The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-14

One of these produceSi 70 barrels a DAY.
If that isn't worthy proposition. then
don't know what l am talking about"
Another gentleman made similar state
ments but / snickered to myself as l
heard them say that the publishers Oil
company had a we'll that would flow IS
| barrels day and that the company had
| already SIX PRODUCING WELLS. Ali
these things sounded big to me. and I
went o bed that night with many funny
| pictures dangling before me.
! Morning came. and promptly at eight
o'clock Mr. Tucker drove to the front
Of the Axtell hotel and took me into
carriage We drove through the city
awhile and viewed the size and beauty
| of Cherryvale Again | said to my
self: "Cherryvale is the liveliest little
/ city / have seen for a long time" Then
| commenced oask about this and that
until, 1 know full well, that he thought
l wass surely looking for information
about every line of business. Upon fur
Their inquiry 1 learned that the Publish
ers OIL company has 720 acres of land
in one body about FIVE miles from Cherry
vale. As we drew near to the land 1
saw, To- to my astonishment several
large derricks and tanks. Again the
smell of oil entered my nostrile. And
not until / climbed up to the top of the
tank at the Snyder we'll No 2, did / be-
lleve that there was actually oil.-real,
true and pure GREASE-in that vicinity.
On top of the tank lay the conveying pipe
which was connected with the well and
out of this spurted the genuine article.
1t was "a sight | shall never forget and
one that was well worth my time, or
anyone else's, to see
From this phenomenon we drove to the
five wells in other parts Of the land.
We also viewed the sorage tanks which
were full of oil and a good grade of oil,
too
We'll Mr. Tucker" said /. honestly
| must admit that | am surprised. Peo-
PIE had talked TO me about your adver-
tsing and they have even gone SO far
o lead me to believe that your company
was a fraud l have heard about ten
different stories and no two of them
were similar. Again | have read of bo-
gus schemes to work the people and in
fact, | have been raised sort of a super
stitious character All these things made
me conclude that l had to see before
| L
seen. and now | am satisfied. I know
you have just what you say you have
and a great deal more l know that
when the Standard Oil company gets
its pipe line built from here to the re-
fineries at Kansas City that your land
will be worth a hundred times as much
as it is at present l saw SIX STRONG
WELLS. | saw the oil shoot from them
saw your tanks filled with oil And.
to sum it all up, / saw enough to con-
vince me that you have the richest
scope of land in the country
Then another thought came to me.
Mr.. Tucker you assuredly have to
handle a, great deal of money. What as
surance are you giving the people who
invest that their money is safe?' To this
he smiling said: Il will show you when
we return to the office" When we
reached the office he pointed to a large
framed document This was a $4,000
bond issued by the Fidelity Surety COM
pany, of Baltimore, Md So that was
sufficient to prove TO me that every cent
was backed up by this bond and that
nothing could possibly be lost From all
this l concluded that the Publishers Oil
company was a real company, that Tue
ker was a real business man, that invest
ments We're absolutely safe, and that the
company has the goods TO show and
the oil plentiful. l have some beautiful
pictures of the company's holdings that
will appear later Mr. Tucker is a per-
feet gentleman.
Your representative
OSCAR NJ WAGNER