The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-22
hat Is the Belief of Many People Now
at Beaumont.
VERIFYING WILL HUM THE COMING WEEK
nday Was Quiet i'm Comparison With Other DAYS.
But Much Business Was Transacted-New Well
Lies in a NorthwesterIy Direction

..,nont. Texas. April 2l.--For Beau
!, mis- was a quiet day. For any other
| II Twelve thousand population it would
been considered extremely lively.
4 ps.nmont has witnessed SO much cx-
mont and enthusiasm during the last
useks that day like this seemed
and restful. II is true that the
~ hcuse was crowded from verandah
mo clerks desk throughout the day
,a,e into the night, and 1t was also
notlccable that the men with maps Of
Eorson county in their hands were max
deals here and there every few min
1. but there was not that nervous ten
that has been SO conspicuous every
j dsy. Many people who are engineering
trades or organizing land and oil com
hes, have been under constant strain
many weeks past, and were forced to
h this one day of rest.
Ibis mornings trains brought in several
njred people, many Of them coming from
liant points in the North aud East. So
absence Of those who went to Houston
! some other point to spend quiet Sab
4 M was not noticed as far as numbers
concerned. II was merely the loss Of
khy weary, worn ont men who had gone
rough the storm and stress of the past
tek In an oil boom the like of which has
3phably never been equalled in this or
IL other country Men who pick up thou
snls Of dollars in few days and who
I've prospect Of bringing in" millions
4 hardly to be classcd as sane people. ir
/ action Of those seen in Beaumont re-
3ntly eau be taken as a guide. Some OF
Sem have constant smile on their faces
IA walk as II upon air, while others
7bettes pulled by some one behind the
lagc One man will pass by his best
Bead without speaking. while another
fll stop to handy words with a ncwShoy.
Intoxication Of 1t seems to loosen the
Bugles cf many aud they talk oil night
ti day; others become close-mouthet
bt refuse to be in any way communica-
|Thus far there have been very few losses
lade by those who are engaged IN the
Feat oil gamble. The game has given
farming especially to all who speculate d
land, and the only regret any man
tuld have thus far is that he sold out
n soon, II there has been any dcpreca-
lon In values anywhere In jefferson conn
i has not become known. The reports
tell NJ land sold at fabulous prices IL
Par Inc field. and at a hiG advance II at
|y oihG pot~t In the hpe OF what is
Folsth ts'rf an oil strata.
~
a. stated yesterday the discovery Of
lhs' will undoubtedly prove gusher at
point considerably beyond the present
owing wells. has caused a renewal or
bib In the general belief that the oil
|eM is a very extensive one. This new
lpl Ia northwest Of tho Realty ana Lucas
|fshers. and not northwest as was re
|onrd by The Post this morulng. It is
billy threefourths Of mite northwest Of
b wells thus far brought into existence.
Ind is In line with the Corsicana and
lNur Lake fields. II is located on n 1O.acre
Fat IN a corner Of the GLADYS city sub
lvlslon II this we'll becomes an assnr
q thing. and thcrc is now every indlca-
Eon that it will. the man who pald $50. 900
br an acre adjoining one Of the sushers
Eay not have anr advantage Of the one
Eho secured troct NJ some more distant
|dnt for fov hundred dol,ors