The Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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The Oil City Derrick
I’ T It IN’ CO Proprietor
K V IIOKNHKCK Manner
SuliiTitiio!i ratica II"1 ir miihiiii
War Department Active
Vahiiigton Nov 2U-Ihtcr-iniiail
t" tirnpout the liliMistt r-
ing t'MiIitiiii& rvaiiot Mexico
Secretary of War Stiinon Onlay
authorized Giucral Du tun n coni-
itisiuliiiyr tlu ileiartnu-nt of Tex
as to enforce the neutrality lawn
with igr and to move the tmoM
mult r his eommanil v itliin tli vis-
ion limits without waiting for
eiders from the tletartment
Secretary St in Mitt also informed
Ctneral Duncan that lie would
not l::ek for all the eavalry ami
infantry tut did to prevent the
organization if expeditions
against Mexico No additional
t r Nips have yet lieeti ordered to
Texas liowevi r
Washington Nov LU -Move-mints
of Mexico!) libel troops
toward the American Under line
are noted in official dispatches re-
ceive il here tuelay American
troops have discovered caches of
arms at Lare do Te xas accord-
ing to the war department
Austin Texas Nov — (lov
Colquitt was advised late today
that serious trouble was immi-
nent at rrownsville Te'xas as
the result of agitation hy Mexi-
can revolutionists there The
governor ordered sju cial policing
at once He said he would order
out the state militia if necessary
A Good Wiy to Boost
The licst way to Insist a town
is to rrake it worth while to the
people who are already living in
it Nearly all the money spent
in advertising a town ought to
lie spent in internal improve-
ments and thus bettering the
conditions of the town When a
town has such evidences of civic
I ride something that its resi-
dents one and all ean take a per-
sonal pride in and point with
pleasure to when strangers come
to town it will lie of immeasur-
able more benefit than to strow
the country with literature as
thjck as the leaves of Vallam-
brosa Towns and cities that
spend money legitimately in such
internal improvementsas beautify
and make living in them worth
while to the citizens “already' liv-
ing within their Iwrders may
reasonably expect to attract the
better class of progressive citi-
zensfrom somewhere else- In-
ternal improvements coupled
with a progressive set of Ixxist-
ers is a strong magnet
Subscribe for the Derrick— $1
per year
OH City Items
IMiior Oil City IVri it-k
If you will give me sace in
or vaHT I w ill give you some
items of this urt of Oil City
country
Cotton picking has Ucn very
slow work on uccount of the bad
i at her If w e should have fa-
urn I do weather for a week or so
ami iot tn pickers can I a had
cotton w ill ull Miin lie picked out
We arc having the coldest at this
writing (18th I wc have had this
year
The Ik) by of Mr and Mrs John
Walker died ThurMlay of pneu-
monia It was I until Friday
services were conducted at the
grave by Rev S with of Heald-
ton Oil City will soon U in shape
to furnish gas for fuel to every-
one who wants it Oil City is
coming to the front pretty fast
We have three store — dry goods
and groceries two I Kir Is r shops
one hotel a Isiarding house one
livery kirn one first-class gin
and grist mill two drug stores
and one blacksmith shop and
there is talk of putting in a lunik
here soon if limt s are hard
The Sunday-school and League
at Sliced is progressing nicely
Oil City’s Sunday-school is doing
the licst it can under the circum-
stances They have no house in
which to hold services The
next house they build there ought
to lie a church and school house
they need such a house badly
We advise those who want to
keep themselves informed as to
the news of Oil City and vicinity
to subscribe for the Derrick and
when you come to Oil City call
at the Derrick otfice and liecome
acquainted with the editor and
his wife They will appreciate
it We commend them
You can find town lots for sale
here any kind you want We
are expecting a railroad here
soon Several companies of oil
men are drilling for oil near this
city Some have oil and gas al-
ready and still they are digging
away
Mr Jesse Holland was called
away to Atoka Monday (13th)'
to see his boy’s sick children
which were expected to die but
whom he found improving Mr
Holland returned home Saturday
18th Ky
Dave Booker or Ardmore is
circulating a petition among the
voters of the county The peti-
tion is to go before the governor
asking a change in the state
liquor law so as to legalize open
saloons
Sam Gazaway got into a lievy
of quail with his gun Monday
morning and smote them hip and
thigh Out of about twelve he
bagged eight within the space of
a few minutes
The secretary of Oklahoma
City’s Chamber of Commerce has
made a discovery It is that the
fields and garden lands adjacent
to that city might be made a
source of great revenue to all
its people if the lands were own-
ed or controlled' by intelligent
market gardener who could
not only upply the city's de-
mand for such products but have
plenty for exort Itesides We
believes he has struck the right
thing and other cities and towns
should do likewise
The Oklahoman says cowMa
hay is not generally considered as
a principal crop in Oklahoma
but flUOhOO was received by the
farmers for what they produced
this year Anil the by-product
of seed brought $10000 These
w ill form interesting jmrt of the
1012 crop yields
The public schools of this dis-
trict began last Monday morning
Two carryalls are in use to con-
vey the children to and from
school John Patterson has the
contract for the north and Frank
Lowery for the cast section of
Wheeler school district
Bcprcsentative U T Rexroat
was in Oil City last Saturday af-
ternorm and called at the Derrick
office He said he had been out
squirrel hunting and bagged
eight squirrels We believe him
krause this is not a fish story
Mr Elzcy informed the Der-
rick man Monday of this week
that owing to the great amount
of water they have had to con-
tend with the work at his— well
has been retarded but he thinks
the well will soon be brought in
They will drill to one side of hole
where the tools are lost
The first of the week a new
2 1-2 horse power Waterloo Boy
gasoline engine was - installed at
the Waterloo to pump water to
the Skillern oil well It does the
work It is likely the oil w'ell
will be finished now within a few
days as everything is working
w'ell
Mr Baker the paper hanger
and house decorator fixed up Sam
Gaza way 8 office in neat shape
last Saturday The Derrick
would like it if Mr Baker would
open a shop' and remain in Oil
City
The spirit of revolution is again
rampant on the Mexican border
and Uncle Sam is getting busy
down that way
Miss Stella Locke of Rock-
wall Texass'Xvho has been visit-
ing her sister Mrs VanHoy of
Oil City for several weeks left
for her home Monday morning
Miss Locke made many friends
while here who regret to see her
leave v
Oil City
offers you the
OPPORTUNITY
Now is the time
to improve it
OIL CITY
is a young and
growing town in
the
OIL and GAS
fields of western
Carter County
Oklahoma
OIL CITY
is represented by
One Hotel three General
stores tw’o Drug stores
one Blacksmith Shop
one Livery stable
Brickyard two Earlier shops
Post office two Restaurants
one Boarding House
Meat Market
Telephone system
Printing office and a good
modern equipped Gin with
grist mill in connection
OIL CITY
offers inducement
to anyone to go in-
to any line of bus-
iness here as ad-
vertised in anoth-
er column of this
paper
OIL CITY
Has good agricultural and hor-
ticural lands adjacent to the
town an abundance of good
water near the surface plenty
of wood-oil and gas a beauti-
ful and healthful location on
survey of two railroad lines
climate mild and a good class
of people both in town and the
surrounding country
Come and investi-
gate and invest
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Ringo, C. T. The Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1911, newspaper, November 23, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1917466/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.