Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-04-24

member. GEO. p. TRIES, Pres.
c. V. ALLISON, Sec'y.1
Custer County Citizens Interested in Oil
Fields OF Texas.
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From the Beaumont Daily
journal, Texas, we note that w.
$. Wescott is treasurer Of the
American Union Oil Company of
Texas and that his son John j.
is manager of the realty depart
ment OF the company and is Sec
rotary and treasurer Of the Geyscr
Oil Development company aud
that +. c. Gibbons of the firm of
Wescott q Gibbons is General
Manager of the Big Four Oil
Company. The Journal says:
Prominent among the Bourishing
oil corporations of to-day is the
American Union Oil and Refin-
ing company of Beaumont Texas.
It's holdings is 532 acres located
on Spindle Top Heights, ""Sour
Lake" and big Hill Districts"
and we especially commend the
wisdom shown by this company
in buying out right 800 acres
water front on Layton Bayou,
direct outlet 10 the Gulf of
Mexico and the sea ports of the
world. The capitalization Of
the company holdings is 81, $780,
900. In speaking of the officers of
the company the Journal further
says:
The names of its managers
with such property owned i'll fee
simple give occasion for our
remarks. The officers of the
company are: President, Major
J. l.. Bittenger consul general to
Montreal, Canada. Major Bit
tenger has been in public life
almost continuously since 1860,
having been appointed at that
time postmaster.of st. Joseph,
Mo-, by President Abe Lincoln,
whose friendship he enjoyed.
Without petition or suggestion
he has represented his district in
the Legislature of Missouri eight
terms and was appointed consul
general to Canada by President
Mckinley in 1896, which posit-
ion he now holds. He is man
of the most unquestsoned inter-
gritty; During all these years he
owned, edited and published the
st. Joseph Herald. Vice pEesi-
dent Mr.. w. l.. Marstou, of the
old jobbing firm known all over
the nation, of Felix & Marston,
established in Chicago in the
sixties; treasurer Hon. w. S.
Wescott, Nebraska. Mr.. Wes-
colt formerly lived in Wisconsin,
where he filled many positions of
trust and responsibility. He re-
presented his district two terms
in the lower house of the legis-
laturc of the state; also two terms
in the upper house. He removed
to Nebraska in SO, where he
bought large ranch and stocked
it with largr herd of short-horn
cattle pure bred Clysedale and
Kentucky bred trotting horses.
Secretary, John j. Wescott,
treasurer of Geyscr Oil and
Development company, aud on
account of his vast knowledge of
real estate in Texas was made
manager of the realty depart
ment of the Beaumont Trust
company of Beaumont, Texas.
NJ, f. Fowler, secretary Of
Premium Oil company and treas
urer of DrummerS' Oil company
and considered one of the best
posted oil miners in the south,
and Il. {. Gibbons, general
manager Of Big Four Oil comp
any and prominent in Beaumont
oil circles. The foregoing Off
GERS comprise the company's
directory. Their bankers are the
Beaumont National bank of
Beaumont, Texas to whom the
company refer by PERMISSION.
With the proven oil land owned
outright in quantity; banking
focilities: tanking, shipping and
refining site owned, such
company should have no trouble
Ell securing co operation to de-
velop such property. This COM
pany will be one of the strongest
in America.
..... Omaha, Neb., April T6, 1902,
Mr.. Willis Caldwell,
Brkken Bow, Nebraska,