Tulsa, Oklahoma - History (part 5 of 10)

Mr. Clover was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge at St. Marys, Ohio, joined the Scottish Rite body at Fort. Scott. Kansas, and also became connected with the York Rite. He reached the consistory and was likewise a member of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. His appreciation of the social amenities of life was indicated in his membership in the Country Club of Tulsa, the City Club, the Automobile Club, the Petroleum Club and many others. Though not a member, he took an active and helpful interest in the work of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Tulsa, to which he was a liberal contributor and of which his widow is a faithful and devoted adherent. A man of kindly spirit, determined, quiet and unassuming, Mr. Clover was very popular among all classes of people. He showed special consideration and helpfulness toward young men and gained the affectionate regard of those in his employ as well as of his associates in business. Though he passed away at the comparatively early age of forty-five years, he had accomplished much that will perpetuate his memory and left to his family a splendid estate as well as the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. Mere success has never, throughout the history of the world, save in a few rare instances, been the cause of any man being remembered by his fellows, and never has the mere accumulation of wealth won honor for the individual. The methods employed in the attainment of wealth, however, may awaken approval and admiration, for the world pays its tribute to him who through enterprise, unrelaxing effort and clear-sighted judgment makes advancement in the business world without infringing on others. Such was the record of John Moore Clover, who throughout his entire life never deviated from a course that he believed to be right. No man came in contact with him but speedily appreciated him at his true worth and knew he was a man who cherished not only a high ideal of duty but who lived up to it. His many friends will miss him, but the memory of his sweet and beautiful life, of his sincerity and simplicity will not be forgotten. Airs. Clover, who resides in an attractive home at No. 1615 South Owassa street, is also widely and favorably known in Tulsa, in which city she has lived during the past fifteen years.

Alf G. Heggem

Mr. Alf G. Heggem is a native of Salem, Ohio, born July 10, 1875, of the marriage of Charles O. Heggem and Elise R. Boe, both of whom are natives of Norway but were married after coming to the United States. The father crossed the Atlantic in 1869 and is now an active business man of Massillon, Ohio, being vice president of the firm of Russell & Company. To him and his wife have been born four children, two of whom are living.

Alf G. Heggem pursued his early education in the public schools of Salem and Massillon, Ohio, and afterward attended Cornell University of Ithaca, Xew York, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the degree of Mechanical Engineer. His attention was then given to the manufacture of steam engines, hoisting and conveying machinery at Massillon, Canton, Cleveland and Salem, Ohio, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Chicago. Illinois. He was identified with the Oil Well Supply Company of Pittsburgh from August, 1905, until 1912. He organized and became vice president of the Continental Supply Company, filling that position for a time, and afterward was connected with the United States Bureau of Mines as petroleum engineer in various oil fields from January, 1913. until July, 1915, and subsequently he became president of the Oil Well Improvements Company, remaining in that position at the present time. His activity in the oil fields of the southwest has been notable. In the initial development of the great Cushing field of Oklahoma he introduced the mud-laden fluid plan for conserving natural gas. In connection with John A. Pollard he spent several months in the Cushing field, where their labors were responsible for the conservation of many millions of feet of gas through the mud-laden system. It is characteristic of Mr. Heggem that he has ever been a close student of conditions having to do with the development of the oil fields, and the firm of which he is now a member is operating under the name of the Oil Well Improvements Company, which indicates much of the nature of their work. In this undertaking he is a partner of Mark E. Davis, and while carrying on the operation of their own wells they have been busily engaged in developing methods whereby the operation could be simplified and improved upon, not only for their own benefit but for the entire oil and gas' industry. The Oil Well Improvements Company is capitalized at one million dollars and maintains a warehouse in Tulsa and a factory in Collinsville, Oklahoma. Mr. Heggem has patented many inventions that have to do with the oil industry and his labors are constituting a potent force in the continuous operation of oil fields, the introduction of his "improvements" being a source of much value in this industry.

In 1905 Mr. Heggem was married to Miss Bertha Smith and they have a daughter: Mrs. Norah Lash, the wife of W. A. Lash and now the mother of a little son, W. A. Lash, Jr.

Mr. Heggem is a member of the Trinity Episcopal church, of which he is serving as vestryman. He is past president of the Rotary Club and is a member of the Petroleum Club. He is also well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Clinton Lodge, No. 47, A. F. & A. M., of Massillon, Ohio. He has also taken the York Rite degrees and is a member of Ararat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. His activities, however, are of a still broader nature, for he is past chairman of the Tulsa section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and was a member of the Tulsa Civic Allied Committee. He was chairman of engineers in the war industries board. A spirit of progress has actuated him at every point of his career and each forward step brings him a broader outlook and wider opportunities.

Carl I. Larsex

Carl I. Larsen, who was with the American army as a member of the Seventieth Engineers in the World war and is now well known in oil circles in Tulsa, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 20, 1890. His father, Soren Christian, and his mother, Metta Marie Larsen, are natives of Denmark. The father came to the United States thirty-four years ago and for a considerable period was engaged in business with contractors and builders but is now living retired, he and his wife making their home in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They were parents of six children, three of whom have passed away.

In the acquirement of his education Carl I. Larsen attended the public schools of his native city and after completing his high school course was a student in a business college. He came to Tulsa in March, 1918, and has since been interested in oil as a jobber and in the refining branch of the business, becoming manager of the Oneta Refining Company, of which J. P. Howe is president. It is characteristic of Mr. Larsen that he accomplishes what he undertakes. He has never failed in anything and has always met with success in his business ventures. He is thoroughly honest and reliable and his efforts are put forth not only with the intention' of benefiting his own fortunes but also of improving conditions for others.

In 1917 Mr. Larsen joined the army and his service was with the Seventieth Engineers. It has been since his return from the war that Carl I. Larsen has established a home of his own, having been married on the 1st of January, 1920, to Miss Louise M. Gertson, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. They have membership in the Lutheran church and take an active part in religious work. Mr. Larsen has done effective service in the Young Men's Christian Association and is interested in all that safeguards young men and leads to their development along lines that build character and make for personal worth. He often addresses the public upon the Association activities and upon other questions of vital importance and is a clever and convincing speaker.

Faux William Freeborn

Faun William Freeborn, prominent in the engineering circles of Tulsa, owes his success and his advancement to perseverance in spite of all manner of obstacles, to great vision of future values in engineering projects and to thorough understanding of every proposition or interest with which he becomes connected. Mr. Freeborn is a native of Wellsville, New York, born April 14, 1875. His parents were D. L. and Emma (Cobb) Freeborn, the former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in the state of New York. The father is now living retired, making his home in Knoxville, Pennsylvania, but for many years followed the profession of teaching. He is a member of the Baptist church. The mother is deceased. The family numbered four children, and Faun William Freeborn, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, attended the public schools of his native state. He afterward matriculated in Cornell University, from which he was graduated with the M. E. degree as a member of the class of 1897. He was prominent in university affairs and attained eminence in athletics ; played tackle and guard on the football team and rowed on the varsity eight; was captain of the famous '96 crew which broke the world record on the Poughkeepsie, and captain of the crew Cornell sent to Henley, England. He has since served in the Athletic Council of the University. He entered upon professional duties as an engineer with the Portland Cement Company of Glens Falls, New York, with which he continued for three years, and later spent a similar period with the Cayuga Lake Cement Company. In 1906 he organized a company at Kansas City, and has since remained a resident of the southwest. During these years he followed general engineering and construction, from sewerage systems to office buildings. Many of the viaducts of the Kansas City Terminal system are his work. The Uncle Sam Portland Cement Plant of Kansas City, The Bonner Springs Portland Cement Plant, and the Kosmos Plant in Kentucky are three of the many Portland cement plants he designed and built. Five years ago the office was removed to Tulsa and he has since practiced as a mechanical engineer in this section of the country, specializing in all forms of petroleum engineering; constructing refineries and making appraisals and valuations for oil companies, bonding houses, etc. He has solved many engineering problems in the matter of eliminating labor and in making short cuts in building cement plants. In this he has shown inventive ingenuity and has displayed marked ability in gathering around him men capable of assisting him in carrying out his own professional plans and visions. It is characteristic of Mr. Freeborn to talk little and listen much. In a word, his opinions are never hasty and ill-advised but are the result of careful consideration of the problem or a situation, and when he moves it is directly to the goal of his endeavor.

In 1902 Mr. Freeborn was married to Miss Louise Baldwin of Brooklyn, New York. They have four children: Faun William, Jr., seventeen years of age; David Davis, fourteen years; Jane, twelve; and Stephen, a lad of ten years. The two eldest are high school pupils. Mr. Freeborn finds recreation in tennis and in handball and is regarded, as an expert tennis player. He never allows anything, however, to interfere with the faithful performance of his professional duties, and aside from practicing as a consulting engineer he has other business interests in Tulsa. As a consulting engineer he maintains an office in Dallas, Texas, and in New York. The Freeborn Engineering Company makes examinations and reports, valuations and appraisals, does designing and constructing for oil and gas industries. The business is today one of extensive proportions and those who come into contact with Mr. Freeborn feel that he is master of every situation with which he becomes associated.

Charles Edward Bush

The bar of Tulsa finds a worthy representative in Charles Edward Bush, who for twenty years has practiced in this state and entered the association of O'Meara, Bush & Moss, on the 1st of January, 1916, which became the firm of Bush, Moss & Owen in 1921. He was born in Bradford, Illinois, March 30, 1870, and is a son of James E. and Anna E. (Dyer) Bush, the former a native of Kentucky, while the latter was born in Connecticut. The father was but three years of age when his parents removed with their family to Illinois, and he was reared in Stark county, of the latter state. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the country's call for troops and joined Company E, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Infantry, rendering valuable aid to his country by the loyalty which he displayed to the Union cause. He was admitted to the bar in Stark county, Illinois, and there practiced until 1880, when he removed to Beatrice, Nebraska, and became a prominent representative of the bar of that section, serving for a time as district judge and in fact occupying the bench until death ended his labors. He was a supporter of the democratic party and a consistent member of the Baptist church. To Judge and Mrs. Bush were born eight children, six of whom are living.

Charles E. Bush pursued a high school education at Beatrice, Nebraska, and afterwards studied law in his father's office, being admitted to the bar on the 2d of April, 1891. He then began practice in Beatrice, in association with his father, and continued a member of the bar there for ten years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he resided for five years, and in 1906 he came to Tulsa and entered into active association with the firm of Wrightsman, Diggs & Bush. In 191 1 a change in the partnership occurred and since that time other changes have been made, leading to the association of O'Meara, Bush & Moss, on the 1st of January. 1916. In 1921 this firm became Bush, Moss & Owen. Through the intervening period of five years these gentlemen have been associated in law work and occupy a prominent position as representatives of the Tulsa bar. Mr. Bush is regarded as a most thorough student and a capable office lawyer, and ranks high in the opinion of his professional brethren. He belongs to the Tulsa County, the Oklahoma State and the American Bar Associations.

On the 8th of October, 1902, Mr. Bush was married to Miss Lillian Shoemaker of Missouri, and they have become the parents of three children: James Edward, Charles Edward and William Franklin, usually known as Jack. They are fourteen, nine and seven years of age. respectively. Mr. Bush greatly enjoys the game of golf and belongs to the Country Club. He is also identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a well-informed man and a most fluent speaker, who always commands the attention of his hearers when addressing the public upon any question, professional or otherwise. Moreover, he enjoys the reputation of being a most upright, honorable man, of unimpeachable professional integrity, while his devotion to the interests of his clients is proverbial.

Charles Laytox Yancey

Charles Layton Yancey, United States commissioner and member of the law firm of Owen, Yancey & Fist of Tulsa, comes to this state from the Atlantic seaboard, his birth having occurred at McGaheysville, in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, February 25, 1S86. His parents. Dr. L. B. and Yirginia (Hopkins) Yancey, are also natives of the Old Dominion and the father is now living retired in McFaheysville, Yirginia, but for many years devoted his attention to the practice of medicine, in which connection he rendered valuable service to his fellowmen. He belongs to the Masons and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is serving as steward. The family numbered four children.

Charles L. Yancey, the only son, was accorded liberal educational opportunities. Following the completion of a course in the Randolph-Macon College with the class of 1908, whereby he won the Bachelor of Arts degree, he entered Georgetown University in preparation for the practice of law and the LL. B. degree was there accorded him in 1912. He was admitted to the bar at Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he remained in active practice for five years and in the spring of 1917 removed to Tulsa, where he has since resided. Through the intervening period he has gained a most creditable position as a representative of the bar of this city and is now enjoying an extensive practice as a member of the firm of Owen. Yancey & Fist. The firm devotes itself almost exclusively to corporation and oil and gas matters. Air. Yancey is also filling the position of United States commissioner through appointment of Federal Judge Williams.

In 191 1 Mr. Yancey was married to Miss Eleanor White of Lexington, Yirginia, a daughter of Thomas S. White, and their children are three in number: Lois Cameron, Eleanor Yirginia and Thomas Spottswood. Mr. Yancey is a Mason, belonging to Muskogee Lodge, A. F. & A. M., also to the consistory, while of Akdar Temple he is a Noble, and at all times is loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. His fondness for the game of golf is indicated in his membership in the Country Club. He is also identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and his political endorsement is given to the democratic party, which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. His belief concerning the moral responsibilities and duties of life is manifest in his connection with the Presbyterian church and at all times his aid and influence are given in support of those measures which make for the uplift of the individual and the benefit of the community. When leisure permits he turns to duck hunting for recreation but never allows this to interfere with the performance of any duty relative to his profession, his public office or his responsibilities as a citizen.

J Garfield Buell

J Garfield Buell, one of the oil producers of the Tulsa district and formerly an active member of the bar, was born in Greeley, Colorado, November 6, 1879, his parents being George W. and Henrietta (Clark) Buell, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father was born in Kent, Ohio, and was an educator, devoting his entire life to that profession, in which connection he became widely known in the west. He has now passed away. Of the family of five children, but two are living.

Liberal educational advantages were accorded J Garfield Buell, who was reared in a home of culture and refinement. He supplemented his early educational training by study in the University of Colorado and there won his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1903. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and soon afterward removed to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he opened a law office and continued successfully in practice until 191 2. He was also in Arkansas City, Kansas, from 1912 to 1914, and becoming interested in the oil business, he has for the past eight years been a successful producer in the mid-continent field. He was one of the most active participants in the opening of the deep-sand field at Blackwell, in Kay county. He has closely studied every phase of the oil business and his progressiveness and enterprise have brought him prominently to the front in this connection.

In 1908 Mr. Buell was married to Miss Ethel Peeples of Kansas City, Missouri, and they have one daughter: Betty Jane, who was born on the 15th of October, 191 5. Mr. Buell and his wife occupy an enviable social position. He belongs to the Phi Delta Phi, a college fraternity, also to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, to the Tulsa Petroleum Club and to the Country Club. He is appreciative of the social amenities of life and easily wins friendships, just as he gains the high regard of those with whom he becomes associated in business.

Edward M. Wiest

Edward M. Wiest, a resident of Tulsa, is the manager of the Carbill Petroleum Company. The development of the oil fields of this state opened up to young men many avenues of success, and marked enterprise and progressiveness have been manifest by many young men who have utilized the advantages to be gained here. Among this number is Edward M. Wiest, who was born in Clarion, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1892, and was one of the three children of Joseph F. and Mary (Franzinger) Wiest, the latter also a native of the Keystone state. The father, who has long operated in lumber, was born in Fryburg, Pennsylvania, and is now living in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.

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noldsville, Pennsylvania, and afterward attended the St. Vincents College at Latrobe, that state. He started out in the business world as a clerk in the employ of the Pennsylvania Oil Products Refining Company at Eldred, and for seven years remained in the service of that corporation, being .advanced from a clerical position to that of refinery superintendent. On leaving the Keystone state he made his way to Sapulpa, Oklahoma, to accept the position of manager of the Sunland Oil Company. He continued with that concern until he became western manager of the Foco Oil Company of Franklin, Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Tulsa. The Foco Company was organized in February, 1914, for the purpose of establishing a market for the Franklin First Sand Crude, the company being formed by H. F. Grant and D. W. Grant of Franklin and Dohrman J. Sinclair of Steubenville, Ohio. The business was incorporated for twenty thousand dollars, and in less than six months application was made for an increase of capitalization to a million dollars. A refinery was built at Franklin at a cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the company developed an extensive marketing system with branches in Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago, Kansas City and Tulsa. The company occupied an enviable position in connection with the oil industry, in producing, refining and marketing of heavy crude oil, and Mr. Wiest was an active factor in bringing about the desired results. He is now the manager of the Buffalo Refining Company ot Oklahoma. On March 1, 1921, Mr. Wiest, Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) and Mr. Arch D. Grider organized the Buffalo Refining Company of Oklahoma, capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars, with a one thousand barrel plant at Yale, Oklahoma. Mr. Lillie is president, Mr. Grider, vice president and Mr. Wiest is secretary and general manager, and as such is widely known in oil circles in the southwest. The products of this plant are known as the "Buffalo oils." Mr. Wiest's entire life has been directed along this line and each change that he has made has marked an upward step.

Mr. Wiest was united in marriage to Miss Florence Green of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas Green, and they have one child, Mary, now four years of age. The parents are communicants of the Holy Family Roman Catholic church and Mr. Wiest belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Petroleum Club of Tulsa, and he finds his chief diversion in baseball and general outdoor sports.

Roy Lundy

Roy Lundy, secretary-treasurer of the Tulsa Rig, Reel and Manufacturing Company of Tulsa, is a man of resourceful ability who has steadily worked his way upward in connection with the lumber industry and now occupies a place of prominence. A native of East Tennessee, he was born on the 16th of December, 1877. His father, W. W. Lundy, is a native of Virginia but is now living in Arkansas and has retired from active business connections. His affairs were carefully and wisely managed and success in substantial measure crowned his efforts. He has long been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Miss Barbara Burkett, was born in North Carolina and by her marriage became the mother of six children, five of whom are living. The first Lundy to come to America was Richard Lundy, who came from Axminster, England, in 1676, and settled in Buck county, Pennsylvania. All other Lundys are his descendants.

Roy Lundy obtained a public school education in Arkansas while spending his youthful days under the parental roof, and while living in that state became identified with the lumber trade and has since operated along that line. He dates his residence in Tulsa from 1910 and here engaged in the lumber business in connection with the Ingham Lumber Company, representing wholesale lumber interests for that corporation. In 1918 he became identified with the Tulsa Rig, Reel and Manufacturing Company and was elected secretary and treasurer in 1918. This company has eleven retail lumber-yards and does an extensive business in building operations in connection with oil work development in this state. They deal in lumber, timber, woodwork, rig irons, building materials and cement and their yards are located in Tulsa, Sperry, Bigheart, Avant, Wynona, Skiatook, Nelagoney, Hominy, Pulare, Slick and Kellyville. From these various trade centers their business reaches out in ramifying directions to many points of the southwest and is constantly growing in volume and importance. The success of the enterprise has been attributable in recent years in no small measure to the efforts, keen discernment and progressive methods of Roy Lundy, who in his official capacity is active in framing the policy of the company and directing its operations.

In 1901 Mr. Lundy was united in marriage to Miss Ola Garner of Arkansas, and they have become the parents of four girls : Lois, Klyde, Claire and Willie. Mr. Lundy and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and take an active interest in its work, regularly attending its services and doing all in their power to promote its growth. Mr. Lundy is a democrat in his political views and is greatly interested in vital public questions, expressing his views without reservations. He belongs to the Rotary Club, which is indicative of his progressiveness and his spirit of cooperation. During the war he was very active in all the drives. For recreation he turns to fishing and hunting. Those who know him speak of him as an energetic, dependable and trustworthy man, attentive to his business and with real knowledge of business conditions, combined with good judgment in determining the best course to pursue in any situation.

Jere J. O'Meara, attorney at law of Tulsa, was formerly senior partner of the firm of O'Meara, Bush & Moss. Since entering upon active practice he has made steady progress and is today one of the strongest and ablest lawyers of the state. He was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, July 3, 1867, a son of Thomas and Mary (Daly) O'Meara. The father was born in County Waterford, Ireland, came to the United States at the age of twenty years, and established his home in Hardin county, Kentucky, where he followed the occupation of farming. His wife was also a native of 'Waterford, Ireland, and they became the parents of five children, three of whom are living. The father departed this life in Kentucky but the mother resides in Elizabethtown, that state.

T. P. O'Meara of this review, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, acquired his early education in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and afterwards attended St. Joseph College in that state, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree upon the completion of a classical course in 1886. He then took up the study of law, reading under the direction of J. P. Hobson of Frankfort, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar of Elizabethtown, after which he practiced in partnership with his former preceptor, who speaks of him as "honest, efficient and able, excelling in clearness of statements and grasp of real issues in a case." He remained a member of the Kentucky bar until 1907, when he removed to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and here continued to practice for five years. He came to Tulsa in 1912 and for a time was a partner in the firm of Sherman, Veasey & O'Meara, but is now practicing alone. He devotes his attention to general practice and at all times has the courage of his convictions. His reasoning is clear, his deductions sound and his logic forceful, and by reason of the ability that he has developed he ranks with the eminent representatives of the Oklahoma bar.

In 1908 Mr. O'Meara was united in marriage to Miss Nora Arnold of Kentucky, a daughter of Philip and Mary Arnold, and they have one child : Yvonne, ten years of age. Mr. O'Meara is a member of the Sacred Heart parish and is identified with the Knights of Columbus. In politics he is an earnest democrat and understands well the fundamentals of the party creed. He is fond of literature, possessing excellent taste in that direction, and is a broad minded man whose wide general information, as well as his knowledge of law, constitutes a forceful element in the attainment of his professional success.

Joseph Warren Sanders

Various corporation interests have felt the stimulus of the sound judgment and active cooperation of Joseph Warren Sanders, who is president of the Sanders Oil & Gas Corporation, and also president of the Hancock Oil Company. He has studied the questions of oil production and development from every possible standpoint and is largely able to speak with authority upon the questions of chief concern in connection with the operation of the oil fields. Mr. Sanders came to Oklahoma from Illinois, his birth having occurred in Marshall, Clark county, Illinois, August 8, 1861, his parents being August and Sarah (McGuire) Sanders. The father was born in Bremen, Germany, and came to the United States in 1846, settling in Pennsylvania. He was employed in the paper mills of Harrisburg. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted and went to the front, being killed at the battle of Fort Donelson in 1862. He was a comparatively young man when he gave his life for the country of his adoption. His wife was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and passed away in 1901 at the age of sixty-eight years.

The boyhood days of Mr. Sanders were spent in Neosho, Missouri, to which place the family had removed in 1879. With only a common school education he began to make his own way at the age of sixteen years, securing a clerkship in a dry goods store in Neosho, a business which he followed for a decade. He then removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and became identified with the Kelly- Goodfellow Shoe Company, wholesale dealers in men's, women's and children's shoes. Mr. Sanders was a stockholder of the company and also acted as traveling salesman, in Indian Territory, Arkansas and other southwestern states. He sold shoes in Tulsa in pioneer times, coming in on a construction train, making a sale to Mr. Harry Hall, who was the first merchant in Tulsa. Mr. Sanders remained active in the shoe business until 1890 and then engaged in the retail dry goods business at Vinita as a member of the firm of Ratcliff and

Sanders. The firm continued for several years as a retail dry goods store, bur later became the Ratcliff-Sanders Company, wholesale dry goods, groceries and notions. The business developed under Mr. Sanders' capable management and wise control and in 1904 they opened a branch house in Tulsa. The rapid development of the business in this city made Tulsa the headquarters of the company, while Vinita became the branch house. Mr. Sanders was vice president and general manager of the company and largely shaped the policy which resulted in the substantial success of the enterprise. A branch was afterward established at Sapulpa, but this was later consolidated with the Tulsa house. The Ratcliff-Sanders Company put out a very high class of merchandise under the Carnation brand. Their traveling representatives covered not only a large portion of Oklahoma but southeastern Kansas. Steadily the business grew and developed along substantial lines and Mr. Sanders became a very active member of the Wholesale Men's Association. He dates his residence in Tulsa from 1914, but has been known in the city and throughout the state for a much longer period. With the development of the natural resources of the state he directed his attention to oil and gas and at length began operating along those lines. He became the organizer of the Sanders Oil & Gas Corporation, producers in the Nowata field, and since selling his interests in the wholesale grocery business he has been president of the corporation. In 1919 he organized the Hancock Oil Company, of which he is president. This company operates in both the Nowata and Bird Creek fields. He is also president of the Sanders-Ridgeway Company, which conducts retail department stores at Vinita and Miami, Oklahoma. He is likewise the president of the Hancock Working Barrel Company, which has put out an anti-sand working barrel with three separate and distinct "working pockets, any one of which has a larger capacity than that of any other barrel manufactured, a feature which prevents the cutting of cups or the frequent pulling of rods and permits the Hancock barrel to pump longer than other types of equipment. Other notable improved features thereof are a standing valve that will not stick nor leak and a gas anchor, which is inserted in the center of the perforated section and which prevents the gas from entering the barrel or interfering with pumping operations. In this device the company feels it has found an absolute solution for the sand problem, its barrel proving to be superior to all makes of equipment manufactured for this purpose. Extensive and important as are business interests of Mr. Sanders already mentioned, they do not comprise the entire extent of his connections and activities, for he is also interested in the Bethel, the Domodo. and the Creosus mines, all in the Miami mining district, and is a director of the Tulsa-Quapaw Mining and Investment Company. His business affairs are indeed extensive and of a most important character and have brought him prominently to the front as one of the dynamic forces in the development and progress of Oklahoma.

On the 7th of lanuary, 1886, at Neosho, Missouri, Mr. Sanders was married to Miss Ada Corpenny. who was born in Sedalia, Missouri, a daughter of Jefferson and Sarah (McPherson) Corpenny, the former a native of Sedalia, while the latter was born near Harpers Ferry. Virginia, and in the late '50s went to Missouri, the family home being established in Sedalia. The father was a pioneer grocery man of Sedalia and in 1872 went to Neosho, where he conducted both a wholesale and retail grocery business. He afterward became identified with the Bank of Neosho and was also very active in public and civic affairs of the community, his aid and influence being at all times on the side of progress and improvement.

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all things that have to do with Tulsa's upbuilding and advancement. During the war period he took most helpful interest in many war activities. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to the lodge, chapter, and commandery at Joplin, Missouri. He has membership in the Tulsa Country Club and turns for recreation to fishing. On the 9th of March, 1921, Mr. and Mrs. Sanders started on a trip to the Orient. Mrs. Sanders is one of the directors of the Young Women's Christian Association and one of the founders of the Young Ladies' Camp, also of the Children's Day Nursery and is a most active and helpful member of the Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, South. No good work done in the name of charity or religion seeks their aid in vain and they are most generous in upholding all activities which seek the uplift of the individual and the welfare of the community at large. There is much that is inspiring in the life record of Mr. Sanders, for without special advantage's at the outset of his career he started into the business world and step by step has advanced, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and greater chances for progress. He possesses character and ability that inspires confidence in others and the simple ways of his character and ability have carried him into important relations.

Clark H. Whiteside

Clark H. Whiteside is president of the firm of Whiteside & Whiteside, real estate dealers of Tulsa. He brings to his present connection long experience and valuable knowledge of every phase of the business, and the firm, although in existence for little more than a year, has already made for itself an enviable place in the real estate circles of the city. Clark H. Whiteside was born in Montgomery county. Missouri, February 15, 1884. His father, James C. Whiteside, also a native of that place, was a representative of one of the old families of Kentucky, his father having removed from Kentucky to Missouri in pioneer times. James C. Whiteside made farming his life work, but is now living retired in Tulsa. He is a member of the Methodist church, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Mary Catherine White, was born in Montgomery county, Missouri, and by her marriage became the mother of five children, all of whom are living.

Clark H. Whiteside obtained a district school education in his native county, pursuing his studies to the age of twelve years, and later he spent several months under the supervision of a tutor at home. He afterwards became a student in the high school at Montgomery City, and subsequently took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for a year. An opportunity to enter business life at Amarillo. Texas, caused him to go to that state and for a year and a half he was connected with the sale of property in the south. He then returned to St. Louis and for four years was with the Commonwealth Trust Company of that city, as assistant manager of its real estate department. He next became sales manager with the Albert T. Blanke Real Estate Company, with which he remainel until March, 1919. and then removed to Tulsa. During his residence in St. Louis he was a member of the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange and president of the Real Estate Salesmen's Association. He was a young man full of energy and imagination, possessing unusual capacity for salesmanship and possessed of clear business judgment and an attractive personality. Thus he was enabled to succeed where many others failed. The de- velopment of progressive ideas and initiative carried him steadily forward, and thus he brought broad experience to the beginning of his business career in Tulsa. In March, 1918, he became business manager of the Gillette Investment Company and sold the Terrace Drive and other properties, all of which were sold by the 1st of December, 1919. Mr. Whiteside then established business on his own account in connection with his brother, Wade Whiteside, under the firm style of Whiteside & Whiteside, and of the company he is now the president. The enterprise and activity which he displayed in developing the Terrace Drive established him as a wide-awake and energetic business man, for in that connection he developed a piece of prairie land into a modern residence district that is today one of the show places of Tulsa. Since starting out in his present business relation he has handled considerable property of an important character and his clientage is steadily growing.

On the nth of December, 1909, Mr. Whiteside was married to Miss Mary C. Freeman, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and a daughter of George H. Freeman of the Iron Mountain Railway Company. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteside have become parents of two children: Madge, nine years of age; and Mary Catherine, age six.

Mr. Whiteside is a Mason, belonging to Tuscan Lodge, to the Consistory of St. Louis and to Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine in Tulsa. He was also a member of the Missouri Athletic Club of St. Louis and belongs to the Country Club and Chamber of Commerce of Tulsa, and became one of the prime mover* of the organization of the Real Estate Exchange here, of which he is now the vice president. His strong and pleasing personality, his energy and fair dealing are bringing him rapidly to the front among the real estate men of this city, and he belongs to that class who are real builders of the community - a man with whom real estate dealing is not merely a sale, but also the opportunity to improve and benefit the region in which he operates.

Isaac Shuler

Isaac Shuler is widely known in connection with the oil industry in various sections of the country and is now successfully operating in Oklahoma fields, being president of the Goodyear Oil Company, the Gladys Oil Company and the Posey Gasoline Company. It is not strange to say that his father was an oil man before him, so when Isaac Shuler first opened his eyes in the little town of Triumph, in Warren county, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 1865, he came into the world a full fledged member of the oil fraternity. At the early age of nine years he entered the game, cleaning sediment from the bottom of tanks for two and a half cents a barrel, at the same time selling newspapers to the different oil men with whom he came in contact. Later, in 1877, he attended school in Summit, Pennsylvania, and while there he worked as assistant agent and telegraph operator on a narrow-guage railroad. His liking for books and especially for mathematics gave him an education which was only acquired through perseverance and hard work, but with stern determination to accomplish, no bour was too early nor too late for the unfinished task. In 1880 he went to Allentown, New York, and five years later to Findlay, Ohio, and from that date has held his own among those interested in the development of oil. At Findlay he entered into partnership with G. C. Thompson in the business of rig building and contracting, while subsequently he became connected with oil production in Ohio.

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Mr. Shuler married Clara B. Howe, of Wellsville, New York, and resided in Findlay, Ohio, for six years but in 1895 removed to Bowling Green, Ohio, where his daughter, Gladys Shuler Whitney, was born. He secured valuable holdings in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, but the Oklahoma field attracted him and in 1914 he moved to the Indian state, where he has met with more than phenomenal success. His operations have been successfully conducted as president of the Goodyear Oil Company, as president of the Gladys Oil Company and of the Posey Gasoline Company. He has very valuable holdings in the Bixby and other pools and is regarded as one of the prominent oil men of the southwest. Although his success has been won solely through his own efforts and his boyish ambitions have been fulfilled only by hard work and determination to do, he is at heart one of the most generous and loving of men and his efforts to make the world happier are as untiring as were his efforts to succeed.

Wade C. Whiteside

Wade C. Whiteside, vice president of the firm of Whiteside & Whiteside, real estate dealers of Tulsa, was born in Montgomery county, Missouri, on the 9th of October, 1886, and is a brother of Clark H. Whiteside, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work further mention is made of the family. After pursuing a public school education he became special representative of the Missouri State Life Insurance Company and made steady advancement in that field of business. In 1920 he joined his brother, Clark H. Whiteside, in the real estate business in Tulsa, where the firm now has a large clientele, having handled in the past year much valuable property in this city.

Mr. Whiteside enlisted in the World war in 1918, as a member of the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Battalion Tank Corps, and served overseas from August, 1918, to April 1, 1919, and belongs to the American Legion.

Wade C. Whiteside is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of both York and Scottish Rites, and he is likewise a member of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Tulsa and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also holds membership in the City Club and the Ad Club. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, but has never sought office as a reward for party fealty. Both he and his brother concentrate their efforts and attention upon their business affairs, and thus the firm of Whiteside & Whiteside is forging rapidly to the front in real estate circles.

James E. Mulligax

James E. Mulligan, manager of the Roxana Petroleum Company of Oklahoma and valued as a resident of Tulsa, came to this state from New England, his birth having occurred in Saco, Maine, December n, 1861. He is a son of James Edward and Josephine (Newhall) Mulligan, the former a native of Lancaster, England, while the latter was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. The father came to the new world in 1859, settling in Boston, where he became actively identified with the textile manufacturing interests of the city, as superintendent of a cotton mill. With the outbreak of the Civil war he joined the vol. ni - 11

Union army and aided in the defense of his adopted country. He has now passed away. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mulligan were thirteen children, but only five are living.

James E. Mulligan, of this review, pursued his education in the schools of Seymour and of Indianapolis, Indiana, completing a high school course. He then entered railway circles as an engineer and was thus employed in 1894, in various parts of the United States and in Mexico. He became interested in the oil business in Mexico and was associated therewith for twenty-three years, developing the first well in the Panuco district for the East Coast Oil Company. In ii)i2 he came to Tulsa as office manager for the Roxana Petroleum Company of Oklahoma, of which A. J. Van Waterschoot Vander Gracht of St. Louis is president, Richard Airey of New York city, vice president, T. F. Lydon, secretary and H. H. Parker of St. Louis, treasurer. The offices of the company are in the Mayo building in Tulsa and Mr. Mulligan is most capably directing the interests of the corporation at this point. He had much to do with the development of the Mexican oil fields and his broad experience and comprehensive knowledge well qualified him for the duties that devolve upon him in his present business relation.

In 1912 Mr. Mulligan was married to Miss Laura D. Tabor of Paterson, New Jersey, and they are well known in Tulsa, where they have an extensive circle of warm friends. Mr. Mulligan belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and also to the Petroleum Club, while his religious belief is manifest in his connection with the Christian Science church. He is a man of high moral standard and his upright character and well-spent life have gained for him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. His experiences have been wide and varied and he is a broad-minded man whose actions are at all times guided by sound judgment and in whom the subjective and objective forces of life are well-balanced so that he fully meets every duty and obligation, his loyalty to public and private interests being one of his marked characteristics.

Clifford William Lord

Clifford William Lord, president and general manager of the Rex Machinery & Supply Company of Tulsa, is one of the best known oil men of the city. His life has been one of intense and well-directed activity and splendid results have followed his labors. He was born in Grass Valley, California, on the 9th of September, 1888, a son of William G. and Jennie (Pedlow) Lord, both of whom were natives of Ashland, Pennsylvania, and are now residing in Grass Valley, California. The father has long been active in connection with mining. His fraternal relations are with the Masons, and his religious faith is manifested in his membership in the Episcopal church. To him and his wife have been born five children, all of whom are living.

Clifford W. Lord, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, pursued his education in the public schools of California and afterwards attended the University of California, from which he was graduated in 191 1. During his student days there he became a member of the Theta Delta Chi. From 191 1 until 191 3 he followed civil engineering with the Associated Pipe Line Company of California and in the latter year became identified with the supply business as representative of the Associated Supply Company of California.

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Through the intervening period to 1915 he was identified with the interests of the company in his native state and in 1916 he was offered and accepted a position with the Lucey Manufacturing Corporation of Los Angeles. He resided in that city for a year and was then made assistant district manager of the Pittsburgh office of the Lucey Company. He continued in Pittsburgh until 1918, when he came to Tulsa and took charge of the interests of the Lucey Corporation in this city, continuing with them until July, 19 19, when he incorporated the Rex Machinery & Supply Company, of which he is president and general manager. This company handles all of the products of the Lucey Manufacturing Corporation in the mid-continent field and the business is now one of extensive and gratifying proportions.

On the 17th of April, 1917, Air. Lord was married to Miss Electa Connely, a native of Olean, New York, and a daughter of James L. Connely, who was prominently identified with the Standard Oil Company of California up to the time of his death. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lord was celebrated in San Francisco and they have become the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Margaret. Mr. Lord is a Mason, belonging to Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, and also to the Royal Arch chapter. He and his wife have membership in the Episcopal church and he is a member of the Tulsa Country Club. His business affairs have made him widely known over the west and to a considerable extent in the east, and wherever he has gone he has commanded the respect and confidence of business associates and social acquaintances. He has steadily developed his innate powers and improved his opportunities, and each year has found him at a point in advance of that which he had reached the previous year in his business career.

Walter A. Moore

Walter A. Moore, president of the Price Sand Company of Tulsa, was born in Girard, Kansas, July 13, 1880, his parents being Albert R. and Fanny (Stinnett) Moore, both of whom were natives of Illinois. The mother is still living, but the father has passed away. He was a general merchant, who, removing to Kansas, carried on business at Girard for a number of years. He was also a devoted member of the Baptist church. In the family were two children.

Walter A. Moore at the usual age entered the public schools of his native city and passed through consecutive grades to the high school, thus qualifying for life's practical and responsible duties. He afterward became connected with railway interests, working in various departments, and for a time was general agent in charage of the terminal of the Frisco system at Tulsa. He came to this city in 191 1 and was the builder of the railroad known as the Sapulpa & Oilfields Railroad, which he afterward sold to the Frisco system. On severing his connection with railway interests he turned his attention to his present business, becoming the chief executive officer of the Price Sand Company, with J. M. Chandler as secretary and treasurer. This company handles building material and engages in the shipping of gravel, sand and chats, the last named being the refuse from mines, a stone that is used in road building. The business has developed to substantial proportions and enterprise and energy have brought Mr. Moore prominently to the front. Before coming to Tulsa he resided for a time in Okmulgee and his success there was attributable, as it has been since, to his integrity and close application to every detail of business. He conducts his affairs in a most progressive and systematic manner and carries forward to satisfactory conclusion whatever he undertakes. Moreover, his friends in Okmulgee bear testimony to his "affable and pleasing personality, which brought happy hours to his acquaintances." Again in Tulsa he has made steady progress in a business way, his determination and energy enabling him to overcome all the obstacles and difficulties in his path.

In 1904 Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Utie L. Hulen of Missouri. In his political views he is a republican and his religious faith is that of the Christian church. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and has membership in Delta Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; in the Consistory at Guthrie, Oklahoma, and in Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In club circles, too, he is well known, belonging to the City Club of Tulsa and holding membership in the Auto Traffic Association. His interests are broad and varied and he stands for all those activities which constitute a force in the betterment of the community and the uplift of the individual. By reason of this he is actively interested in the work of the church and does all in his power to advance its growth and extend its influence.

Harry H. McFann, one of the well known oil producers residing in Tulsa, who figures prominently in Masonic circles as well as in business connections, was born at North Washington, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1876, and is a son of L. R. and Mary (Morris) McFann, the former a native of Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania, while the mother was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania. The father is now living retired at Butler, Pennsylvania, and there are many points in his life history which have established him high in the respect and regard of his fellow townsmen. He is a Civil war veteran, having defended the Union cause between 1861 and 1865, and he is a loyal follower of the teachings of the Presbyterian church.

Harry H. McFann, one of the family of eight children, obtained his early education in the public schools and afterward attended the Fairview Academy at Prospect, Pennsylvania. Throughout his life he has been connected with the oil industry. He was reared amid an environment that early acquainted him with various phases of the oil trade, for through many years Pennsylvania was the center of oil production in the United States. In 1904 he came to Oklahoma, settling at Tulsa, later working out of Sapulpa and then back to Tulsa. He is now senior partner in the firm of McFann & Brown, oil producers, and is operating extensively in this connection. He was the first man in the Sapulpa field and established the first refining company there. His success has come as the result of an orderly progression. Step by step he has advanced since he left school at the age of sixteen years and went to Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, as stationary engineer at one of the big pump stations of the People's Natural Gas Company. Eight years' experience with that company brought him valuable knowledge and won him promotion to the positions of engineer and pump station builder. He also built pipe lines throughout Armstrong and Jefferson counties, continuing with the People's Gas Company to the age of twenty-four years, when he went to California, where he spent one year in scouting and checking up oil properties for different oil companies. At the end of that period he returned to the service of the People's Natural Gas Company as erecting engineer and after two years in that position became identified with Oklahoma. It was then that he secured a gas franchise for Sapulpa and also organized the Sapulpa Refining Company, likewise taking charge of the interests of the Laurel Gas & Oil Company. In 191 1 he became interested as an independent producer and in 1914 removed to Tulsa, from which point he has since directed his operations. Each year has increased his knowledge and broadened his experience in connection with the oil industry and today his position is a most creditable one among the prominent oil men of the state. Mr. McFann is vice president of the Compression Inner Tube Company, one of the largest manufacturing plants of Tulsa.

Mr. McFann has been twice married, his first marriage occuring in 1902. There were two children of that union : Mary Alice, eighteen years of age ; and Kenneth, seventeen years of age, now attending high school. The daughter is a student in Lindenwood College. On the iSth of November, 1914, Mr. Mc- Fann was married to Miss Letha A. Frank of Joplin, Missouri, and they have one child, Harry Miles, now in his third year.

Mr. McFann's greatest activity outside of business is perhaps in connection with Masonry. He is prominently known as a representative of both York and Scottish Rites, is captain of the patrol and has recently been elected the potentate of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Country Club, the City Club, the Lions Club and the Petroleum Club. His life has been actuated by a progressive spirit and such is his determination and his initiative that he never stops short of the successful accomplishment of his purpose, which is the direct outcome of careful consideration of every question.

Paul Frost Cole

Paul Frost Cole, treasurer of the Oklahoma Central Oil Company with headquarters at Tulsa, is one of the energetic and enterprising young men, who, attracted by the opportunities offered by reason of the oil fields development in this section of the state, have here made steady progress toward the goal of success and gained a most satisfactory and creditable position in business circles. A native of Indiana, he was born in Angola on the 23d of February, 1894, and is a son of Ellsworth A. and Rosella (Frost) Cole, both of whom were also natives of Indiana. The father is a minister of the Christian church and is still active as a preacher of the gospel, being now pastor of the church at Washington, Pennsylvania. He likewise belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

Paul F. Cole, one of a family of four children, obtained a public school education in Washington, Pennsylvania, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and later he attended the schools of St. Louis and in Pittsburgh, while for one year he was a student in the Washington and Jefferson College at Washington, Pennsylvania. Throughout his business career he has been connected with the oil industry in one phase or another. He was with the Pure Oil Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for two years and afterward became secretary of the Quaker Oil & Gas Company. Subsequently he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Oklahoma Central Oil Company, which is his present connection. He has thus become identified with the rich Tulsa fields and is capably and wisely directing the interests of the corporation which he represents.

In 191 5 Mr. Cole was married to Miss Hazel Douglas McGlaughlin of Pittsburgh, and they have one child, Paul F., Jr., four years of age. The parents are consistent members of the Christian church and Mr. Cole also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, having membership in Petroleum Lodge, No. 474, A. F. & A. M., also in the Royal Arch Chapter and in the Consistory. He likewise belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and manifests deep and helpful interest in many activities and projects for the public good. He is a splendid representative of the modern business spirit, his alertness and energy enabling him to overcome all obstacles and difficulties, and step by step he is advancing toward the goal of success.

Early Bee Guthrey

Early Bee Guthrey, the efficient secretary of the Oklahoma Automobile Club, who was named in honor of two distinguished Confederate commanders, General Early and General Bee, was born in Saline county, Missouri, near Miami, February 24, 1869, a son of Patrick Henry and Addie (Brown) Guthrey, who were natives of Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky, respectively. The father was a farmer by occupation and prior to the Civil war made an overland trip to Missouri, establishing his home in Saline county. He entered the Confederate army under General Price, was twice wounded and for a time was held a prisoner of war. When hostilities between the two sections of the country had ceased he returned to Saline county, Missouri, where he again engaged in farming, there residing until 1876, when he removed to Parker County, Texas, and became a contractor in connection with the building of the Texas & Pacific Railroad. He remained there until 1879 and afterward again took up farming, becoming a resident of Seward county, Nebraska, in 1884. He homesteaded there and became one of the leading and influential residents of that district just as he had been when living in Saline county, Missouri. In 1889 he came to Oklahoma and was one of the original "Payne county boomers." He surveyed and platted Payne Center and was one of those who contended most strenuously to make Payne Center the county seat. He was associated with John G. Payne in work of early development and improvement and made valuable contribution to the progress and upbuilding of that section of the state. He continued to devote his attention to farming in Payne county until his retirement from active business life, when he removed to Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, where his death occurred in 191 1. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in 1877. Throughout his entnre life he had been exceptionally active in politics and gave unfaltering allegiance to the democratic party. His religious faith was that of the Episcopal church.

Early Bee Guthrey, whose name introduces this record, was for two years a pupil in one of the oldtime log schoolhouses in Texas and for a year he studied in Nebraska. When a lad of fourteen he became "devil" in a printing office af Seward, Nebraska, and worked his way upward to the position of foreman. During this period he had attended night school, for he realized the value and worth of education as a factor in the attainment of success in life. After leaving the printing office he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1888 and worked his way through college by waiting on tables and working in printing offices at night, also doing tutoring from time to time. He concentrated his attention upon the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He then engaged in practice at Stillwater, Oklahoma, and while there residing served one term as deputy county attorney and was also assistant United States attorney for a year. It was while engaged in law practice that he established the Oklahoma Hawk, now the Advance Democrat, which is the oldest paper published in Payne county. He was always interested in democratic politics and throughout his life has done everything in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party.

Mr. Guthrey left Stillwater in September, 1893, at the opening of the Cherokee strip and took up a claim adjoining the town of Perry. He also became a member of the law firm of Howe, McMeeham & Guthrey, general practitioners at the bar, establishing an office in a tent. The practice was continued in that partnership relation until Mr. McMeeham was appointed the first United States attorney for northern Oklahoma, when the firm became Howe & Guthrey, the partnership being continued until June, 1897, when Mr. Guthrey began practicing alone. He also opened a law office at Ponca City, practicing in the two places. He became a member and the secretary of the Ponca City Improvement & Land Company, which platted and sold the townsite, having its headquarters at Ponca City from 1897 to 1901. He went to Texas at the time of the Beaumont oil boom and there engaged in the oil business and also organized the Beaumont Marble & Supply Company, opening big marble quarries in Sequoyah county, Oklahoma. Of this company he became the president and directed its operations and he also platted and sold the townsite of Marble City, Oklahoma. He was elected mayor of the town, filling the position for two years and aiding in laying broad and deep the foundation of municipal progress as well as material advancement there. In 1906, however, he disposed of his interests at Marble City and purchased the townsite of Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, where he engaged in banking, becoming president of the Bank of Sulphur Springs and so continuing for two years. In 19 13 he returned to Oklahoma, where he has engaged in the real estate and oil business. For a time he was at Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and in 191 5 came to Tulsa, where he has since made his home. He acted as highway commissioner for the Chamber of Commerce until 1918, when he resigned to accept the position of secretary of the Auto Club of Tulsa, so continuing until July, 1920, when he resigned the latter position and became state distributor of the United States Compression Inner Tube Company of Tulsa. In 1919 he was elected president of the White River Trails Association, which position he still fills and he was oue of the organizers of the Albert Pike Highway Association, of which he has been the secretary since 1917. In January, 1921, he was made secretary of the state organization of the Automobile Club of Oklahoma. He is also the editor of The Nation's Highways, the first issue of which appeared April 1, 1921, this being the official organ of the Albert Pike and White River Trails Associations. Mr. Guthrey is the editor of the publication, with Colonel Clarence B. Douglas as associate editor and the former is also the owner of the paper. This magazine deals with road promotion, road building and road maintenance and it is the purpose of Mr. Guthrey to make it national in its scope.

Mr. Guthrey is also actively identified with the Chamber of Commerce and with the City Club and is an enthusiastic supporter of every plan and measure that has to do with the upbuilding and progress of community, commonwealth and country. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, to the Elks lodge at Rogers, Arkansas, of which he was a charter member, to the Automobile Club of Tulsa and to the Tulsa-Ozark Club. Throughout his life he has continued his activity in the political field and while in Payne county

Mr. Guthrey was married in Ponca City, December 27, 1897, to Miss Addie R. Newman, a daughter of Joseph A. and Margaret (Poison) Newman, natives of Decatur, Illinois. The father was a farmer and was a veteran of the Union army in the Civil war. He removed to Louisiana, afterward to Butte, Kansas, and later to Cowley county, Kansas, and in 1906 he went to Arkansas, locating on a farm near Siloam Springs in 1907. Three years later, or in 1910, he came to Tulsa to live with his daughter and passed away in this city in 1917.

A review of the life record of Mr. Guthrey will show that he has always been a stimulating force in the upbuilding and development of every community and district in which he has lived. Moreover, he has recognized the opportunities for advancement and has been most active in formulating and executing plans which have led to the founding and improvement of cities and there is no more enthusiastic champion of good roads in this state than he. His work has indeed been far-reaching and resultant and Oklahoma is proud to claim him as one of her representative men.

Michael Marcus Valerius

Michael Marcus Valerius was the organizer and is the head of M. M. Valerius Company, petroleum geogolists, with offices in the Mayo building in Tulsa. Iowa claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred in Sigourney, January 16, 1872. His father, Peter Valerius, was a native of Wisconsin and during an active life devoted his attention to contracting and building, which he followed at various periods in Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri. He married Emma Fritz, a native of Germany, and she is now living in Eldon, Missouri, but Mr. Valerius has passed away. In their family were five children, four of whom survive.

Michael M. Valerius was graduated from the high school at Sigourney, Iowa, and afterward attended Drake University at Des Moines. Still later he became a student in the Missouri School of Mines at Rolla, Missouri. His life has been devoted to professional work of this character and for a number of years he has given his attention particularly to petroleum geology, his work in this connection taking him all over the oil fields of the southwest. He has developed a high degree of skill and proficiency in this connection and his enviable professional position is further indicated in the fact that he is a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, of the Southwestern Geological Association and the Tulsa Geological Society.

In 1903 Mr. Valerius was married to Miss Ina M. Brinton of Stuart, Iowa, and they have one son, Claude M., now attending the Stuart high school, but in the fall of 1921 he expects to enter the School of Mines at Rolla. Mr. Valerius turns to hunting when leisure permits, greatly enjoying a trip into the open. He is a member of the Lions Club and the Chamber of Commerce, associations which indicate his interest in matters of progressive citizenship, for both organizations have for their object the betterment of the community through the development of business conditions and through strict adherence to high civic standards. Politically Mr. Valerius is a republican. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, having become a member of the lodge in Kansas, since which time he has taken the Scottish Rite degrees, and is also a member of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has likewise extended his membership relations to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is at all times a worthy follower of the teachings of these organizations, which are based upon man's obligations to his fellowmen.

There have been no spectacular phases in the business and professional career of William Lemuel Eagleton, Jr., who is now practicing at the Tulsa bar and who has won his professional advancement through thorough preliminary study, careful preparation of his cases, devotion to the interests of his clients and allegiance to the majesty of the law. Mr. Eagleton is a native son of Oklahoma, his birth having occurred in a cave in Pawnee, March 28, 1894, his parents being William Lemuel and Martha Ann (Saunders) Eagleton. By appointment of the governor of Oklahoma the father became judge of the fourteenth judicial district in September, 1920, and is now serving upon the bench. He was born in Woodbury, Tennessee, November 7, i860, a son of John A. and Mary J. (Bethell) Eagleton, the former a merchant of Tennessee and afterward of Kentucky. Judge Eagleton attended the Southern Normal and Business College at Glasgow, Kentucky, and won his Bachelor of Science degree as a graduate of the class of 1884. He started out in the business world as a clerk in a general merchandise establishment and for a time in early manhood was a teacher in the country schools but eventually entered upon the practice of law and by close application, consistent ability and the development of his powers gained a creditable position as a representative of the bar. He was city attorney at Cisco, Texas, for a part of the time between 1889 and 1892. Removing to Oklahoma he settled in Pawnee and occupied the position of city attorney there in the latter part of the '90s. In 1914 he was called to the office of city attorney in Norman, Oklahoma, and served in that position for about a year. His first judicial experience came to him in the summer of 1898, when he was made probate judge of Pawnee county, and continued to act in that capacity until January, 1903. His appointment to the district bench came to him from the governor in September, 1920, and he has since served as judge of the fourteenth judicial district. His decisions are strictly fair and impartial and his opinions indicate comprehensive knowledge of the law, with ability to apply accurately its principles. Judge Eagleton has always been a democrat in his political views and his opinions have carried weight in the ranks of the party, but he has never sought political prominence nor preferment outside the strict path of his profession. He is a Knights Templar Mason, a companion of the Red Cross of Constantine, a member of the Mystic Shrine and a member of the Eastern Star. He has filled every presiding office both in the subordinate and grand bodies of the York Rite and of the Eastern Star and is today an honorary thirty-third degree Mason. He holds membership in the Chamber of Commerce at Norman, Oklahoma, over which he has presided, and for many years has been a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, in which he has filled the office of presiding elder. In a word his aid and influence have ever been given on the side of progress and improvement and his labors have been effective forces in the material and intellectual progress of the state and in upholding its legal and moral status.

On the 15th of August, 1888, near Purely, Tennessee, Judge Eagleton was married to Miss Martha Ann Saunders, representative of a family that has figured prominently in connection with the political history of McNairy county, Tennessee, while others of the name have gained prominence through contributions to literature. Judge and Mrs. Eagleton have become parents of the following named; Mary Eloise, who was born May 16, 1889, and died while serving as an army nurse at Camp McArthur, in Waco, Texas, October 19, 1918; Olive, the wife of Elton B. Hunt, an attorney of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Elizabeth, the wife of Raymond O. Courtright, physical director and member of the faculty of the University of Nevada at Reno; William L., Jr., a successful practicing attorney of Tulsa; John Saunders, who died in infancy; Isabel, who also passed away in infancy ; and James R., seventeen years of age, who is now a sophomore in the University of Nevada.

In his youthful days William L. Eagleton, Jr., was a pupil in the public schools of his native city and there completed his high school course, after which he entered the University of Oklahoma in 1914 and was graduated therefrom in 1919, winning the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. During his college days he made excellent records in his studies and was also very active in religious work among the younger set. He made excellent credits in his .studies and thus displayed the elemental strength of his character and the laudable ambition which prompted him early in his career. He was admitted to the bar in 1917 and engaged in practice at Norman, Oklahoma. In June, 1919, Mr. Eagleton became a partner in the firm of Hunt & Eagleton of Tulsa and has since engaged in general practice, enjoying a good clientage through the intervening period. He belongs to the local and state bar associations.

Mr. Eagleton has membership with the American Legion and is post commander, Joe Carson Post, No. 1, at Tulsa, the largest in the state. He is one of the veterans of the World war, having served with the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Field Artillery, a Missouri regiment. He saw active duty in France, being on the St. Mihiel and Argonne fronts all during the active fighting, and upon the western front until the signing of the armistice, stationed in the Verdun sector from the 2d of November until the 19th of that month.

Mr. Eagleton is a Mason, belonging to Delta Lodge, A. F. & A. M., also to the chapter, the council, the consistory and to Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Religiously he is a Presbyterian and his work in the church has been far-reaching and resultant. He stands high socially and morally and his position as a young attorney is above the average.

Dr. William Joseph Trainer, who, practicing as an internist, has made steady advancement as a physician of Tulsa, was born in New York city, March 2, 1876, a son of James A. and Mary (Reed) Trainer. The father was born in Belfast, Ireland, while the mother's birth occurred in Poughkeepsie, New York. Coming to the new world, James A. Trainer was for a time teacher of languages in Columbia University and was also interested in the immigration department at Castle Garden, where in earlier days the immigrants "were landed. He died in 1892.

William J. Trainer of this review completed a course in the high school at Montgomery, New York, and afterward entered the University of Vermont, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree. He then attended the Medical School at the University of Vermont for a year and in 1898 he enlisted at Boston in the Hospital Corps of the United States army, upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, and for a year was stationed at Fort McPherson, Tampa, Florida. Following his return home he resumed his medical studies in the University of Maryland and won his professional degree upon graduation with the class of 1903. For a time he was surgeon to the Sparrows Point Steel Works and then went to Smithfield, West Virginia, where for two years he was surgeon for the steel works. He afterward became ocean steamship surgeon, being thus connected with the Pacific Mail and with the P. & O. line until 1 9 1 5 , when he came to Tulsa. Here he has concentrated his attention upon internal medicine. He has taken postgraduate work at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and has pursued three postgraduate courses in internal medicine in the University of Maryland.

Again Dr. Trainer responded to his country's call for military aid and on the 1st of April, 1918, enlisted as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, being in the training school at Fort Riley. He was sent to Camp Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis with the rank of captain and there remained until mustered out February 29, 1919. At Camp Benjamin Harrison he was battalion surgeon with the One Hundred and Eighteenth Engineers, having charge of pneumonia cases at Base Hospital, No. 29. He is now a captain of the Medical Reserve Corps. Prior to entering the army he served on the Tulsa county draft board, not through regular appointment, but giving his services gratis in that connection.

Dr. Trainer is a member of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all those forces which make for development and upbuilding in the city. He is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Delta Lodge, No. 425, A. F. & A. M. ; Tulsa Chapter, No. 52, R. A. M. ; Trinity Commandery, No. 20, K. T. ; Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine and also to the Knights of Pythias. He is likewise a member of the Rotary Club and belongs to the Spanish War Veterans and to the American Legion, his patriotism and loyalty to American interests being just as marked in days of peace as in times of war. Along professional lines he has membership with the Tulsa, Oklahoma State and American Medical Associations.

Louis H. Witwer

Louis H. Witwer, secretary of the Janellen Company, also of the Valley Oil Company and who is in the real estate business for himself under the firm name of L. H. Witwer & Company, has made his home in Tulsa since the 1st of January, 1917. and through the intervening period of four years has not only become well known as a representative of oil interests, but has gained high regard as a citizen, owing to his cooperation in many projects and measures for the general good. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, December 13, 1887, a son of H. E. and Harriet (Baker) Witwer, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. In their family were six children, four of whom are living. The father, who was born in Williamsburg. Pennsylvania, engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Cedar Rapids for many years following his removal to the middle west, but is now retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. At the time of the civil war he put aside all business and personal consid- erations and joined the army, so that he now proudly wears the little bronze button which proclaims him a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has membership in the Masonic fraternity and his religious faith is manifest in connection with the Christian church.

Louis H. Witwer at the usual age became a pupil in the public schools of Cedar Rapids and there also pursued his high school course. He received his initial business training and experience under the direction of his father, spending eight years in the latter's wholesale grocery house, and winning through individual merit and ability promotion to the position of traffic salesman and later to that of sales manager. He afterward turned his attention to the real estate business which he conducted in Cedar Rapids, and on the ist of January, 1917, he arrived in Tulsa, where he has become well known through his connection with the oil interests, being now the secretary of the Janellen Company and also of the Valley Oil Company.

In 1910 Mr. Witwer was united in marriage to Miss Florence Green, a native of Iowa, and a daughter of Thomas R. Green, and they now have two children: Ellen, and Louis Heston Witwer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Witwer occupy an enviable position in those social circles where true worth and intelligence are accepted as passport into good society. They belong to the Christian church, taking active and helpful interest in its work, and Mr. Witwer is serving as one of the deacons. Politically he is a republican and he never withholds his support from activities and interests for the public good. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Young Men's Christian Association, and his life has always been governed by principles which neither seek nor require disguise. He has ever maintained high standards and in his active career has won not only success, but also an honored name.

John Raymond Manion

John Raymond Manion, president of the Sinclair Pipe Line Company of Tulsa, is a man capable of handling big business propositions. He attacks everything with a contagious enthusiasm, but at all times his zeal and enterprise are tempered by sound judgment that is based upon clear insight into every situation. In the past few years he has greatly broadened the scope of the business of the Sinclair Pipe Line Company, adequately meeting the business conditions of the firm and laying a sound basis for future development and success. Mr. Manion brought to his connection with the oil interests of the southwest a broad experience gained in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He is a native of the latter state, his birth having occurred in McClintockville, December 16, 1875, his parents being Michael and Mary (Fitzgerald) Manion. Spending his youthful days in his native town, he there attended the public and high schools, and his oil career began with the opening of the prolific pool at McDonald, Pennsylvania. In 1894, when a youth in his nineteenth year, Mr. Manion became engineer and telegraph operator for the Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Line Company at McDonald, occupying the position for two years. In the succeeding period of two years he was engineer and gauger with the Buckeye Pipe Line Company in Wood county, Ohio, and then became connected with the National Transit Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, acting as engineer and gauger in connection with pipe line construction. He continued with that company for a period of five years, from 1898 until 1903, when he was transferred by them to the Venango, Clarion district, where he remained until 1905. Through the following year he was foreman of a district with the Prairie Oil & Gas Company of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, thus transferring his activities to the southwest. In 1906 and 1907 he was at Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1907 and 1908 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the latter year the Prairie Oil & Gas Company made him division superintendent of Independence, Kansas, where he continued until 1914, when he was returned to Tulsa and became assistant general superintendent, so serving until 1916. In the latter year the Sinclair interests purchased the properties of the Cudahy and Milliken Companies, at which time Mr. Manion left the employ of the Prairie Oil & Gas Company to accept the position of vice president and general manager of the Sinclair Pipe Line Company. He was later elected president and so continues. In the past four years this company has widely extended its operations, having now an eight-inch line from the Oklahoma-Kansas fields to Chicago and one of similar size between the Oklahoma and Texas fields. This work was accomplished directly under the supervision of Mr. Manion. Identified with the oil industry from the age of nineteen years, the steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible. As his powers have developed, increasing duties and responsibilities have come to him and today he occupies a position of leadership among the oil operators in the southwest.

On the 9th of November, 1914, Mr. Manion was married to Miss Sarah Freel, of Allegany, New York, and they have become parents of three sons : Raymond, Kenneth and Edward. Mr. Manion is a Catholic in religious faith and belongs to the Knights of Columbus, also to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His political support is given to the republican party, but the honors of office have had no attraction for him. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce of Tulsa and cooperates heartily in its well defined plans for the upbuilding of the city. He is also a member of the Country Club, and for recreation he turns to fishing, golf, motoring and hunting. These, however, have never been allowed to interfere with the faithful performance of his business duties and, learning day by day valuable lessons in the school of experience, he has become a most forceful and resourceful factor in connection with the oil industry of Oklahoma.

The rapid development of Tulsa and the establishment of manifold business interests here have been the means of bringing to the city many prominent and capable young professional men. Active in the practice of law is Hal F. Rambo, who was born at Elk Falls, Kansas, June 12, 1891. He was one of two children - and is the only one now living - who were born to C. W. and Alice Jeannette (Fletcher) Rambo, the former a native of Shelby, Ohio, while the latter was born in Madison, Maine. With their removal to Oklahoma the family lived at Pawnee and later removed to Guthrie, where the father, C. W. Rambo, served as territorial treasurer and was prominent in shaping the early development and history of the state. He is a Civil war veteran and at all times has been a loyal supporter of every plan and measure which he has deemed of benefit and value to the community, the commonwealth and the country. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party, and fraternally he is a Knights Templar and Consistory Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. Business cares no longer claim his attention and he is at this time a resident of Tulsa.

and Guthrie, Oklahoma, and afterward completed his high school studies at Ottawa, Kansas. He next entered the University of Kansas, from which he was graduated with the class of 1913, having completed his law course with the degree of LL. B. On the 1st of July of the same year he was admitted to practice at the Kansas bar and entered upon the active work of the profession in that state. For two years he practiced in Kansas and in Denver, Colorado, and came to Tulsa in December, 191 5, recognizing the splendid field offered in this rapidly growing city. He was associated with the firm of Rice & Lyons until the 1st of September, 1919, and is now practicing as a member of the firm of Lashley & Rambo, with offices in the Kennedy building. He has done much important work in the field of corporation law and his firm is well known as representing the Roxana Petroleum Corporation, the Kawfield Oil Company and other interests of similar nature. He belongs to both the Tulsa County Bar Association and the State Bar Association, and is secretary of the former.

On the 4th of September, 1916, Mr. Rambo was married to Miss Alice Josephine Spencer, a daughter of W. S. Spencer, a former resident of Guthrie, Oklahoma, and now a well known oil man of Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Rambo is widely known through various membership connections, belonging to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity, the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and the Alumni Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon of Tulsa, of which he is the president. He is a Mason, having membership in Delta Lodge, No. 425, A. F. & A. M., in Guthrie Consistory, A. & A. S. R., and in Akdar Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. His church relationship is with the Presbyterian denomination and his political belief is that of the republican party, which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He does not seek nor desire office, but gives earnest allegiance to all political measures for the public good and no one questions the integrity of his opinion or has reason to regard his position upon any vital question as an equivocal one.

Elton B. Hunt

Elton B. Hunt, member of the law firm of Hunt & Eagleton, practicing at Tulsa, was born May 24, 1886, a son of Jacob and Emily Elizabeth (Broyles) Hunt, the former a farmer residing at Alex, Oklahoma. The family comes of English ancestry but has been represented in America for about two hundred years. Representatives of the family have resided in Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri and now in Oklahoma.

Elton B. Hunt obtained his early education in the Kendall school when it was located in Muskogee, and afterward was graduated from the Academy at Park College, in Parkville, Missouri. He continued his more specifically literary course in the Colorado College and won his Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the class of 1910. He was graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1913, with the degree of LL. B., and at once entered upon active practice, in which he has since engaged. Through the intervening period of eight years he has made steady professional progress and is now enjoying a large clientage as senior partner in the firm of Hunt & Eagleton, which was formed in June, 1919. He has been assistant county attorney, in charge of the civil law business of Tulsa county, for the years 1919 and 1920, serving for the full two years.

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Miss Olive Eagleton, daughter of Judge W. L. Eagletoh, of that place, who is a prominent Mason and district judge in the state of Oklahoma, represented elsewhere in this work. They now have one child, Elizabeth Ann. Mr. Hunt is a democrat in his political views, having supported the party since attaining his majority. He belongs to the Sigma Chi Alumni Chapter of Tulsa and also to the Tulsa City Club. While in the university he was a very active member of the Sigma Chi and also became a member of the Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity, and the honorary debating fraternity of Delta Sigma Rho. He belongs to the Masons and the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct are further indicated in his membership in the First Presbyterian church of Tulsa.

Homer M. Preston

Homer M. Preston, of Pennsylvania and of Tulsa, has become identified with important corporate interests in various sections of the country and has operated extensively in the oil fields of Oklahoma, where he now has large and profitable holdings. He was born in Farmington, Warren county, Pennsylvania, December i, 1S60, a son of Lorenzo P. and Julia (Northrup) Preston. He comes from sturdy Scotch stock, the family being founded in America in 1830 by his grandfather, who settled in Warren county, Pennsylvania, and there purchased sixty acres of land, a tract that has never passed out of possession of the family since that time. The property is now owned by Homer M. Preston and he has at different times extended the boundaries of the farm until it is a stock farm of more than fifteen hundred acres and is considered one of the finest and most valuable places in Pennsylvania.

Homer M. Preston spent the greater part of thirty-five years on that farm and until his sixteenth year was a pupil in the district schools near his father's home. He was thirty years of age when in 1890 he began producing oil at Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, where he operated with reasonable success until 1896. He then disposed of his holdings in that state and went to Lewis county, West Virginia, where he became heavily interested in producing gas and in acquiring property in what at that time was an entirely new field. He became a well known figure in business circles in that section.