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TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 5, 1906.
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Child of a Former Creek Slave in Oklahoma
v Strikes Oil on Her Land Allotment.
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HOM Er or ISABEL LEWIS-
THE boundary lines which separate
the lands of the Creek, Cherokee
and Osage Indians converge to a
point In the north central part of trie
new state of plkahoma. A few miles
south of this point, in the Creek Na
tion, lives a ltctle negro girl named
Isabel Lewis, the daughter of a negro
who was formerly a Creek slave. This
little girl owns 80 acres of land, part
of her allotment, in the new "Glenn
Pool" oil district, which Is giving her
an income such as only millionaires
can have. There are three oil wells on
her land, each of which is producing
1000 barrels of oil per day, and each
of which is capable of having its daily
capacity doubled.
It Is the announced Intention of the
company that has leased her land to
put down seven more wells. If they
each produce as much as those already
drilled, and there is no reason to doubt
it, her royalty of one-eighth, of the en
tire amount produced, at 62 cents per
barrel, the present market price of oil,
will give her a daily income of $650,
or an annual Income of $237,000. At 5
per cent that amount would be the in
terest on a capital of nearly $5,000,000.
Under the lease 'which Isabel Lewis
has granted to the operators who have
leased her land, and which vas ap
proved by the Secretary of the In
terior, the oil which is her dally share
is turned into the pipe line of the
Standard Oil Company, and the money
it represents is at once placed to her
credit.
When one considers the vast amount
of money whlca will be absolutely un
der the control of this little negro girl
to invest or spend as she pleases when
he becomes of legal age, it would be
a queer freak if this despised member
of a despised race should take it In
her head to buy or build a great man
sion on Fifth avenue. New York,
among the homes of the exclusive
rich. Herself a negro, and her father
an ex-slave, who could prevent her
from taking the place her wealth en
titled her to take, or who could say
that her descendants which by her
money she had been able to dilute with
white, would not be able in future
generations to arrogate to themselves
the right to belong la the exclusive set..
and look down on what is known as
"the common people"?
, And There Are Others.
Josephine Morrison, another little
negro girl 12 years of age, the daugh
ter of a Creek freedman, has an allot
ment of 160 acres in the oil-producing
district, surrounded on all sides by
flowing wells. The Morrison girl has
her tract leased on a royalty of one
eighth of all oil produced. The lessees
of this .tract intend to drill at least 20
wells as fast as the oil can be taken
care of by the Standard Oil people.
: The father of the Morrison, as well
as the father of the Lewis girl, h:;
been appointed guardian of his daugh
ter. Their guardianship, however, is
only nominal, for the reason, that every
act of the guardians must be approved
by Secretary Hitchcock. This scrutiny
of accounts, particularly in the ex--penditure
of money, by the United
States Secretary of the Interior, can
not help but result in maJsing both the
Morrison and Lewis girls very wealthy
women when they arrive at legal age.
In a gold field where graina of gold
are released from crumbling stone their
weight gradually forces them to the low
est level In the valley below, which gen
erally is the bed of a mountain stream
of water. From that place gravity car
ries them along until they find a final
resting place in a hole from which they
cannot move. "When some fortunate pros
pecting miner finds one of these pockets,
be It in the bed of an ancient or living
creek, he does not rush away and tell
others of his find. Neither does he at
tempt to form a stock company and sell
shares of stock. Instead of so doing, he
guards his secret with jealous care while
he robs Nature's storehouse as quickly as
possible.
Not Advertising the Find.
Like the miner who has found a pocket
of gold, the lessees of the oil land in the
"Glenn Pool" district evintly know
when they have a good thing and want
to retain it all to themselves. There is
hardly a man living in the towns im
mediately surrounding "Glenn Pool" that
has any knowledge of it at all. Even the
local newspapers have not found It out,
or if they have, have made no mention
of the extent and value of the field,
which is certainly not characteristic of
the newsflnders ol a country newspaper.
who consider the most trifling incident an
important piece of news of the day.
Newspaper men are certainly not want
ed. All sorts of obstacles are placed In
their way and every effort is made to
prevent them from obtaining an idea of
the district. Owners will tell you that the
production of the pool Is overstated and
that it is not worth mentioning. Besides,
It would be very difficult to reach the
district, because the roads are almost Im
passable. This last statement the writer
can testify is about the only one that an
be depended upon to be true. The awful
ride of 35 miles to and from the oil dis
trict will always be painfully remembered
by at least one newspaper man.
The oil district known as the '"Glenn
Pool" is without doubt the greatest find
of high-grade oil ever discovered in In
dian Territory, and one of the best in
the world. The first well in the district
was put down by two prospectors, who
at the time they struck oil, which was
near the . end of last November, were at
that time seriously contemplating a pros
pect of walking out of town without car
rying any provision except that which
had been stored during their last meaL
Only a .Beginning.
There have been 47 wells drilled In the
district. Two of these are gas producers;
three' are dry and 42 are producing from
500 to 1500 barrels of high-grade oil per
day. This too with the wells drilled only
to the top of the principal oil sand, which
the first drilling showed to be about 100
feet thick. Of the 42 wells producing,
over 30 have been drilled in the last three
or four weeks, and all with the exception
of one or two in the last two or three
months.
The drill of one well, which had reached
the subterranean lake of oil the night
before I arrived, must have spouted up
to a great height before it could be con
trolled, for the ground, acres in extent,
surrounding the derrick was thoroughly
saturated with oil,' while every hole in
the ground was filled, and every leaf and
weed was dripping with the fluid the sale
and control of which hu.s created the
richest man in the world.
The Standard Oil Company has a pipe
line of small capacity already extended!
to the field, but this line is utterly un
able to carry off the daily production.
In consequence of which the producers
are building tankage as fast as labor and
lumber can be prooured to build them.
The Standard Is now building into the
field a pipe line with, a -capacity greater
than ever before laid down to a new dis
trict. This is being done while the indi
vidual producers seem to be belittling
the volume of- their production.
The land in and around "Glenn Pool"
is owned by Creek Indians and their for
mer slaves who could not lease the land
until It had been approved by the Secre
tary of the Interior. That such leases
have since been obtained and approved by
the Secretary since the discovery of oil is
evidenced by the activity pt the operators
in the field within the last few weeks..
The Fortunate Glenn Faxnily
The most fortunate of all the owners of
land in this oil district are Mrs. R. J
Glenn and her daughters . Gracie and
Maud, each of whom has 160 acres in
the very heart of the district. Oil was
first discovered on Mrs. Glenn's tract. It
contains today several flowing wells
which produce an amount of oil suffi
cient at present oil prices to give her a
dally income of $286, or an annual income
of over' $100,000. Her Income, enormous
as it is, will, of course, be rapidly In
creased as well3 are drilled on her land.
There is not a shadow of dfiubt that the
allotments of her two daughters are
ehually as rich as her own, and that the
annual income of the three, inside of a
year, will exceed half a million dollars.
Mrs. Glenn has one-eighth of Creek In
dian blood flowing through her veins, but
that amount entitled her to a share in
the dividend of the lands of the Creek
Nation. Another daughter in the family
named Elma has an allotment a little
outside the oil districts, which is contest
ed. There is also a baby a few weeks old.
Mrs. Glenn is not' only refined and cul
tivated, but a remarkably beitlful
woman as well. She would not consent
to have her photograph taken for publi
cation, nor would she consent to have
those of her daughters taken until it was
pointed out 4o her how much the public
would ,be interested in seeing the photo
graphs of girls who will become famous
because of their great wealth. Besides
everyone would be interested In noting
how beautiful are some of the children
of Indian blood living In the supposed
wilds of Indian Territory.
J. V. BERRY.
What. Is Required to Make a Keal Havana Cigar
Some Facts About Cuban Tobacco and American Method That Most Smokers Don't Know.
CALLING a cigar a Havana doesn't
make it eo. Some of the worst to
bacco in the world Is grown on the
Island of Cuba and made up In the United
States with wrappers from Sumatra.
These are called "Havana fillers.'" Some
times the manufacturers put on a Cuban
wrapper, and then It is called a "clear
Havana." Even if it is made right in
Havana, it may not be the real thing, for
while no tobacco can be imported into
Cuba, on account of the high tariff, there
must be several hundred little shops scat
tered around the city where refuse is
made into big black cigars. But roost of
these are smoked at home.
If an Imported Havana cigar Is asked
for, the customer will get the real thing.
The trade never juggles with that name.
A real Havana is made from the richest,
oiliest, most aromatic leaf grown In the
world. It comes from a single district of
Cuba, down in Plnar del Rio, called Vuelta
Abajo; and some of that leaf Is worth
more than its weight in Spanish silver.
Two thousand dollars a bale isn't at all a
fancy price tor the finest Vuelta Abajo,
and there are only about 90 pounds in a
bale. A good deal of the tobacco shipped
to this country is grown in Santa Clara
Province, and is a strong, dark leaf,
rather rank, fetching not more than 50
cents a pound.
Vuelta Abajo produces only half of the
whole Cuban tobacco crop, and of this
only about one-tenth comes from the
heart of the district. The heart of Vuelta
Abajo lies between two towns, San Juan
and San Luis; and is a district only five
miles wide and not more than 10 miles
long. But in that little area are some of
the richest tobacco lands in the world.
Very Small District.
These lands grow the rich, dark leaf,
full of essential oil, that goes into the best
Havanas. Soil chemists have never been
able to tell just why this tobacco grows
there and nowhere else, for tobacco is so
much more sensitive than any instruments
that there is no way of determining just
what factors go to the making of the
crop. Take soil from the best plantations
in Vuelta Abajo and carry it up to
Havana. Take along some of the water
of the country and some young tobacco
plants. They will grow beautifully In
Havana Province, but will be Havana to
bacconever Vuelta Abajo. Some of the
lands In Vuelta Abajo grow jorro leaf, as
the Cubans call it. -Looks Just like the
best leaf and cures beautifully. But when
it Is rolled Into a cigar and a match ap
plied, It will not burn. Chemists say this
is caused by an excess of iron In the soil.
Sometimes a sea fog comes down on the
tobacco lands and causes an excess of
chloride, with the same results.
Vuelta Abajo seldom gets far from Ha
vana in the form of leaf. Most of it is
controlled by the big Havana factories
and made up there. Fine Cuban tobacco
is like butter any rank odor spoils i. Its
flavor is in the essential oils that i 11 its
spongy texture. Vuelta Abajo Is the
finest leaf In the world simply because
it has more of this oil than any other to
bacco grown, with less fiber. The Turk
ish tobacco in cigarettes is vll fiber, with
very little oil, hence Its mildness. The
best Cuban leaf Is made up in Havana
because it would be ruined in our climate.
Cuba Is a natural humidor. Tobacco leaf
never dries up in its moist air, and so the
oils never evaporate. In the United
States the oils and resins that make aro
ma and flavor would be dried out in a day.
Then the tobacco Is ruined, for no amount
of moisture will bring it back. The best
cigars are made in Havana and shipped
here In humidors that keep them moist.
Sometimes they wrap them in tinfoil, cut
Just the shape of the cigar wrapper. This
not only keeps them moist and fresh In
any climate, but also keeps out an excess
of moisture.
What Names Mean.
- People often ask what the names of
Havana cigars mean, such as perfectos,
panetellas, lnvlnclbles, regalias and so
forth. These are just names for sizes and
shapes. There are hundreds of them.
Some of the cigars made down there are
a foot long, and cost $1500 a thousand laid
down in New York $1.50 apiece. The ci
garmakers are paid 10 cents apiece for
rolling them. Doiens of the best work
men in Havana are employed on special
sizes all the time and get $6 or $7 a day
for rolling only 25 cigars. True Havana
cigars are never made by artificial light,
because the eye is depended upon for per
fect shape and color. Our domestic to
bacco is separated and packed in about
six different colors, but down there they
recognize and pack nearly 100. Just look
into a bojc of choice Havanas sometime
and see ho wexqulsltely they match. The
Havana clgarmaker uses no- tools but his
hands,, and everything In the form of ar
tificial flavoring or coloring is prohibited
by the Cuban laws.
Color Does,. Not Denote Strength.
The greatest mistake in the world is to
select a cirgar by its color under, the im
pression that a light cigar is mild or a
dark one strong.- Into every cigar of a
certain brand goes a combination of leaf
known as the blend, and it is alike in all
of that brand, no matter what the color
of the wrapper. For strength or mildness
smoke brands not wrappers. Some brands
have been sold in this country for years,
and are mild and suited to American
taste. In Cuba, Spain and South America
they like strong black tobacco, so that if
you get hold of one of the brands made
for these countries it will be strong, even
if the wrapper is light. Always smoke
dark wrappers anyway, for the bouquet
of the cigar Is in the wrapper, and it
makes up such a small percentage of the
cigar that you want as much body as you
can get.
Even the heaviest black Cuban tobaccos
have no higher a percentage of nicotine
than some of our lightest domestic cl
garette leaf. Nicotine is not indicated by
blackness, for it is a colorless alkaloid.
When leaf is cut in the fields of Vuelta
Abajo it contains 6 to 8 per cent of nico
tine, but the fermentation by which it Is
cured reduces this to 2 per cent. The
more thoroughly tobacco is cured the
blacker it is, and the blacker it is the
less fiber it has, and the less fiber It has
the better it burns, and the better it
burns the less nicotine reaches the smok
er's lips. Heat volatilizes nicotine, and
It Is dissipated at the end of the cigar,
where it can do the least harm.
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The shadows shroud the hills with gray, and
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And ere the silent change of heaven's light
I feel the coming glory of the night.
Oh! for the sacred, sweet regpontttve gaze
Of eyes divine with strange and yearning
tears
To feel with, me the beauty of our days.
The glorious sadness of our mortal years,
The noble misery of the spirit's strife.
The joy and splendor of the body's life.
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