THE OMAHA SUNbAV BfciK: MAY 5, laicl
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Adljoiims Our Humble Lease
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We Are Not Selling
Oil Stock
We Are Selling Oil Land
Do not allow any prejudice
you may have against oil stock
promotion schemes to affect your
judgment of our wonderful for
tune making plan.
ortion that tracts purchased bears to the
1 number of tracts of our High Island prop-
i Profits to be disbursed at the end of each 30,
CO or 90 days, depending on the amounts ac-
Our Expert Drilling Superintendent
Jf.t- Wfc have secured the services of Mr'E. D. Snyder as
drilling superintendent He has drilled , hundreds of big oil
wells throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, and
6ld Mexico. He drilled 38 big producers for the McMan Oil
Coin Healdton field, which company, while . starting with
very small capital, recently sold to the Magnolia Oil Co- for
$30000,000.00. His record with our company should equal or
Surpass "this.
Open Letter from Hon. Geo.D.Meiklejohn
Vic President of this company, former Lieutenant Governor and U. S.
'Congressman, State of Nebraska:
jo" My fiends:
'fl After a thorough investigation of the officers and property oi the
nJii t-..i r t infant a A in thin rnmnnnv. and accented the
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positibn of Vice President '
f have examined the title of the High island nowing, ana una me
company owns fee title to this tract of approximately 1,000 acres, and
a valuable lease in the heart of the Humble gusher oil field.
&:Z3 foal certain that we shall be successful in producing oil on our
HumftlaUease; and.I have every confidence of seeing our High Island
kroperty"developed into a remarkable gusher oil field.
I, JiFrom the investigation which I have made, and from my study of
fche government geological reports, I do not hesitate to recommend the
toroDQsillon of the company as a good, sound investment, with reasonable
-possibilities of great profits.
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X OU Jllay COW noOlUCU vtiou wtc BJivtmvuvo w v.. w...fMrf .....
ijexecjited with the utmost fidelity.
Yours sincerely,
GEO, D. MEIKLEJOHN.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HOUSTON.
' Capital, $2,000,000.00. Surplus, $500,000.00.
v . Houston, Texas.
March 20
1918.
"jjjThe Railway Commission,
State of Nebraska.
IGentlemen: ' , J . . , .
I: The' bearer, Mr. H. R. Ellwood, has been known to this bank for
fouite a number of years, having had an account with us, in addition to
this, handled a great many transactions for him.
!fc'"Mr.EUwood has demonstrated marked ability in handling transac-
oHS of abme magnitude, and as far as we can learn, to the satisfaction oi
Jhose. "whffln he represented, ile is energeuc ana spenas nu Desi eiions
make-ny undertaking he enters into a success. We have always
fotiri'd his representations to be true, and feel satisfied he will safeguard
ajiything3ntnisted to his care. '
1 Yours very truly, .
U - F. E. RUSSELL,
-j LUMBERMANS' NATIONAL BANK
Cashier.
of Houston, Texas.
March 13, 1918.
rTO7WH0M IT MAY CONCERN: t
r,'""-" riTLrt. 4Viaf liana trnwn Mr TT V VMvtrnnA fh Kooror
;of thi letter, several years, curing wnicn ume ne nas naa an account witn
thisrbankT' ! . . ...
suit of whatever he has in hand, we nave no nesiiancy in commending
him to -the consideration oi inose wnom ne may approacn.
- Very respectfully,
M. S. MURRAY,
v ' , .. Cashier.
iiifnTMiif TTTTV 1TT A P 4 MTV TftVPAWV
Capital . $300,000.00.
Union National Bank Bldg.
Houston, Texas, Mar. 13, 1918.
Railway Vommision of State of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Neb. 1
Gentlemen:
T iav known Mr. IT. R. Ellwood. President of the Gulf roast. Develnn-
liTnent Comnany. of Houston. Texas, and Mr. W. E. Laneley. Secretary
;and Treasurer of the Company, many years and am intimately acquainted
wrth MrJinwooa.
Thtfy.are gentlemen of fine business ability, and would engage in
no enterprise not entirely legitimate and feasible.
xours respectruiiy,
GEO. H. BREAKER.
Vice President.
If This S tote. V
MM -FOBTid
Our Proven Humble Lease Fully Protects Your Investment
Regardless of the outcome of drilling operations on our High Island property your
share of the profits from proven Humble lease should earn you big returns.
Oil on Our Humble Lease
A tst well has already been drilled here, with a showing which is estimated will make
at least 500 barrels per day when completed.
The wells in the vicinity of our lease have come in producing from 500 barrels to
10,000 barrels per day.
We have room for about 30 wells on this lease.
With only 2,000 barrels daily production from this lease, the company should be
able to pay each tract purchaser approximately 600 annually.
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One-Half
of Profit
from this
Proven
Lease
to be
Divided
Among
Buyers
of
our
High Island
-acre
Tracts.
west
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GULF COAST DVLOPrtNT CO.
Beacon Border Sat ffogtrJ
flaftvfectvrrrf Oil Co
" - Poyes
Gotf Product to C0
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fitroflHt Oil Ca!
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Some of
the Most
Wonderful
Well
s in
the' Humble
Field Have
Been
Brought
in Surround
ing Our ,
. Lease.
Proven Laata Black Dot Are
Thii It a Sectional Map of Famous Humble Oil Fields, Showing Location of Our
Wells Where Oil Has Been found.
YOU ARE NOT RISKING A FORTUNE
Please bear in mind that when you invest $30 for a quarter acre tract, you are not
risking a great amount, but are investing where we are reasonably certain of making
you big profits and with the best prospects in the world of making a fortune for you.
Our profits are made from 50 of oil we produce, and in order for us to make money,
we must make money for you. , . t
YOU PROFIT
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From the value of your tracts when we prove High Island to be a great oil field.
From one-tenth of oil produced from, your tracts. , .
From proportionate share of profits from all wells drilled on High Island property
end Humble lease.
YOU HAVE THE FACTS
Write, wire or phone for reservation. We will gladly furnish aify further informa
tion desired. Free Bulletin mailed upon request.
Liberty bonds accepted same as cash. Payments may be arranged.
" FILL OUT AND MAIL THIS COUPON AT ONCE T
I hereby subscribe for, , . .quarter acre tracts of your High Island property, and I hand
you herewith $ in payment for same. ' .
It is understood I am to receive good and sufficient Warranty Deed covering tracts purchased.
Also Profit Sharing Certificate entitling me to share proportionately in 50 of net profits
from the well the company guarantees to drill on the High Island property and well guaranteed
to be drilled on the Humble lease and in all other wells which may be drilled by the company.
If the company's experts select my tract or tractsupon which to drill, I am to receive roy
alty of one-tenth of all oil or gas produced and saved therefrom.
Signed v,
Street, Box or R. F. D. No.
City or Town . ... .'.....
County State
Eighteen-Y car-Old
Beatrice Boy Made
A Sergeant in France
Beatrice, Neb, May 4. (Special.)
Herbert Schaefer, a Beatrice boy
who enlisted in the radio service of
the army ix days after war was
declared on Germany, writes home
that he Is in the thick of the batUe
in France. While not yet 18 years
of age, he has been made a sergeant.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Schaefer of this city.
VETERANS OF TWO
WARS TO GATHER
AT ENCAMPMENT
Seward, Neb., May 4. (Special)
Arrangements are being made for the
42d annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, department of
Nebraska, and the 11th annual en
campment of the Nebraska United
Spanish Wa.m Veterans, which will be
held here jointly May 14, IS and 16.
Elaborate programs have been ar-4
ranged for each day. Among the
speakers will be Governor Keith
Neville, H. V. Hoagland of Lincoln,
W. V. Allen. Madison; Wilson E. Ma
jors, department commander; Col. I".
A. Grant, United States army,
Omaha, and C IL Sloan, congressman
from the Fourth district.
Patriotic exercises will take a
prominent part in the programs of the
three-day encampment and a silk flag
is to be given to the public schools of
the city by the Woman's Relief corps,
and an oil painting of Abraham Lin
coln. Camp fires' will be held nightly, at
which the veterans of both wars will
give reminiscences and listen to
music, song and story.
The veterans will be taken in auto
mobiles on a sightseeing tour of the
city and a bg parade will be held on
Wednesday, May IS, in which several
bands will participate.
Former Lyons Citizen
Tells Townsmen of Japan
. Lyons, Neb., May 4. (Special.)
A. W. Everett, a pioneer citizen of
this place, who has been in Japan for
the last five years, gave a lecture at
the Methodist church last night on the
life, customs, etc., of the Japanese
people.
He said the parents did the match
making over there and the boys and
girls had very little to do in choosing
their life partner.
Flag Raising Follows
Program at Ogallala
Ogallala, Neb., May 4. (Special).
The Funston band gave a concert
at the park Thursday afternoon. Frl
day a flag raising ceremony took place
at Central avenue and First streets,
following a program of speaking,
music and marching by the home
guards and the school children.
West Point Brevities.
West Point, Neb., May 4. (Spe-1
cial.) Marriage licenses have been
issued during the week to the follow
ing: John Larsen and Miss Helen
Heppner; Eric Theodore Young and
Miss Mabel E. Weborg, and to Al
bert Meyer and Miss Frieda Abend-
roth, all of" this County.
James, the 12 year old son of James
Mortenson, was seized with a sudden
attack of appendicitis and was taken
immediately to an Omaha hospital
and operated on. He will recover.
The grand total of thrift stamps
sold to date to the children of the
West Point public schools has climbed
to the sum of $4,3?0.
The death is announced of Sergeant
Aaron Wegner, son of Rev. and Mrs.
E. Wegner, formerly of this city.
Sergeant Wegner was accidentally
killed at an eastern training camp
and the body taken to Loveland, Colo,
the present home of his parents, for
interment. j
Jesse Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lars P. Jensen, of West Point, has
enlisted in the naval service and will
leave Saturday for his new assign
ment. The home guards of Beemer have
raised a flag on' the main street of
that village. Proper exercises were
held and the occasion was made sig
nificant by a great patriotic expres
sion of feeling on the part of the resi
dents. G. M. Foster of Lincoln de
livered a stirring address.
Council Grants Light Raise.
York. Neb.. May 4. (Special.) At
its regular meeting the city council
granted the petition oi the York Pub
lic service corporation to raise its
present rates 20 per cent for the
months of April and May, and 10 per
cent on gas for thejnonth of May.
I The water company also asks for a
20 per cent raise for the balance of
the year.
HYMENEAL.
Dresden-Bellows.
York, Neb., May 4. (Special.)
iohn Dresden of Omaha and Miss
.orena A. Bellows were married here.
They left for Denver for a wedding
trip and will make their home in
Omaha.'
Young-Engberg.
Charles E. Young of Omaha and
Miss Lillie Engberg of Genoa, Neb.,
were married by Rev. Charles W.
Savidge Saturday afternoon. They
were attended by Mrs. R. L. Young
of Omaha.
RED GROSS IIO&S
BRING $188,392
IN SOUTH OMAHA
Carloads Are Contributed by
Nebraska and Iowa Farmers
Since Movement Begun
February 21. j
Hogs contributed to the Red Cross
war fund by Nebraska farmers have
been sold in South Omaha for a to
tal of $188,392. t
The idea of giving hogs to help
win the war originated at Genoa,
where the first load was gathered Feb
ruary 21, sent to Omaha and sold for ;
$2,566. Since then carloads of hogs
have been gathered in 66 townssent
to market and sold and the proceeds
turned over to the Red Cross.
The Omaha Live Stock exchange
has authorized commission firms to
dispose of all live stock consigned
for the benefit of the Red Cross with
out charge for services.
Every town in Burt county has
sent a car of hogs collected from.
farmers nearby. . ! . ' )
Following is the list of towns with
date of shipments and the amount
realized: .'
" Hoes Contributed.
0no February 11
Tfkmh March I
Wlnr March 1
Bancroft March IS ,
Fullarton March. I6.
Bancroft Mnrrh IS 3,481
Oakland March 0 7.305
Howell. March SI 2.S46
Cratr March JJ.,.., 2.65a
Kannard March IS i.tiO
Platta County March JO 2.SHS
Llndaay March SO.... S.SSS
Dacatur April 1 ..f 6.13S
render April 1 , , t.iit
oi. aawara April 1.. i.SCT
Amelmo April S I... ....... 1,137
Lindsay April S Sri
Bayard. la. April S S.T7I
Wahlnton April t.. 457
Clarka April , j,64t
Hartlngton April 10... 3,li
Kllnf City April 11.. 3.0S3
Hampton April 11 j,o
Aurora April 11 2.4.1S
Washington April 18 sax
Rosalie April 1 , 4,sf
Wlnalda April la . 2.581
Copenhagen April It S.22S
I.elfth April 14 (.80S
Knola April 1J 4 1,360
MaJlion April it i g,502
Soma From lom.
I'aniion, la. April IT ............
Woodblna, la. April IT..,
Arcadia, la. April II
Hpaldinr April IS........
Tlldan April II.....
Battla Creek April II
Albion April II
McClelland, la. April II.,..;
Beemer April SO
Marquette April JO
Olltner Arrtl 20
Wwton, I. April 24
Dunlap, la. April 24..,,.......,.,.
Hooper April 24 J...
Elfin April 14... 2.T2I
Cedar Rapid April 25 2.062
Schuyler April 26. i,m
Ol'tner April 21.. 162
Mynard April 2J 7S
Columbua April ST 2,146
Overton April 27 , 1 2,411
Herman April 30........ 6.84S
2.S0I
6.642 '
3.626
2.701
3,004
1.480
2.414
i.m j
4,270
6,326
2.374
1,421
1.I6
S.I7S
2.735
1,10
2.172
2,041
2.6HI
Loup City April SO...
Eluln May 1
Bradlah May 1....
Richard May 1 ,
Lyons May 1
Greeley May I ..,........,
Cedar Raplda May S..., ......,...!
Borlbner May t
Central City May ....
Borlbner May 4
Total..
2,212
2,699
1.781.
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2,76
1.21V
. 2.22S
. 1.474
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Dr. Lm W. Edward, 24th
nd Farnam, wiahaa to call thai
public's attention to th Chiro
practic talk of Page 7-B.
"Complete Satisfaction"
Balmwort Kidney Tablets
Mrs. I. Godard, 204 Cooper
St., Atlanta, Ga., writes: "I
have used your Sulpherb Tab
lets (for liver and blood) and
Balmwort Tablets with com
plete satisfaction. In fact, I
thought I had a Paralytic
stroke In December. In Janu
ary I got a tube of the Balm
wort Kidney Tablets and in one
week's time I seemed to be
alright again, and have had no
return of symptoms, etc."
Never neglect symptoms of
Kidney and Bladder Trouble if
you would avoid dangers. Sold
by all druggists.
, Oage County News Notes. ,
Beatrice, Neb., May 4. (Special.)
Alpha Graf, a well known farmer and
stock raiser, living northeast of
Beatrice, was married Wednesday at
Chicago to Miss Lillian Hazemarfn.
The bride and groom returned last -
evening and will make their home on
the Graf farm northeast of the city.
I. H. Tohnson.Nyesterday, purchased
the 80-acre farm of C. A. Hoffman .
for $15,500. The farm is located in'
the vicinity of Cortland. i
Ted Kennedy of this city was fined 1
$29.80 yesterday by Judge Ellis for
exceeding the speed limit and abusing
an officer.
Announcement was received here ,
yesterday of the death of Dr, F. L
Lewis, formerly a practicing physi-,
cian of this city, which occurred w4iile j
he was en route to his home at Cin- i
cinnati from a trip through the south. ;
Mr. Lewis was 70 years of age and t 1
leaves a widow.
Coach Long of the Beatrice High
school will leave for Sioux City, la.,
when school closes for the purpose of,
joining "Ducky" Holmes' ball club at ..
a pitcher.
The 3-year-old son of K. P. Wiebe, ,
living near DeWitt, was caught in a
manure spreader yesterday, sustaining '
a broken knee and severe laceration
about the legs. ,
ASK U. S. CONTROL
OF LAKES. SHIPS '!
TO STOP STRIKE '
Washington, My 4. Government ;
operation of all Grea( Lakes vessels
has been Siked by seamen' unions
in an effort to avert a strike which
union leaders today told the shipping
labor conference was inevitably other,
wise. , '
The seamen are ready to strike, the. :
leaders said, because of the refusal of s
the Lake Carriers' association to join
with the shipping board and the
union in the conference to consider ,
means of recruiting new men for the
merchant m trine and because of bit- ;
terness growing out of the alleged
repudiation by the association of an -r
agreement made with the union lasi
year.
Japanese Steamer Goes - :
Down; Crew Is Rescued ;
Tokio, May 4. The Nippon jf
Yusen Kaisha steamer, Colombo ?
Maru, the first vessel to sail on the J 1
new line between Japan and New ,
York, has been lost at sea near the ,
Omejima Islands not far from Nag-'
asaki. The rrew was rescued by a j
passing steamship. The loss of the 2
stesmer was due to fire which broke ;
but in its inflammable cargo of 3
matches and other combustible ma
terial. 3
American Muskrats Are
Making, War on German
Stockholm, May A. Muskrats;!
imported into Bohemia in 1905 from
America, have multiplied prodigiously
and spread into Saxony and Bavaria
in such numbers that the authorities j
have been moved to take steps to
duce their numbers. The muskrats
ar playing havoc with ' fihpotid,
dams, canals and locks.
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