The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-03
MEN WHO MAnE MONEY
Incidents Leading TO Fortunes in
Texas Oil Fields.
HARRIS COUNTY LOOKS GOOD TO EN-
Guffy G. GaIIy Have Leased Thousands
OF Acres OF Ground in Harris and
Adjoining Counties.


ut would he no trouble" said Charlie
Vars NJ the Logan last night. ito polnt out
numerous eases where fsr women have
driven men to distraction and ruin but
the records are not burdcued where the
charming thugs have pushed men to for
tune. There Is a sweet little girl MP "a
Mexico, Mo, however that is an eXctp
tlnn 10 the rule She first drove George
Miss n wan known 81 touis drummer
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10 distraction ana then 10 fortune. Hforge
was gay hoy: q real sporty fellow Made
ntrutv az ,,oncv hut n want li,,o vvotcr
rs
ana thlS was CHARACTERISTIC that MS
pleased the Mexico maiden TO such de-
prce tbnt sbe iiItnd Ceorge Kind nf on thc
No,ha,t,s, ,,.,,,at,,,, ,,,a, ~ nno sa,o
and make money FOR the next six months
and IN he yours George came 10 Texas
II, ron, In tonrh Win ,ho e,ri I'M, II wos
Nv Ncpi III Wuch win lh' s"i "ut II ""s
at long distance. When the oil business
oreucd In beaumont George was among
th pe'' FIRST IN the ec,a ! Gon.t know what
Tue uIs' III 'ue "c'u' uon huo" WIN
he did to get start, hut about month
ago he closed up shop down there with
s,nnoo h,,i, or,,rrt want h,ck 70 Mia,
the hand of the fair one. won out as ne
had in oil and last night received the
n''u -. w. "'' .as' n'su' $4,000 ~"
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Locks mighty good for Harris county.
| on experts have apparently been tramping
over every foot of available land In oil
/ Harris and gathering 1t safely into their
nets for Gufy q Gally. Their agents seem
TO he everywhere i'm the eastern part of
/ the state where there Is n symptom OF
oil and where posslblc claiming n lcase
| ON the land. But the incident most In
,SrVStlhg TO- houston pe"p'e IS lhH luJ i,
! land has leon corralled Inv tl,is shrewd and
| entrrnrisnr firm. The following leases
4 were Mod FOR record I'm tho comfy clcrk e
| offirc Yesterday.
! William n. Zones To Gu0y & Gallv. nNl
acres In thc town of Dccpwatcr fGr one.
! cirht az nil oil gns or otbcr minerals
II II crow ia envy g. Goliv ma ncros
| iorth of the GARRISON survey for an =,
| eighth of nil oil gas or other minerals
Ilugb Nrycr ia I;uTy & CnIIy 1rOo
ocrns rorth ns M yr,G.nu s,, rV'
! FOR ope.cighth Of ali iii and othcrs min
erals.
Jnbn q Tod IN Crfr, G Cnuv o5On or+es
ont of tho Vino IcogHc far ono ciphth az
al eli vas or Other minerals
| s H. West 10 C;unv & Golly. 1900 acres
all oil gas or other minerals found
John Farmer to Guny y Gally, G93 acres
ou ,u o,ns an o,hnr n;,ra,a,s :"
G. 4. Mckinney 60 t;uTy 4 Galv. GS4
oI al OIL gas or other minerals
ts an III "ihn that Mons hooouy
toou s"lu howard weir " WV ''u.''
ONO nj inc iiu'chins NoS'crnaF' my
wife had been In poor health for n number
of wears and | thought the mild white,
weather of New orleans might prove
beneficial to her. We came South, hul
she seemed TO grow worse. and on the ad
,,.a :, a No, o,,oops rbr.icio,, startcl
Inst January Soon after leaving tho Cr,s
cent city she was taken very III and whel
i nIn"I ho, ,',, en- traIr sbo ,yns .ict NJ
,hH G IT ,' hotel for i' number Of weeks
Int soon began to Improve and show sigus
Of returning health | decided to remain
there Tho oil boom came on and oi
course I couldn't resist the termination and
took a hand i'm tho spcculation / PLAYED
I'm luck from the start, and last week lei