THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; APRIL 20, 1919.
ANCIENT RAGE
"TRACES FOUND
IN WYOMING
-'Spanish Diggings" Mystery
Led to .Discovery of Humans
Who Lived Previous to
IllUldll I IIHCi.
mystery of the "Spanish Diggings?"
so called, the strange settlement of
. aborigines which existed ages ago
j and which are located three miles
' wes and eight miles south of this
; city. Some unknown race which an
( tedated the American" Indian, poSsi-
bly coming from Mexico or South
; America, and which occupied the
"Diggings'" long before the discov
( ery of America by Columbus in all
probability, was -apparently blotted
oiit of existence almost in the twink
ling of an eye by some strange cata
clysm of nature, and disappeared,
leaving behind evidences of their o
t cupation, which are of intense inter-
est to archaeologists.
' A few years ago researches were
inaugurated by C. W. Robinson of
Dloomington, 111., but these wete
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imerrupiea Dy tne war ana notning
of importance has been done in this
"direction since. This year, how
, ever, Mr. Robinson plans a more
' complete and tliorpugh investiga
tion and some interesting and val
uable information from a scientific
''and archaeological standpoint may
develop. Credit for discovering the
. "Spanish Diggings" belongs to A. A.
" Spaugh, now a banker of Manville,
. r mm l- ! i-
way across the country from the
: Laramie Plains to the head of Old
! Woman Creek, driving a herd of cat
tle to what is now known as the "O.
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vv . rancn.
Finds Weapons and Tools.
After crossinc the'mnutnins past
or l.aramie . peak and fording the
Platte river, the oartv missed sev
eral hordes, which strayed away
i during the night. In, searching for
the missing equities, Spaugh ran
across the quarries and rows of
tepee circles ana collected a number
ui specimens 01 ine jasper ana agate
weapons and tools which were
' strewn in profusion over the entire
- ni. . p . i ,
ery did not attract much attention
, at the tme, and as the years passed
and the country was hampered bv
lack of railway facilities and pass-
1. 1 .. . J .1 nr- II
h Bi'ie roaas, tne uiggings' re
mained comparatively unknown.
5 The? location, requiring a detour of
" 35 miles off the main highway be
tween Cheyenne and Yeljcwstone
park, was also a factor in keeping
these , antediluvian riches obscure
' and little known.
rl -1 .11 a. H -i r Waam I ii.i.h
' pehsation of scenery throughout
n iu jiaiii tuu lv in suul cdaici 11
Wyoming and tourists will be awed
by the striking views. The old
town of Hartville lies at the head
of Whalen canyon nd is an histor
. ic mining canip, having changed
but little in appearance in a half
century, The original Oregon trail
who ventured west in prairie
schooners in the early days, made
3 hat is now known as Cold Springs
( their , camping ground. To the
.'. southeast appears the wonderful
panoramic view of the North Platte
.', valley. For miles may be seen wide
, stretches of upland, both vailey and
:rags and peaks. The west is the
, renter of the white-capped Lara-
Tiie range, which stretches over a
distance of 100 miles, grim, gaunt,
rM T araniii npat InrHinff it nvpr
them all, liftng its giant head 11,000
. feet toward the sky. It makes a
never-failinsr landmark for the vis-
itor m this . strange and Jeautiiul
ii j j ,
, wonaeriana.
The "Spanish Diggmgs" remain
t unchanged from that moment cen
turies ago when Some fell visitation
apparently annihilated every living
being. The scene indicates that an
outburst of possibly carbondioxide
nc pvn-llprt nrpsnmah v from Iara-
mie peas, similar to mat 01 juouiu
Pelce in 1902, which snuffed out the
' lives of 30,000 almost in an instant,
was responsible for the extermina-
.. tion of the settlement. The" ground
' is rnvered with aerate and iasner
spalls and cores; also quartz of va
'. nous colors. The quarry pits range
in diameter from li to 40 teet, ana
wherever found are closely spacet,
the- refuse from one being thrown
irjto another.
-Graphite Wedges Exposed.
Excavations have been made to a
depth of 22 feet, but it is probable
that the ancient miiiers went much
further. The present time depres-
f sions are about eight feet in depth.
i Cranhite wedaes are to be seen, still
fast in the rock crevices, just as they
" ' were left by' the workmen when their
terrupted. Battered hammer stones
are' numerous, some grooved and
- nther unerooved. mostly of granite
"or greenstone and ranging in weight
, from three to 20 pounds.
The work shops, located close'
- to . the quarries, are also of(
c deep, interest. There were car-,
ried the selected blocks or no-i
dules as the case might be, of jasper
i agate, flint, chalcedony or quartzite
i to the aboriginal mechanic, seated
u no doubt, so as to handle the ma-
terial from the mines, from which he
- spalled off and roughed out his
i primitive utensils, tools, weapons
and other articles essential in the
stone age. As a workman is known
bv his chips, so today may be seen
the results oi tne laoors oi tne an-
V cient worker in all stages of manu
facture, and many varieties of crude,
flinty articles. They include colored
tcrapers for removing the flesh from
ikins; arrow and spear tips, hatchets
" ind knives and mortars in which
V maize may have been ctushed.
Many of the formations ire ex
- fremely puzzling, and it is difficult
C to conceive to what uses various
peculiar shaped formations were put
Polished Pebbles Found.
I Numerous highly polished pebbles
are to be picked up, carrying the
' high gloss of gem stones fresh from
a lap wheel and" in many shades
and colors. These could not be
produced by glacial abrasion, but
; were doubtless the product of the
ttone age workers polished by an
art Ion? since lost to man,
The tepee circles which exist by
the thousand, and which consist of
tones utilized in holding down tne
still lay in orderly rows just as they
did when the ancient city teemed
with life and activity. Bones and
everything else perishable, apparent
ly long since crumbeled into dust
and there is naught left but the
weather-proof stone, mute remind
ers of the race long since merged
with the shadowy past.
Cave Yet to be Explored.
Crystal cave yet to be explored,
and which is situated three miles
north of the "Diggings," is entered
from the summit of a lofty hill. Its
first discoverer was the buffalo. Tra
dition holds that in years gone by
when the buffalo roamed the west
ern plains by the myriads, that the
weight of a passing herd crushed in
the thin roof of the cave and that
many of the animals fell through
into the cave below. Bison bones are
still to be found there, adding
plausibility to the story.
Jack Slade, the famous outlaw and
raider, who posed as a government
station agent during the day's of the
Deadwood stage coach line, yet
who was privately the chief of a
band of desperate bandits, used the
cave as a hiding place for himself
and followers. A lofty tree was
cut down and after the branches
were trimmed, was hauled into the
hole and used as a ladder by which
entrance could be effected. Plunder
was cached in this retreat. The walls
of the cave are covered with quart
crystals. It is planned to explore
the cave during the coming year and
some interesting discoveries may re
ward the searching parties, perhaps
to determine that Wyoming has a
rival for Mammoth cave in Ken
tucky. Near the cave is a queer
mosaic figure in stones that has
never been explained but doubtless
had some significance for the anci
ents. This consists of a path of
stones about 65 feet in length and
five in width, the border being of
ten inches, while between were
smaller shapes. Another row at
the top gave the appearance of a
crude cross, indicating that the
stone age people had some concep
tion of religion.
Fossil Beds of Interest.
Of even greater interest than the
stone formations of the diggings
are the fossil beds to the north and
which are also to be the scene of ex
tensive explorations by archaeolo
gists this year. The Deadwood stage
barns, long since abandoned, are lo
cated near the fossil stratas. All
sorts of grotesque figures are to be
found here, weathered out of the
tertiary formations. The fossil
beds lie in a treeless, criss-crossed
canyon-cut basin about 25 miles in
width and which would only be en
tered by venturesome spirits willing
to risk their lives for the sake of
science. The fossil beds indicate
that in the ages gone by the country
was the bed of some vast ocean and
which later was hoisted by some
gigantic uplift of nature until it be
came one mile above sea level. Pre
historic fossils are to be found in
bewildering abundance and can be
carted away in wagon loads if de
sired. It is only a question of what one
wants and how to get it away. From
the chalk rock of the tertiary for
mation may be secured the rhinoc
erous, three-toed horse, the huge
brontosausus and other creatures,
many species of which have been
extinct for ages. There are in
numerable forms of reptiles, both of
land and ocean, and many forms of
fish' and quadrupeds. Great sea
turtles that doubtless weighed a ton
are numerous, and thorough search
of the ereat chalk beds may reveal
the animal that corresponds to the
traditional sea serpent. The ex
plorations of this vast area have
barely started. When commenced
upon an extensive scale and when
the searching parties are properly
equipped to tear apart the great
masses of rock which have kept in
preservation the animals and ocean
occupants which existed aeons ago,
the archaeological world may ibe
startled by the richness of the dis
coveries. Japan Takes Fifty Millions
U. S. Treasury Certificates
Washington, April 19. In an
nouncing today that the ninth bi
weekly offering of treasury certifi
cates of indebtedness in anticipa
tion of the Victory Liberty loan had
been oversubscribed by nearly 30
per cent,Secretary Glass disclosed
that a subscription of $50,000,000
by the Japanese government had
been reported from the New York
federal reserve district.
"The action of the Japanese gov
ernment," said a treasury statement,
"is very helpful in its effect upon in
ternational exchange and is greatly
appreciated by the treasury."
Secretary Glass said the total sub
scriptions to certificates aggregated
$646,024,500 on an offering of $500,
000,000. The total amount of cer
tificates now outstanding is ap
proximately $5,315,878,000.
New York Harbor Tieup
.Averted by Compromise
New York, April 19. The threat
ened tieup of .the port of New
York was averted today after the
marine workers, appealed to by
Mayor Hylan, agreed to return to
work on a 10-hour basis, and sub
mit the question of wages to arbitration.
U. S. MERCHANT
MARINE NEEDS
MANY OFFICERS
Men With Two Years' Sea
Service or Knowledge of En
gineering Eligible to Fed
eral Sea Courses.
San Francisco, April 19. More
merchant marine officers are need
ed today than during the war in
order properly to man the several
hundred new ships that will slide
down the ways and be placed in
commission during the next few
months. New classes are opening in
the United States Shipping board's
free navigation school here, and its
free school in marine engineering at
Berkeley, Cal., and the recruiting
service of the shipping board has
made an appeal to men to enter into
the work.
It is important that we anticipate
this need," said C. W. Saunders,
chief of section five of the shipping
board, with headquarters at 120
Market street, "and prepare to sup
ply the men, as the proper opera
tion of our merchant fleet is just as
necessary now, if not more so if we
look to the future of this nation's
welfare, of which the new merchant
marine is a vital part,' as it was
during the war when every ship
meant a battle won. , . 1
"'What the shipping board really
needs now are men who see in the
merchant service all its vast possi
bilities, and who join not only for
the fine purpose of helping this
country establish her prestige as a
maritime power, but because they
know by proper effort in this serv
ice they can gain for themselves a
profitable vocation. Each of these
hundreds of ships will need eight
licensed officers, four on deck and
four in the engine department."
Applicants with two years sea ser
vice and physically sound will be
admitted to the new navigation
class at once, after the approval of
their applications by the local in
spectors of steamboats. The aver
age length of the tburse, if attended
during the day is from four to six
weeks. '
" Qualified for Enginemen.
Men of a certain amount of me
chanical or engineering experience,
not necessarily at sea, are qualified
for the four weeks day course in ma
rine engineering,, subject to the ap
proval of their applications by the
steambcat inspectors.
Graduates requiring additional sea
service before being qualified for
their examination for license will
be sent out by the sea service bu
reau as reserve officers for eight
weeks at $90 a month. . '
Graduates of the navigation
school passing their examinations
before the steamboat inspectors will
be licensed as third mates and high
er, according to the amount of ex
perience they have had. Similarly
graduates in the marine engineering
branch passing the steamboat in
spectors will receive licenses as
third assistant engineers and higher.'
SEWING MACHINE
INVENTED JUST
100 YEARS AGO
Elias Howe, Who Manufactur
ed First Machine in Boston,
Made Two Million Dot
lars in Royalties. 1 .
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Washington, D. C. One of the
most interesting centenaries to be
celebrated this year will be that of
Elias Howe; inventor of the first
practical sewing-machine,-who was
borrr in the town of Spencer, Mass.,
in 1819. In 1837 he moved to a ma
chine shop in Cambridge, and soon
after to one in Boston, where he
conceived the sewing machine that
made his name famous. He experi
mented continuously for five years,
completing his first invention in
1845. . -
The epoch tof the sewing machine
began with Elias Howe, whose ma
chine was patented September 10,
1846. In this machine, the original
model of which is on display in the
National museum in this city, a
curved, eye-pointed needle was car
ried at the end of a pendent, vibra
ting lever which had a motion simu
lating that of a pickax in the hands
of a laborer. The needle took its
thread from a spool above the lever,
and the tension on the thread was
INCOME TAX
SERVICE
Corporations
Partnerships
Individuals
Owing to the extension of
time in which to file returns
and the formation of an ad
visory committee of Certi
fied Public Accountants and
former Revenue officials to
assist me I am now in a po
sition to handle a larger
clientage and will be
pleased to make additional
appointments.
CALL HARNEY 1192 OR
ADDRESS 524 BEE BLDG.
; HENRY B. ALLEN
Former Deputy Collector, Income
Tax Inspector end Revenue
Agent, U. S. Trees. Dept.
25 Millionaires Already Made in the
Wonderful Ranger, Texas Oil Field
$15,000 FOR EACH $100 IVESTED
NORWOOD WELL FLOWING 13,000 BARRELS DAILY
The great Ranger, Texas Oil Field has. already made twenty-five new millionaires and no one
knows how many more are now in the making. Never before in the entire history of our country
was such great wealth accumulated by so many people in so short a time. The big money is yet to be
made here. New millionaires are being added to the list almost weekly. This great field, the marvel
and wonder of the world, has barely been scratched.
The Fowler Farm Oil Company has just sold its 125 acres of lease to the Magnolia Petroleum
Company for $1,800,000, giving the shareholders $15,000.00 for each $100 invested in addition to the
moneys already received by the shareholders from oil Bold since the first well came in, July 26, 1918.
OUR THIRD WELL BETWEEN 5,000 AND 13,000 BARREL GUSHER
Our third well' will start immediately on the Sue lease located near the heart of this Wonderful
Oil Field. The Norwood gusher, reported now flowing 13,000 barrels of high-grade oil daily, is one
mile north of us; the Conpellee gusher, reported flowing' 8,000 barrels daily is less than one mile in
another direction the Harris gusher which is now drilling itself in .nd reported flowing 6,000 bar
rels is less than three-fourths of a mile in another direction from us. We are nestled among and almost
surrounded by the largest hifh-grade oil wells in the world. We are only 900 feet from Magnolia tank
farm and pipe line. One well on this lease, as good as either of these wells would be worth Millions.
YOU WANT QUICK ACTION 2 WELLS ALREADY DRILLLING
Our first well on our 100-acre Fritts lease is now down 2,825 feet. This well will soon come In.
It Is midway between the Tippett and Downing wells and right in line with the great Duke and
Knowle? gushers in Comanche Conntv. Texas. The Duke gusher came in reported making 2,500 bar
rels each and the Knowles gusher 3,500 barrels, wh'ch has just been drilled three feet deeper and is
rported now flowing 10,000 barrels of high-grade oil daily.
Our second well on our 168-acre Montgomery lease is now down 1,500 feet and going deeper night
and day. We also own four splendid 40-acre tracts in close proximity to this lease in Comanche
County, Texas We own 428 acres of leases in thh County.
We also own over 1,000 acres of well select -d "d sendidly located leases in Hamilton and
?T"01Wh rarities, Texas, which are increasing rapidly in value as development is getting closer to
these properties.
KNOWLES WELL IN COMANCHE COUNTY FLOWING 10,000 BARRELS DAILY
' Comanche County is rapidly coming to the fr.ont and already has several big gushers to her
credit. '
We picked that county for big production we were right. There is not a dry hole in the County.
We believed in Comanche County so strongly that the officers of our Company spent $75,000.00
of their own money in shipping engines, boilers, tools, pipes, casing and other equipment from our
Oklahoma Supply Yards BEFORE WE OFFERED A SINGLE SHARE OF STOCK FOR SALE.
We spent $5,000.00 IN FREIGHT BDLLS alone to get our equipment onto our Comanche County .
leases over 200 wagon loads. t
We didn't ask our stockholders to put up money to buy this equipment We went right at it
mud or no mud. That's the way we do things.
SEE WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE ! !
The largest and most successful Oil Comnanies in America have purchased leases immediately ad
joining and surrounding our two drilling wells around our 100-acre Fritts lease are the Humble Oil
& Refining Co., Texas Company, Sun, Gulf, Atlantic, Empire, Cosden, Prairie, Sinclair and Invader
Oil & Refining Co.
1 Around our 168-acre Montgomery lease are the Humble Oil & Refining Company, Texas. Com
pany, Ohio Cities Gas, South Penn., Sun, Cosden, Empire, Gulf, Atlantic and Invader Oil & Refin
ing Co. ' - ,
We also own four additional leases of 40 acres each close to the Montgomery lease and located
among the leases owned by these giant Oil Companies.
See what the big Companies THINK of our Fritts and Montgomery leases ! ! 1
We are now offering only $35,000 of our stock for sale out of our authorized capital of $250,
000. If either of our wells come in good, this will be sufficient. We reserve the right to advance the
price or withdraw it from the market entirely without notice. You can buy our stock today at par
value $1 per share. ' f
BANKERS AND OIL MEN ARE BUYING OUR STOCK WHY?
Because they know that Mr. A. M. Donnelly, ou President, has drilled or supervised the drilling
of over 4,000 wells in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and the eastern oil fields- -because they know that we
have been in the oil business for many years they know that we know how to get production and
how to take care of producing wells after we get them. They know we are reliable. Don't you for
get that. We are Producers not promoters.
Mr. Donnelly is also President of Invader Oil Company, which has over 40 producing wells and
has paid 28 cash dividends to its stockholders. Mr. O. A. Wood, our Vice President, drilled the dis
covery well in the famous Bixby field. Mr. Garrett Donnelly, who superintends all of our drilling, is
second vice president of our company. He's been supervising the drilling of oil wells for the last 15
years. , y
We GUARANTEE that you will be given a square deal that you will share in all the wells we
drill in all the properties we own in the properties that we hereafter buy in all the profit of
our Company.
If either of these wells come in big, the shareholders of the Tulsa Producing & Refining Com
pany will cash in strong and do it quickly.
You will feel pretty good some of these fine mornings when your scares jump to 5 or 10 for one.
We believe this is going to happen and happen soon too
Now is your chance to get in with successful oil men.
Tulsa Producing & Refining Company
711-715 Texas State Bank Bldg. "A TEXAS COMPANY" Fort Worth, Texas
References Bradstreet Commercial Agency. Fort Worth; Texas State Banfc, Fort Worth.
USE THIS COUPON
Tulsa Producing A Refining Company,
Texas State Bank Bldg., Fort Worth, Tezai.
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find my check for $....... . . .fn full payment for. .-.
shar.es of Tulsa Producing & Refining Company. Make certificate tor
Name...; Address
Minimum 10 shares. Par Value $1.00 per share.
produced by a spring brake whose
semi-circular end bore a spool, the
pressure being regulated by a verti
cal thumb screw. The work was
held bya row of pins projecting
from the edge of the thin metal "bas
ter plate," to which an intermittent
motion was civen by the teeth of
the pinion. Above and to one side
of the baster plate was the shuttle
race, through which the shuttle car
rying the second thread was driven
by two strikers, that were operated
by two arms and came on the hori
zontal main shaft.
Although this machine bears little
resemblance to the present day do
mestic or household sewing-machine,
it embodied several elements
that appear in a modified form in
practically all modern lockstitch ma
chines, namely, a needle with an eye
at the point, a shuttle adapted ' to
pass through the needle loop and an
automatic feed.
When Howe was granted his pat
ent he found it extremely difficult to
introduce his invention because of
the opposition of the workers to labor-saving
machinery. He vent to
England, hoping to introduce it
there, but met with no better success
than at home. When he returned to
America he found his invention had
been imitated by rivals and exten
sively introduced by parties who had
money to advertise and showing the
workings of the machine. After
years of litigation Howe succeeded,
with the aid of wealthy friends, in
establishing the priority of his in
vention. When his patents expired
in 1867 he had received in royalties
from the sale of his machines no less
than $2,000,000.
i Since Howe's day an average of
more than 500 applications for pat
ents relating to the sewing-machine
have been filed each year in the
United States patent office, of which
an average of about 400 have been
granted each year. They have dealt
chiefly with improvements to exist
ing machines. Of late yean most
attention has been devoted to the
development of the "factory ma
chine at the expense of the domes
tic or household sewing-machine,
rr , 1 t
i nis accounted ior . largeiv ay um
rapid advance in the '"women !
wear" trade, which has resulted in
annually increasing purchases of
ready-to-wear apparel where for
merly the garments were made in
the homes on the domestic machine.
Bad. AU Be AdvertiMd. ' .
Two fetloui oocknoye wr paaatng
a Dublin butcher' ihon the ether day
when, seine the owner etendlni at tt
door, they decided on taush at hie ex
pens.
"Welt, old hot," Mid one ot them
him. "according to your noUee on the
window .you have cute to eult all puree.
"An' aure so I have,'' replied the butch
er. "Well, then, what sort of a out oaa you
rive me tor an empty puree!" he waa
aikrd.
"A oowld ehouldher, of coarse," waa the
prompt anewer, and a certain tleara la
the butcher's eye promptly sent the funny
ones on tnelr way. Chlcaco News.
TEXAS
TEXAS-OKLA OIL ROYALTIES COMPANY
Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY AND WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.
Organized February 6, 1919. Capital, $200,000.00.
Paid 3 dividend Marclf, April and announced same for May from royalties in producing wells,
Burkburnett, Texas, fields. Less than $15,000 of the first $50,000 worth of stock is available at
par, $50 per share. Dividend earnings will justify an advance in price if it is decided to offer another
allotment. -
JOIN THESE BUSINESS MEN. ACT TODAY!
Texas-Okla Oil Royalties Company
JOHN J. GERLACH, President; President Gerlacn
Bank, Woodward, Okla.
WADE E. HAMPTON, Trustee; President American
National Bank, Wichita Falls, Texas.
W. L. ALEXANDER, Vice President; Ex-State Treas
urer Oklahoma City, Okla.
W. R. JARRETT, Secretary-Treasurer; Oklahoma
City, Okla., 225-27 American National Bldg.
DETACH AND MAIL TODAY.
Texas-Okla Oil Royalties Co., .
225-27 American Nat'l. Bank Bldg., '
Oklahoma City, Okla.
I would like to have more information
about the Texas-Okla Oil Royalties Company.
Please explain time payment plan. . '
' Name
Address
A Few - Facts From a Land
Saturated With Oil
A Little Knowledge Might Make You Wiser, Wealthier, and Al
together Much Happier ; Ponder and Consider Carefully.
YOU certainly can trust your own judgment. Anyone can i see through '
a Stone Wall if there is a hole in the wall. The wall we have built con- .
tains a big hole, and by looking throug it your line of Vision will extend over - .
a scope of country, rich in OIL and MINERAL.
MILLIONS have been made by those who have dared to invest a small
amount of money against a big proposition.
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The Texas Development Co.
Located in BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, are organizing for the de-'
velopment of 640 acres, divided into quarter, half or acre lots. To those
who realize ;what a real opportunity means, and are not too weak .hearted
to grasp the situation before the next advance takes place, the chance of,
perhaps, a lifetime is before you.
Our Holdings
We are three miles from DAMON MOUND, and four miles from the
Famous WEST COLUMBIA fields. WEST COLUMBIA and DAMON
MOUND Districts w at present writing leading all other fields in the
GULF COAST territory. !
The daily production for the week ending April 12th, was approxi
mately 39,095 bbls., at WEST COLUMBIA, DAMON MOUND came in for
the same period with approximately 12,500 bbls.. makin a combined show
ing, within only a few miles of our holdings of about 273.665 bbls. for the
week. DON'T THAT LOOK LIKE WE WERE IN A PRETTY GREASY
NEIGHBORHOOD. '
An aniicline ridge extends across our entire section, which means, in
the judgment of experts, a strong indication of a prolific OIL production,
only awaiting' development. . . , ' '.
We Are in No Wise a Stock Co.
There are no CHAIR WARMING lines of officers to absorb the profits
that may be produced from money you may invest. You own the lots or
acres you buy and we back up ownership with a Warrantee Deed as well
as a profit-sharing contract. By your contract you are entitled to 50 of
the net profits accruing from the production of the entire 640 acres owned
by the TEXAS DEVELOPMENT CO.,' on all OIL OR MINERALS. That is,
your share of the profits to be in proportion that the lot or lots "purchased
by you are to the totaf number of lots in this subdivision.
Kindly read the following from the OIL WEEKLY, under date of January 11th, 1919.
We are right in thla field.
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The Oil Weekly, January 11, 1919.
To Develop Sulphur Deposit.
' Following the filing of a charter by the Universal Sulphur
Products Co., at Austin this week, with a capiljal stock of $12,000,
000, it was announced at the Houston headquarters that imm&:
diate steps would be taken to develop the extensive sulphur de
posits at Damon Mound in Brazoria county. The stockholders
named in the corporation papers include E. P. Simms, H. T.
Staiti, John Hamman, W. S. Hardcastle and F. L. Phair.
The company announces that the organization has been per
fected in conjunction with strong Pittsburgh and New York bank
ing and mining interests with the purpose in view of developing
and operating sulphur deposits in South Texas. The first real
development will be at Damon Mound, where the company owna
7,000 acres of land rich in sulphur. It is understood the com
pany had interests at Big Hill in Jefferson county and at other
points in South Texas. '
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We have only to represent the facts to you, and they are cold, hard
and indisputable of the real conditions. Aside from our Off prospects, the
above clipping will give you some idea of our expectations in the mineral
production from our holdings.
For a quick disposal, to those who wish to join us in this development,
we have divided tracts into Quarters, Halves and Acres. , ,
Quarter Acres, $65.00. Halves, $125.00. Acres, $250.00. The small
investor's rights is as securely protected, as far as his holdings go, as the
ones who are able to invest thousands in the enterprise.
It should not be a question with you of how much you want, but how
much you are able to carry.
Will You Act at Once, or Wait for the Next Advance
Call, write or 'phone for further information to
Texas Develop
ment Company
Offices: Omaha, Neb.
210 Farnam Building.
G. E. Slaughter, Mgr.
Phone Douglaa 7781.
Thot. Fantt, Owner,
Le Mars, Iowa.
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