The colored American., 1902-01-18
CALIFORNIA OILC MAKEYOU
RICH-Ir is MAKING HUN
DRED5 OF MEN AND WOM-
EN- RICH EVERY DAY.
Fine Early Bird Catches the worm"
Los angeles Express. Nov. "A. 1900 }.

tLos ngeles Express, Nov, ~, 1900 j.
The personal fortunes of several persons more
or less we'll known have decreased as a result of
investing at the right time, few Of the many are
as follows:
w. b. Hardison STko ooo
Thomas Hughes soooo
edward Strausburg 700 600
Charlie: Toll Councilman sO.Oos
L: Mosher 10000
Lester Robinson [couny RecorderI &c. 600
Anderson Chanclor 1000 900
Edward Doheny 100 900
l. G. Parker Iooose
Robert Bulla zs ooo
And there hundreds Of others linen and
womenI in the United States whose fortunes are
estimated at million dollars and upwards. I hsss
fortunes are not the result of small savings from SAL
airy or otherswise in nine cases out often they
the result Of buying article when it for Sale
at low price and selling when the price had reach
ed hgure many times that which il originally
cost. This is the secret Of accommodating wealth.
ANY bVight, ambitious person with few dollars
start can get rich 1t is easy to buy and sell Buy
cheap and sell at the highest Trices. The man or
woman who economies on a small income can
never get rich as result OF such savings. Put
your spare funds to work for you. Make your
money earn wages. Plant few dollars in the oil
business and See 1t grow day and night. Not
many industries yield profits as q flowing oil we'll
II II IS worth say 81 barrel, and yields only
barrel some yield 900 barrels day. the income
is $Ioo Expert oil men receive good wages, so
we will estimate the pumper and his helper At g
each, making $40 daily expense, leaving clear
profit OF 500 a day. Oil wells produce day and
night. Sundays Also. therefore the profit for
JS@A VI I'D O6SS - SS<sOoO SuOuRH 10 pay
I2O Per Cent Dividends to Stock Hold
no matter whether you invest ten or a thousand
dollars the money would be divided according to
how much yon put in OF the original $500 600 cap
ital The stock could have sold at 60 cents 81
or SIoo a share. but the big profits would 60 to
the investor who had the foresight to buy at the
cheapest price.
National Oil Reporter. Oct. 10, 1oo1.I
Fuel oil will axe the pace of 81 per cent of all
the coal that is now used in the world. Ii means
yearly market for $500 600 600 worth Of fuel
oil in tn United States alone We desire the
bright, ambitious readers Of this paper TO be
among the hrst to secure of the first alIot-
ment of the shares of the FL CAPTAIN Oil Ccmpa
ny. capital stock S. 1000. fully paid and
non assesible. The first allotment of stock is
nov offered to those persons who apply at once
50 cents per share,
From among the persons. men women for
each State to purchase stock will be selected for
membership of the corporations Advisory Board
For these responsible positions the Corporation
desires the brightest persons possible. The oil
experts of the III Ca itan Oil ompany have after
considerable expense and careful work. succeeded
/ in securing go Of excellent ground in the
| in other districts Very few other large oil com
/ panies' except possibly the Standard Oil Compa-
ny, and none OF the small have lands in these
districts. In the hands of experienced and com
| petent men with wise business management the
oil industry is safer than any average business
| and profits greater, dividends of per cent a
J month are not unknown In oil the sto
| ries OF the riches poured forth by oil
/ wells often seem ridiculous when compared