The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-07

You can realize something of the push
ing. driving search to be informed and
consider the rush of work on every hand.
where there are over 500 prospects" UNI
der way, at lola Humboldt, Chanute and
Thayer. and more than half as many in
Montgomery. Wilson and Chautauqua
counties. and the Indian Territory. The
undertaking is so vast. and precipitate at
present. that the Standard Oil Company.
with its ample means, extensive prepara-
tons and facilities all in use. is strained
day and night, to afford piping, transpor-
tation and storage, for this stretch Of one
hundred miles of wells in operation. while
the business is rapidly extending and in
creasing
As example of the rapid growth in
every direction, the increase of popula-
ton. in Montgomery county alone has
been eleven thousand. or forty-fve PEI
cent. in seven years; rising from about
twenty-four thousand in 1896. to over
thirty-tve thousand at present
1t is not alone remarkable oil and
gas producing region. but one apparent
ly, and real. as YOU try and prove it, that
is as rich and resourcefuI in soils. in lime
saudstoues and carbonate and phosphate
rocks water. healthy and pure in a few
feet underground and almost everywhere;
bright and sparkling. clear running
streams. groves. orchards forest: and
miles on miles Of isolated mounds,
stretching out like dwarfed mountain
ranges. whose beauty and close running
symmetry, please as they bewlder your
vision, in the maze of the smoky. soft IN
dian summer sky. besides Il has grains.
vegetables grasses. titled fields and ami
mails. fowls and the feathered rovers OF
TIL sky abundant. varied and useful. in
profusion and aggregate yield and COM
Fort far beyond anything found in our
more northern ATTITUDES Among pleasant
homes. mild climate. temperature and air.
that invites YOU 10 live outdoors. for
labor or enjoyment almost every day in
the year. it is 80 fun Of sunshine. 50
pleasing and generously distributed 20 ali.
rs 70 make st the ideal region for pro-
duction. occupation. content and peace On
the continent II has as coed or better
nominations Of their best features,
which are conceded good without con-
trcversy. of the wheat belt the corn
r+Lr. Or me 44E- aE4I mummy fha+~gs
of the big Wabash the Sa1gsmon. or
the big Muddy. of dear cd Mis-
souri,: and cotton. cane. and sugar beets.
IS eu-y. juicy and sweet As they grow
r. Louisiana Il Is not a Garden = Eden.
perhaps bat 'goodly land. where I've
hundred people ear be better I'D. clothed
and house on a square mile than they
can b. on The opt halnic sands 81 the Me
or the crockery hills Of Belgium: or or
the see fats Of the Netherlands ~ The
best countries = rural England
As ar evidence % rapid growth. mostly
gained in three years. the records 4 Oh
vro5uctIoE kept. n items. ~ Neodesha.
bz- the Standard Osi Company there are
over three hundred gas and Oh wells =
oue-atiou III MoatgoE@ry cosT1ty. The
Banks weI. near Bolton Is th~ mast "a
nous ard he largest producer 81 Ire
Kansas Teld. i was opened October =.
- II began Nith spostiag gaseous
nm q oil al the saornous rate q over
1.so barrels a day. II + ro~ ssctaea
sosn quietly 70 ! 1ow q three hundred
ana afty barrels. fully s-g.iv4ieas at this