treasurer, Baltimore, Md. 

In the early part of 1916, the production of the Cosden Co.. was incorporated with 
a capital stock of $8,000,000. taking over all the leases of the Cosden Co. 




CENTRAL LIGHT AND FUEL COMPANY OHIO DRILN 



SAPULPA, OKALAHOMA, known throughout the country as "The Oil 
City of the Southwest," located in. the Northeasterly part of the state, 
281 miles South of Kansas City, 102 miles Northeast of Oklahoma City, 
438 miles west of St. Louis, on the St. Louis & San Francisco main 
line. It is the county seat of Creek County, which is the greatest oil pro- 
ducing county in the state, therefore making the county the richest county 
in the state. 

In 1900 Sapulpa had a population of 1,400. January 1st, 1916, Sapulpa 
had a population of 14,000. 

Sapulpa is the division point of the Frisco Railway and from this city 
the Frisco Road branches three ways ; East into Kansas and Missouri, South 
into Texas, and West to the Texas border. The superintendent of the division 
lines branching out from Sapulpa has his offices located here, and the round 
house, shops, yards, etc., all make up the most important division station Avest 
of Springfield, Mo. The Frisco payroll in Sapulpa aggregates approximately 
$150,000 per month. 

The Sapulpa Interurban Railway operates twelve miles of line throughout 
the city, and it has a freight and passenger business to Kiefer, five miles to 
the South, which is the heart of the famous Glen Oil Pool. 

The Sapulpa city school system is one of the most up to date and most 
thoroughly equipped systems in the state. The schools are modern in equip- 
ment and method of instruction. Forty-five teachers are employed in the in- 
struction department, and special, high salaried teachers are employed for 
the music, commercial work, manual training and domestic arts. The enroll- 
ment January 1st, 1916, was 2,400. 




PANY BIRD S EYE VIEW OF SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA 



Sapulpa now has three banks ; with a combined capital of ,$215,000. 

The post office receipts for 1915 show an increase of business exceeding 
eighty per cent of the business for 1913. The receipts aggregate $27,000. 

Sapulpa now has four large glass manufacturing establishments that are 
doing a thriving business. One of these factories makes glass jars and manu- 
factures thousands of carloads of fruit jars which find a ready market in all 
parts of the United States. 

The Glen Pool Oil field is located immediately East and nearby Sapulpa, 
while the now world famous Gushing oil field lies a few miles West, both fields 
within the county of which Sapulpa is the county seat. At one time the daily 
production of the Gushing field alone aggregated 300,000 barrels. The present 
daily production of oil within Greek County is approximately 100,000 barrels, 
and new fields are being opened, and the prediction is made that the present 
daily capacity will shortly be doubled. This oil industry is of the most vital 
importance to Sapulpa and Creek County, for the reason that the recent Legis- 
lature provided a gross production tax upon oil, gas, etc., one-third of which 
is returned to the county producing said revenue and is placed to the credit 
of the road and school funds. 

The good water, the pure air, the freedom from low lands all tend to make 
Sapulpa one of the most healthful places in Oklahoma. No town of its size 
can boast of a better past or a brighter future. Sapulpa has forged to the 
front because of the persistent efforts of strong business men who make organ- 
ized effort through a strong commercial club to keep abreast of the times, and 
do that which is necessary to make Sapulpa a good place in which to do busi- 
ness, a safe place to raise a family and a good place in which to enjoy life. 




YUKON MILL AND GRA 



THIS plant, which is the largest flour mill in the State of Okla- 
homa, is one of the institutions of which the state is proud. 

The company was organized a few years ago by John F. 
Kroutil, and has had a steady growth. 

The daily capacity is 1,200 barrels of flour and 300 barrels of meal 
and 20 cars of corn chops and other feed. 
The company is capitalized for $300,000. 
Has an elevator capacity of 300,000 bushels. 




'MPANY, YUKON, OKLA. 



Makes but one brand of flour "Yukon's Best," which is known 
around the world. 

In the general office of the company at Yukon, there are stenog- 
raphers of eight different languages, constantly writing letters to 
foreign countries. A great deal of their flour goes to South American 
countries. 

The officers are: .1. F. Kroutil, president and Manager; A. P. 
Dobry, Vice President; F. L. Kroutil, Secretary and Treasurer. 

Robinson's cipher, Riverside code, cable address. "Y' 





TRAIN OF THIRTY CARLOADS OF GASOLINE FROM THE CONSTANfi 

THE Constantin Refinery Company was organized in 1912. It was purchased by 
the present owners from John O. Mitchell and was known as the Tulsa Refining 
Company. 

When purchased the capacity was 100 barrels of crude oil a day. At this time, the 
capacity is 5,000 barrels. 

At the present cost of crude oil (April 15, 1916), the cost of operating the plant 
is in the neighborhood of $600,000 per month. 

Recently this company shipped thirty carloads of gasoline to Pittsburg, Pa., the 
largest single shipment ever made from Tulsa, up to that time. A special train and a 
specially-constructed engine were used for this shipment. 

The products of the Constanlin Refining Company are known as Lucilline gasoline 
and oils, and are shipped to every part of the United States. 




[NERY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, ON ITS WAY TO P1TTSBLIRG, PA. 

The officers are: Eugene Constantin, president; E. Constantin, Jr., vice-president; 
M. Constantin, treasurer; O. Boulg, secretary. 

In addition to the refinery at Tulsa, the company owns a pipe line from West Tulsa 
to Sand Springs, and another line from Sapulpa. Also owns a forty-acre tank farm. 
The company pays an annual dividend of more than 500 per cent. 

Eugene Constantin, the piesident and organizer of the company, was born in 
France, September 16, 1864, son of E. and Aliose (Combett) Constantin. In early life, 
Mr. Constantin was a sea captain and made many trips in the Atlantic. He finally set- 
tled in the United States and took up sugar planting. Afterward engaged in the bank- 
ing business, and ultimately into the refining of crude oil. Harried to Miss Meldia 
Bourg. Seven children : Eugene, Jr., Jules, Amelia, Aline, Charles, Marie, Lucelle. 




REFINERY OF THE SAPULPA REFJi 



THE Sapulpa Refining Company as now constituted, 
was organized May 1st, 1915. The officers are: T. 
G. Tinsley, President, Baltimore, Md.; Gordon P. 
Payne, Vice Pres., Baltimore, Md.; W. D. Richardson, 
Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr., Sapulpa, Okla.; James E. Whit- 
ney, Sec. and Treasurer, Baltimore, Md.; W. R. Douglas 
Asst. Sec. and Treas., Sapulpa, Okla. The principal place 
of business is Sapulpa, and maintains no branches for dis- 
tribution of products; with the exception, of course, of Bal- 
timore, Md. The capital stock of the company is One 
Million Dollars. The capacity of the plant when first 




COMPANY. SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA 



erected in 1908 was two thousand barrels a day. The pres- 
ent capacity is four thousand a day. 

Products manufactured: Gasoline, Naptha, Kerosene, 
Motor Distillate, Gas Oil, Fuel Oil, Road Oil and Black 
Oil. Crude is purchased. At present time Refining Co. 
owns only one lease, with minor production. 

The Company has more than forty miles of pipe line, 
leading to Glenn Pool, to the West field near Sapulpa, and 
to different parts of the field including the gathering lines 
of the Gushing field. 




PROPERTIES OF THE QUAKER OIL 



THE Quaker Oil & Gas Company of Tulsa 
Okla., is one of the largest producing oil companies 
doing business in this state. Their daily production is large 
and is scattered throughout the Oklahoma oil fields. It is a subsi- 
diary company of the Pure Oil Company, and the General Offices 
are located at Tulsa, Oklahoma. The officers are: 

E. H. JENNINGS __ ._ President 

T. H. JONES. _ __Vice President 

T. O. LILYSTRAND.. ..Treasurer 

ROGER S. SHERMAN. _ ..Secretary 

The Capital Stock is $50,000.00. The Quaker Company owns 
three tank farms with a total of two hundred and eighty-eight acres 
with sixty-two 55,000 barrel tanks. 




COMPANY GUSHING OIL FIELD 



THE Northwestern Oil and Gas Company 
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a rapidly develop- 
ing producing company with productions 
in various fields. It is a subsidiary of the Pure 
Oil Company. Its general offices are located 
in Tulsa and has the following officers: 

E. H. JENNINGS . .President 

T. H. JONES -Vice President 

T. O. LILYSTRAND__ Treasurer 

ROGER S. SHERMAN .Secretary 

The Capital Stock Outstanding is $10,000.00 




ARDMORE REFINERY, ARDMORE.KF 



THIS refinery is one of the plants of the In- 
ternational Refining Company, with headquarters at 
Tulsa. The capacity of the plant is Five Thousand Barrels 
a day. The company was organized and incorporated December 
2nd, 1914. The officers are: C. R. Armstrong, President; Ralph 
Hochstetter, Vice President; Charles F. Martin, General Manager 
W. B. Hassett, Superintendent. 




coperty of the International Refining Co. 



THE Ardmore refinery secures its crude oil 
from the Healdton field, through the Santa Fe and 
Oil City Pipe Lines from Oil City, from the leases of Guns- 
berg and Forman, large oil operators, who own half interest in the 
Refinery. The Ardmore Refinery is a Skimming Plant and the 
principal products are Gasoline and Kerosene. The full capacity 
of the plant is sold to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co 




UPPER VIEW REFINERY OF PONCA REFINING CO., PONCA CITY. OKLA. 

Capacity 4,500 Barrels per Day 
Offices 403 Colcord Building, Oklahoma City, Okla. 




LOWER VIEW REFINERY OF GUSHING REFINING CO., GUSHING, OKLA. 

Capacity 4,500 Barrels per Day 
Offices 403 Colcord Building, Oklahoma City, Okla. 




M 



STEBBINS & ETSENBACH, Tulsa 

In 
quar- 

The individual homes range in cost from ten to forty tho\isand~dollars" each, fully 
protected against undesirable surroundings. Private grounds, streets and boulevards accentuate 
the natural beauty of this commanding elevation, marking Maple Ridge as the very best in ur- 
ban home development. Permanency, with quiet, good taste, is the ruling motive no garish 
waste of money for mere show's sake. Rather are the homes on Maple Ridge the fruition of 
the plans of years, now made possible of realization through this city's ever-growing prosperity. 

And the growth of Tulsa follows no rule. It is the! marvel of our neighbors, in that it never 
hurries, yet never halts. To the stranger this is inexplicable, but is plain as A. B. C. to us 
who know Tulsa as the joint product of live people and a wealth of natural resources found 
nowhere else in the Mississippi Valley. 

Take our home folks here in Tulsa, and probably three-fourths of them have gone through 
the hardest of hard times somewhere in years past; and they are resolved, come what will, 
that this shall never happen to them in Tulsa. They know that here is to be the great city 
between the Missouri river and the Gulf coast, and they propose so to handle their personal 
affairs as to be and remain solvent at all times, prospering with Tulsa's prosperity. 

They know that our great river, our coal, oil and gas, our railroads wholesale trade and 
factory advantages must make Tulsa greater, just as they already hava her great, in competi- 
tion with any other ambitious city, however full of hope and energy it may be, that does 
not possess a great river, or oil. or coal, or natural gas. And so the people of Tulsa, certain 
of the future, never have permitted themselves to stampede, or lose their heads. Nor have 
they allowed property values to become unreasonably high, to be followed by reaction. A con- 
stant advance, year by year, of ten to twenty per cent, is Tulsa's real estate record, steady 
but sure. 

In the building of this city our people never hurry their work, nor halt in the doing of it. 
Plodding along, taking their time, paying as they go, slow but sure, upon the foundation of 
fuel, water, and factory facilities, they have made the Tulsa district the financial and indus- 
trial center of the state and, ultimately, will make it the leader of the entire southwest. 




STEBBINS & EYSENBACH, Tulsa 

When we remember what has been done during the past fifteen years, what remains un- 
done seems trivial by comparison. In 1900 the Federal census disclosed thirty-one towns in 
Oklahoma larger than this. Since then, year by year, this lead has been reduced until to- 
day but one is larger than Tulsa. and it is being overhauled at a constant, remorseless rate 
that leaves no room for doubt that Tulsa will be the first city in the state to reach 100,000 
population. 

In 1900 Tulsa wa's just one-eighth the size of Oklahoma City; in 1910 it was one-fourth its 
size; and now. with more than three-fifths its size. Tulsa is walking up with a stride that can 
have but one result. The building figures of Oklahoma City and Tulsa tell the story. During 
January. February and March. 1915. and the same months in 1916. the building permits were: 



In Tulsa 

January. 1915 .$ 88.160 

February. 1915 60.133 

March, I:H,"I 88,355 



In Oklahoma City 

January. 1915 

February. 1915 

March. 1915 



Total ....$ 238.648 

January, 1916.. $ 113,810 

February. 1916 . 735.330 

March, 1916 329,935 



Total 

January, 1916... 
February, 1916.- 
March, I '.MI; 



..$ 16,553 
42,780 

4.".. 711 

..$ 105.044 

..$ 103,350 

62.580 

216.078 



Total $1,178.075 



Total $ 382.005 



Grand total, first quarter 1915 and 1916, Tulsa. .... 
lirand total, first quarter, 1915 and 1916, Oklahoma City.. 

Tulsa excess .. 



..$1.414.723 
487,674 

.$ 927.671 



Here is shown three times as much building; in Tulsa ns in Oklahoma City for the same 
period of time, or nearly a million dollars more here than there. Tulsa's local railroad tonnage 
of above thirty thousand carloads a year exceeds the traffic of any other point in the state. 
Four thousand factory employees receive a yearly payroll of $3,400.000. The oil industry of Ok- 
lahoma centers in Tulsa. and last year more than $100.000.000 in settlements were handled by 
the producers, pipe lines and smelters here. New industries are locating in the Tulsa district 
at an average rate of one each week. and. right now. we need five hundred new houses. Every 
new family that comes to Tulsa to live increases the value of every front foot of property in 
this city. 

What does this signify? Simply that three days' investigation here on the ground will 
demonstrate to any man or woman that Tulsa is a real opportunity for sound investment. If 
you are interested, our very best advice is at your service. 

STEBBINS. ETSENBACH. TUCKER & DARNELL, General Agents, 

Calumet Building, 414 South Boston Avenue. Tulsa, Okla. 




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MUSKOGEE REFINI 



THE Muskogee Refining Company is an Oklahoma corporation, in- 
corporated in ]910. Its authorized capital is $500, COO of which 
$350,000 has been paid in. The balance, $150,000 has, up to the 
present writing, been held as treasury stock. 

The compary's plant, shown above, located at Muskogee, Okla., 
is what is known in the oil trade as a "finishing plant.'" This term is 
used to designate that type of oil refinery equipped to manufacture 
not only gasoline, naptha and kerosene but also the numerous by- 
products of petroleum such as lubricating oils, tempering oils, thread 
cutting oils, greases of various kinds and paraffine wax. The name 
"finishing plant" is used to distinguish a complete refinery from the 
so-called "skimming plant" which manufacturers only gasoline, naptha 
and kerosene. 

The products of the company marketed under its own "Crown" 
brand are' sold all over the middle west. And, it is interesting to 
note here, that so well and favorably are "Crown" products known 
that it was necessary in 1915 to withdraw all salesmen from the road 
because the plant's production could not keep up with the demand. 
This fact has an added significance when it is considered that the ca- 
pacity of the plant has been steadily increased. And still even with 
the salesmen off the road and with additional capacity the company's 
products have sold faster than they could be made. 

The present capacity of the refinery is 1700 barrels a day or 
about 50,000 a month. And the plant has been operating at full ca- 
pacity continuously for three years or ever since the present manage- 
ment has been in charge. 




Muskogee, Okla. 



Buildings and equipment are modern in every respect. In 1915 
the plant was rebuilt and remodeled throughout. Fifty-eight (58) 
miles of new pipe line have been built. Forty (J(i) new tank cars have 
been bought making sixty (60) tank cars now owned by the company. 

The company's plant is located in the center of the Oklahoma oil 
fields. The new pipe line just referred to goes through the famous 
Boynton pool in Muskogee County which was opened in June, 1915, 
and on west into the Booch Sand territory in Okmulgee County. 
Hence, the company is drawing its supply of crude oil from practically 
virgin territory- 

The active management of the company is vested in the following 
men 

President, John M. Crawford, Parkersburg, W. Va.; Vice President 
and General Manager, J. B. Gregory, Muskogee, Okla.; Secretary and 
Treasurer, A. A. G. Scherbel, Muskogee, Okla.; Board of Directors, 
J. H. Barr, W. C. McBride, John M. Crawford, D. B. Crawford, J. B. 
Gregory, A. A. G. Scherbel, Jas. K. Crawford. 

All these gentlemen are practical oil men. They have been in 
charge since 1912 and under their management the business has pros- 
pered. Their policy has been one of consistent aggressiveness and it 
has produced flattering results. 

The management proposes to continue this policy. For instance, 
up to the present the company has not owned much production but, 
instead, has been buying most of its supply of crude oil from the pro- 
ducers. It is the purpose of the management to acquire additional 
production as fast as possible, thus retaining for the company's own 
stockholders the profits which have heretofore been paid producers. 




TMK ;iln)ve is a good likeness of the plant of the Pan-American Refining Company as it will 
appear when completed. The location is a most advantageous one, adjoining- as it does 
(In- city iif Tulsa and laying practically in the forks of the Frisco and A. V. & W. railroads. 
The stills are arranged in two batteries of five stills each of 650-barrel capacity and 
measuring 12x30 feet in size. Back of each battery is located the condensers supported on steel 
i ml concrete piers erected in such a manner as to permit the location of the auxiliary pumps 
beneath the condensers. A two-story brick receiving house is provided for each battery, in 
:iil.liHim in .six run-down tanks of 1000-barrel capacity each, thus providing for the operation 
nf each battery independently of the other. 

Midway between thf two batteries of stills ivill be the boiler house, within which will be 
housed Hi.- six horizontal boilers that will furnish steam for distillation purposes and drive 
llni turbine driven dynamos that will generate the electricity for the lighting and motor pur- 
poses. 

I: i 1, ..I Ilic biiil.-r liuiise will be the pipe and machine shop and the laboratory in the order 

named, both of 'Mx'.'.ti feet, one story construction, while back of these buildings will be the 

stun- house of lii\."ii tVft size and same height, with the pump house 30x50 will be further 

I., thus placing it nearest to the location of the loading racks. All buildings to be of brick 

i ruction. 







Provision is made for two agitators, one of 1000 barrels capacity, and the other of 2000 
barrels capacity. These are behind the other buildings and in front of the six 1500-barrel 
bleacher tanks, making an ideal arrangement. 

With the; view of ultimately building a wax and lubricating plant, provision has been made 
for it just south of the refinery proper with the wax press house of 50x60 feet, two story, as 
the first of the several buildings for this department. Directly back of this is the filler house 
of 30x60 feet, two story height. The bone or earth burner house is next in lin and is of 30x40 
feet size, and also of two story height. Next in line will be the caking room, bul ol only one 
story height, with the sweaters in the last building of ~>nx60 feet size and two story, all to be 
of brick construction and same style architecture. 

An earthen reservoir, concrete lined, of 120x120 feet, provides the w'ater storage. 

The offices of the company are located in Tulsa, Okla.. and are in must competent hands. 
Tin ai-tive officers of the eompa'ny being its president, Mr. .1. AT. Hurk, who previous to enter- 
ing this business was engaged in the managing of his own properties in Texas and Oklahoma, 
and its secretary-treasurer, Mr. Richard T. Parkhurst, who has recently disposed of his In- 
diana holdings to enable him to devie his entire time and attention to the affairs of the 
company., 

The name I'.NKCo will be Hi" trade- mark of the company and they announce that they 
will endeavor to make that name a synonym for the best of petroleum products among the 
most exacting of the tra'de. 




FRED S. GUM,P> 



ESIOENT 



LESTER B. GUM, VICE PRESIDENT JOHN L.HlLL, SECY-T 



(INCORPORATED) 

OKLAHOMA CITY, U. S. A. 

RTOASE mm 



LOANS IN FORCE $1O.OOO,OOO.OO 
PAID UP CAPITAL S1OO.OOO.OO INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY $3OO,OOO.OO 



GUM BROTHERS COMPANY is classed with, and is one of the 
oldest and largest and most successful financial institutions of the 
state; having its general office in the State National Bank building, 
Oklahoma City, Okla. 

Fred S. Gum and Lester B. Gum have resided in the state for the 
past twenty-six years and have been engaged actively in the making 
of real estate mortgage loans for more than twenty years; operating 
first under the firm name of Gum Brothers, later under the corpora- 
tive name of Gum Brothers Company, composed of Fred S. Gum, 
Lester B. Gum and John L. Hill. This company now has real estate 
mortgage loans in force upon its books amounting to $10,000,000.00. 
The Gum Brothers have builded their organization from its start 
along most conservative and careful lines, therefore its stablity is 
assured. 



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SAVOY HOTEL, Nowata, Okla. 

The Savoy, Nowata's big hotel and bath house, is new and strictly modern. Euro- 
pean. Sixty-two guest rooms, twenty-eight with bath. First-class cafe in connection. 
Moderate prices. 

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF NOWATA'S WONDERFUL MINERAL WATER 

Total solids __2,505.444 grains 

Calcium carbonate 24.157 grains 

Calcium chloride.- _ 208.366 grains 

Magnesium carbonate__ 1.638 grains 

Magnesium chloride . 11}. 762 grains 

Sodium chloride.- - _.l."i."i.l38 grains 

Ferrous carbonates.- 1.258 grains 

Lithium chlordies__ 0.125 grains 

Hydrogem sulphide gas__ 2.652 grains 

Our bath house was opened to the public the 16th of February, 1916. Men's and 
women's departments. Latest and most modern apparatus for bathing. Experts in 
charge on each side. 



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A good clean town and plenty of good hotels. For literature or any information, 



J. R. GRUFF, Owner, Nowata, Okla. 





W. T. OVERTON, one of Tulsa's largest grocerymen, was born in Mount Vernon K Mo., June 4, 
1872, son of H. B. and Mary S. Overton. Educated in the public schools. Moved to Tulsa from 
Kni.l. where he had served as a commissioner under commission form of government. Is a 

Dei nit. Opened a grocery store in Tulsa in 1911, February 1st. and volume of business 

lias increased each year 100 per cent since opening. At this time he has three floors, con- 
taining 13.UOI) square feet, and employs forty people. Has 1,000 square feet of refrigerator 
space, and has seven automobile deliveries worked to full capacity. 



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