The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-21
r. LouIsIANs INTERESTED.
kyrus f. BlanISe Talks of Texas
Oil

Ott.
bus Globe Democrat.
n s.. Louislans are interested in
ew Texas oil fields. Cyrus f.
i who, besides having extensive
interests. is also president of the
II River, Rice Land and Irrigation
Sny, has just returned from trip
! companys lands, which are with
Ienty miles of the scene of the
! years it has been known that oil
q be found in that section" said
3auke last night, at his home, No.
lafayette avenue. IAN along the
boast there east of Galveston bay
S ooze1 out Of the sand on the
Sour Lake, where the first posi-
Eidence was found, has so much oil
waters that bubbles arise from IL,
match is applied to them they
Enite. A year ago while VIC we're
s we'll on our stock farm Oh
ind Of our company, near Stowell,
We found oil. We have not de-
d It, because we knew from the
&hit it was there. and we we.c
particularly interested in raising
knowing that the oil was sure
and could be tapped any time,
rice growing was experimental.
Pop .his season brought us $4,000,
\ growing is no longer an expert
about that oil. Tho people ir
fcne have gone wild. ! have been
Kansas City, Wichita ana Fo.
beoms, and haze been out West
mining excitement, but down in
II is3worse, Beaumont has sud
become a city. 1t always was Il
Own, owing Ito its lumber trade.
pT there is no telling where Il
'pp- The hotels and private
can not begin to accommodate the
rs who- are fiooking there. They
hlns away people on all sides for
room You can see the wells
right from the ear windows.
OIL is going to waste because
nt GET barrels and tanks enough.
oil strike Is a lucky thing for
own on my own account 1908
.wo sections. adjoining the hold
lo'oVo acres controlled by tho
River company, Of which am
h bought mat land for Slt.5o
,ne same price which the COM
aiu Tor is land. Up 10 a few
ego held my land at $50 an
y was worth that because You
out rice lands to tenants AZ
Y % s9o an acre rental a year.
eon ! know what / would take
Sver'ainly not less than SOB an
w can raise rice on top and
'nere. have $4,000 worth
~ Nne company. My brothers.
N ana r. il, Blanke. have s15.-
y 81 stock between them, ]. F.
Aas siz,UoO; August Prlesmeyer,
M man, mas $4,000; George Beck
y, and r. II, Pommer $4,000
vur capital stock is $500 900. wa
.ecently added $4,000 to II F.
:, IMAM, who two years ago was
= ~ Mncoln, Mo-. is our secretary
Son NE iand W, C. Moore. who
c powl there, Is our vice presl-
, Saarles Heitzeberg. of this city.
eS r,oa dealer. is treasurer.
e o',. to make great deal Of
bp ~ uiis boom, although we
p, On with the rice culture he
=, "i not Interfere with the weI's
:. some land dswn there selling
~ ~ acre and everything within
.o'ty miles, which is all con-
w rnh in oil, has advanced
we may do some boring som
lyss We DO We will take Care To-
tSa and all the needed herness
! s,, wei from getting beyond us
tos fay horses and mules on our
d ' Sr draft purposes, have built
Il 1o nn in stowell, the priroi-
y -. our lands. and have a pump-
mo-, ,0r Irrigation purposes that we
wa New Orleans at a COS. Of
l, "e are twenty miles due west 81
p rs and about twenty o m Me-