The Vian Press (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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Vian Sequoyah County Oklahoma Friday June 4 1920
No 8
Oil Leases Have
Not Been Secured
Are You One of the Number Standing
In the Way of the Development
of Your Country
We Must Drill this Summer or We Will
be the Losers
Some few months ago it looked
sure that the required amount of lease
could be secured for the immediate
shipment of drilling materials into
Vian but a& yet only about one half
of the leases have been secured which
has been caused by some seemingly
not caring whether the country is
developed or not
Are you one of those who are hen-
dering the development of your
country standing still and letting it
be drained for its oil and gaB from
a distance and realzing the fact it
will be impossible for you to further
the development yourself only through
the channel of leasing so that capi-
tal can be induced to come here and
develope the country for us?
It is true if you' could hold your
land and some one drill an oil well
across i the section line from you
would realize much more for it but
stop and think did you ever hear of
such hapening? No! you must lease
in order to induce capital to spend
their money in a wildcat territory
Think of this matter seriously and
lets get these leases in such shape
that capital will come here and be
anxious to drill for us and get some of
the good of our oil and gas which is
surley being drained from us every
day of our lives
New Productions have been found
north and east of Muskogee we have
had gas here in abundance with a
good showing for oil and all we need
is to get the required amount of leases
We understand that the land owners
in the block of land which is now liv-
ing at Sallisaw all agreed to lease
realizing it the only way for devel-
opment Lets not have it said that
We Make ’Em Run
! r We give each and every cus-
tomer the best that skilled
mechanics can do at honest
prices for labor
Vian Service Station
JOHN K THORNTON Props
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Sound
Business Counsel
Clients of this institution
are always welcome to the ad-
vice and judgment of our experienced
officers regarding any personal busi-
ness matters
The proper kind of a banking
connection can be used to pro-
tect your judgment as well as
your money Even a small
savings account depos-
ited with this bank
is quite sufficient to
establish proper
banking connections
Safety-Honesty— Courtesy— Service
Vian is unwilling
For the benifit of some we will say
that these leases are being taken in
the name of trustees and not in the
name of any company which does
no btind them to any one until a con-
tract is made which can be with a com
pany aggreeable to the trustees who
will be guided by the ones giving the
lease
Lets put this deal over folks who
have been working hard on the matter
for the good of our country only are
growing tired Make it some of your
business and “lets go”
Wouldn’£ it be a shame for this
summer to pass and no drilling for oil
or gas for Gods sake lets drill
ARE YOU GOING TO CUT THEM
L O BROCKMAN DEAD
L O Brockman one of the oldest
and most highly respected citizens of
the county passed to his reward on
Tuesday of this week after many
months of suffering from cancer and
the remains were laid to rest in the
City Cemetery the following day with
an exceeding large congregation atten
ding the funeral service which was
held" at the cemetery
The deceased leaves a wife and eight
children besides many grandchildren
and other relatives and friends to
mourn his death
The children are: — J M Brockman
L J Brockman John Brockman Ow-
en Brockman Walter Brockman Miss
Clara Brockman Mrs Chas Holt of
Vian and Mrs Sam Gault of Sallisaw
The deceased was a sufferer qf can-
cer for several months standing and
he realized for some time that it
was impossible to recover and that
death was his only source of per-
manent relief
The funeral services were conduct-
ed by Rev W R Rosser of the M E
Church South
We sympathize with the bereaved
relatives and friends of this good old
citizen whose advise and influence
will be greatly missed in this com-
munity The fldtal offering was immense
A MODERN HOUSE
Mr and Mrs George Polard have
begun actual construction on their
new modern brick residence here in
Vian
The structure will be one of the
best ever built in Vian and in fact it
is the only rick residence in town
There are several fine residence to
be built this summer when the labor
situation gets better this being an
agriculturial country is now a very
hard time to secure labor on account
all available help is needed on the
farm '
It is gratifying to know that Mr
and Mrs Pollard are so well pleased
with their moove to Vian they will
build the finest residence in town
WOLF CHASE
On last Saturday morning A F
Mullican Lee Smith H Keller and
W L Sharp went out on a wolf chase
they jumped an old wolf and Mr
Mullican succeeded in shooting her
enough to break a leg and followed
her until they killed her
They then returned to i-’Je place
where they had jumped her and thre
found the den where they got three
puppies they are being kept one each
by Mrsses Kellar Smith and Mullican
They report a good time and all
well pleased with their mornings hunt
BROKE COLLAR BONE
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John Thornton suffered a broken
collar bone on last Saturday some
time during the day It has not
been severs enough to keep him in
but he is unable to use his left arm
which he is carring in a sling and
will for sohie time yet
The accident aocuried while he was
driving in his Studebaker Six There
were several in the car but none of
the others were injured
For further information we re-
fer you to John who does not know
any thing more about the matter
than we do and we have told the
whole story
T)e first National Banl
Vian OKIaboma
Hard Surface Roads
Blackwell Okla — Contract is let
for the building of three miles of hard
surface roads
Cross Okla — Construction of gover
ment road begun betwen cross and
Ponca City
iris now getting the time of year
when you should begin to think about
cutting your weeds The reason is
if you are not thinking about it the
city council will do your thinking and
ask that you do the work
We would like to see the folks of
the town this year cut their weeds
without the usual notice from the
board although we get paid for print-
ing the notices but we are willing to
loose it in order to see the folks show
their real pride
We are sure that if the weeds are
not cut within a reasonable length of
time a notice will -be served On you
and you will not feel the best In the
world about it
Who will be the next Mrs Moore
has begun to cut the weeds around
our place at least she has promised-
and we have sharpened the hoe
MOVES TO VIAN
A L Storts who has been here for
the past few weeks at work at Whet-
sells barber shop has with his wife
moved here and are occupying the
L D Burris property in the soouth-
west part of town
Mr Stortsis a yong man and a good
barber and we are glad to have him
locate here
SENATORS RACE
THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
The High School Play staged at
the High School Auditorium on Thurs-
day evening of last week received
many words of praise from those
who attended
It was by far more than the public
expected or thought could be pro-
duced by the student body with the
short time they have had with which
to practice
The Standard — Sentinel newspaper
published at Stilwell Adair County
and which is the mouth piece of C B
Johnson in last weeks issue attemp-
ted to exonerate Mr Johnson in con-
nection with the love letter in the
Sequoyah County Democrat to a
negro by the name of Scarbrough
where in he referred to the negro as
Mr Ccarbrough a prominent agri-
culturist and classifying him along
with the good white farmers of the
county The Standard — Sentinel
say this article was written by the
republican representive of the Sequ-
oyah County Democratic That is
what the good democrat in this county
who have worked to make and to
keep this county democratic are kick-
ing about The Sequoyah County Dem-
ocrat has been designated by the
board of County Commissioners as
the official organ of the Democratic
party in this county and the good
democrats have a right to expect
and demand that it stand up for the
welfare of the Democratic party
and they object to it being turned
over to and being run by the repub-
licans There are no negroes in Adair
County and the Standard — Sentinel
can not understand why it should be
objectionable to the democrats of this
county for the republicans to use the
official democratic papetr here to fur-
ther their own interests in keeping the
negro vote lined up which they hope
they can use some day but the dem-
ocrats this county understand it
GORE WILL SPEAK HERE
We are in receipt of a telegram
from Hon T P Gore stating that
he will speak here on SSturday night
June 12th 1920
Several days ago Mr Ferris spoke
here and all the business houses clos
ed foronehr during his speech but
of Mr Gore here we are not in a po-
sition to say whether or not they
will close for him
We are sure that he will speak
in other portions of the county but
we have not been advised just where
it will be
BARNETT AND FLIER HERE
Whitie Barnett and his flier who
has been pulling off flying stunts in
several parts of the country arrived
here on Tuesday aftemoou about two
o’clock from Ozark Ark where they
made their last flight for the public
They only stopped for a short
while leaving for Tulsa and from
there they will go to other places
for the purpose of making flights
Mr Barnett has learned to drive
the machine himself and will do the
driving hereafter
HOWARD TO DETROIT
J D McConnell is the proud owner
of a new maxwell roadster purchased
through the Vian Service Station here
We understand the new models are
dandy and all owners are prowd of
them
CC Howard left Thursday evening
for Detroit Mich where he went to
drive a studebaker car for Mr Thos
Carlile which Mr Howard has had
sold for some time but has been un-
able to make the delivery
This will be a nice trip but we
just suppose it would be rather lone-
some if one had to make it alone
Mr Howard says most of the out
puts from the factory is being driven
away instead of bcingshipped by rail
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is More Than a Mere
Commerical Machine
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ply an institution for pay-
ing dividends to stockhold-
ers unless it is imbued
with a real spirt of public
service and a desire to be a
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BUILDING FORCE in the
communitptlien it is fall-
ing for short of what a bank
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While this bank like all
banks must be operated
for profit it does not for a
mount lose sight of its high-
er duties to its customers
and to tne public
The First State Bank
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Moore, Gould. The Vian Press (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1920, newspaper, June 4, 1920; Vian, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1758876/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.