The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-28
ECHOES OF THE OIL FIELD.
A Plea For a Demonstration of Enter.
prise in Houston.
OLD SOLDIERS FORM AN OIL COMPANY
First Woman to Make a Rich Strike
Sharpers Getting in Their Work.
Oil Stocks Advancing.

The iron is hot and Houston should
Strlkc."
Ihus spoke w. A. NIaln, manager Of
the Bristol hotel, yesterday Houston is
great nut her greatness has neither been
aehlevcd by personal effort nor display
OF libcrality or enterprise. 1t has been
thrust upon her borne down upon the city
by the might OF It's own weight.
II TINS city was located In the North
on West and f,nsesscd Of similar environ
ments 1t would be a city OF 100000 people
loday. For nearly year it has been
known thai ou~exlsted in this. immediate
vicinity, If not under the very business
{horoughiares Of the city, but what has
netl done to develop this almost certain
btsouiceF simply nothing, Tho Pierce
junction aud Harrisburg Identities OTTER
inc opportunity, aud Houston should strike
now while the iron Is hot The minute oil
y iuuchGd N This county the well would
be worth S3,OOO.OOO and every inch Of
property in this city would enhance in
value from 20 to 10 per cent. a company
shonld be formed. Each individual should
FaN III proportion 10 the extent he would
ne benefited, and The prosecution of II
prospect Wen begun at once. Houston
SHOULD get Chicago move on her If
thcre ever was time our people should
discovery OF oil anywhere around US would
make Houston the great metropolis OF the
sunny southland.
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AFTER shutdown of several days oc-
ca"oned by broken drill, work was re.
stunned yesterday morning ON the well of
the Harris County Gas and oil company
AZ Pierce Junction, The bore is now In
pretty near GOO feet and is In worry hard
rock, making progress slow, The iudica.
tiohs are good and the company Is very
Enpeful of striking a gusher.
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me New York and Texas oil company.
recently organized and capitalized for 81
o"tWn, Will open It's stock books to the
public ON Monday morning The company
owns by lcnse and purchase about ao.ooo
IRE 81 ground scattered over Southeast
lVNhS' nnt Is building It's strongest hopes
on It's Galveston county possessions, wnere
of oil have existed for years
tH,F AVN three years ago a heavy coat
wen anu there are gas holes OF great pres
sure unWn ~ the same vicinity. The com
i|,nS Is nakng an effort to acquire prop.
u! IN montgomery county.
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Veterans Of the historic controversy be-
tween the North and the south have caught
tue oil craze and as result a company Will |
soon be organized ont OF the membership !
oil the Grand Army OF the Republic and |
tx Confcdcrates. 10 be known as .The |
~ soldiers OIL Company" While the hooks |
n, NJ me company win be open 10 the gen,
sstrIf5 ~ unie' u Is the intention 10 let old |
y sSln .iiaun Is proposed 10 interest old |
,VnierS IN all parts OF the country. Quite |
I, I'.le bunch OF land has been secured |
,n h nvg"l'a lions are pending for the ac-
lu'Fclhent or more,
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Mary somers, comedy spinster Of some
. summers, is the AIRS, woman / have
'oNrd OF making big stake In the Beau
noht oil Held" said Charles Deardon at the
Logan yesterday. ''Aiss Somers is a
'emohstrAtor for the Van Camp pork and
T yans peogIe ana q pretty smooth business
y uSl gay 20 visit the trnde and accidental.
oulNlhed an option To lease on ten acres
y u very promising oi land. think she
I, M heiorc SHE left for, Houston the next
Nehug she cleaned up exactly $3.50 on
ne transaction"
There is>>t line Of oil stocks In the
NY iA5<i Is going begging" said proml.
ieni Ial estate man yesterday. "The
week Just drawing TO a close has been
ne the most active since oil was dis
oNend and we are all looking for an UNI
,,geeedented volume OF business next week.
'neiauons IN Beaumont oil property re-
n!re 80, very much capital that fellow
.uh limited means Is forced into the stock
aeskst There has been = tremeudons In.
lNaSc ~ outside demands, aud. as WAS
ntimated in The Post this morning. Colo.
aut mining money Is pouring in. My ,
iall nus morning contained orders from
We niherent points In Colorado"
Ine excursion from Houston to Beau
iont this morning over the Southern Pa.
INC promises TO be record breaker. a.