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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
MAY OBTAIN PUBLIC MONEY.
Secretary of Treasury Opens the Way
to Small Banks.

Washington, July 1s.-The secretary
Of the treasury authorizes the follow
ing statement:
"A large number OF banks have
asked to be designated repositories Of
public money. To these the secretary
has made the universal offer to leave
with the bank one-third of the pro-
ceeds of any Panama bonds it may buy
under bid direct from the govern
ment. taking purchased bonds al par as
security therefor. These offers have
been. in the main. to small banks. He
now makes the offer general, but linn
its the amount of such deposits to any
one bank to $4,000 900.
The secretary calls attention to the
circular invitation for bids wherein the
government reserves the right to per
NIT bidders offering the highest prices
to increase Tie amount of their pur-
chases. This reservation. the secre-
tary says. was made to avoid the posi-
bility of a com bination between bid
ders and will not he exercised TO the
prejudice Of anyone who has bid above
103 II -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
What 100000 More Money
VIII Do.

In placing your money in any enterprise
that promises you great returns it must
be in a position to place that money
where it can earn the results. One hun
dred thousand dollars more cash expend-
ed by the Uncle Sam company will in
crease the Atchison refinery to where it
can refine G200 twelve hundred barrels
of crude oil every twenty-fOur hours
VIII build parafine plant at Atchison
that will handle the output after the gas
Oline and kerosene are manufactured and
turn it into a score of different by-pro-
ducts, all of which will command a big
price and will find a ready market. 1t
will also complete the Tulsa refinery, Tn
Gle Sam No. 8, to q, 200 twelve hundred
barrels per day. and build lubricating
works that will handle the output of the
plant and manufacture Ii into the differ
ent by-prOducts- It will also complete
the balance of seventy-fiVe more distrib-
uting stations. The output from these two
refineries built to the 200 barrel capacity,
and the parafine plant and lubricating
works, together with Cherryvale refinery.
Uncle Sam No. l. will be enormous and
should total sales cOnsidera bly, over $40
COO ten thousand dollars per day Now.
over S106.000 was paid in during the month
of June. Do you think for one minute
that the company will not raise the other
100000 and get 1t during the next few
weeks and a S far possible crowd this
great work to completion without delay -?
And don't you see that the company can
well afford to sell the balance of the stock
left at the low price offered here to YOU
in order to complete this great Work2 For
how long will il take to make il all back
thousand dollars per day or better2 Don t
wait until that time and even EXPECT 10
buy the stock at several times the present
price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

Wichita, himself one of the directors.
He has paid no attention to contract
ing for production. leaving that to be
attended to after the plant was COM
pleted.
The oil which viii be run this week
was purchased from one of the local
producers and shipped to the re-
fnery in tank cars. There were two
tanks-enough to make the first run
and show what the machinery will do
This is Chanute's first refinery, and
is the third one to begin work in
Neosho county The other two re-
fneries, the Great Western at Erie
and the ROllin refinery at Rollin, both
secure the greater part of the produc-
ton from the trans-Neosho field,
which is generally counted as a part
of the Chanute field, and they and the
newcomer offer an extensive market
for local production.
Work on the Chanute plant was not
commenced until late this spring, and
has been rushed. A large number Of
tanks have been built and others are
in course of construction. Iron tanks
are being used exclusively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

O00) additional acres of oil and gas rights
on which are already developed nearly 100
oil and gas wells. i've pumping plants 3nu
sufficient storage tanks. About nifty loOl
and thirty-five C35) miles of main trunk
pipe line, and i've pumping stations, over
seventy per cent completed, all OF Whlcn
is paid for excepting nine monthly pay
pipe lines, which saving IN 1relgnl,
will more than pay double. Nineteen
main distributing stations IN that many
principal trade centers in Kansas, MIS-
souri, and Oklahoma Thousands OF par
rels OF oil and its by-prOductS IN storage
Four completed drilling rigs operating day
and night, which any day may strike
the main pool on Lot 43 in which event
this stock would go to several times $l-OO
per share. Fourteen tank cars with nine
ons delivering oil to the rapidly growing
trade. Besides all the above mentioned
properties there is close to seventy thou-
sand dollars 1000 subscribed on gilt
edge contract stock already allotted from
the treasury, besides there is about eight
(S) per cent of the stock still unsold which
will be placed at 20 cents per share or
better. Even at 20 cents with contract
stock that is being paid on every day will
give the company close TO one-Quarter OF
a million dollars yet to complete the work
while less than one-half of that viii place
the company as before stated where its
sales should be $4,000 ten thousand dol
lars per day or better. Nearly one hun
dred men are employed in all the differ
ent departments of the company. Every
man knows his work and the company
compelled to meet the demands of the
rapidly growing trade and to be where
river traffic business will center and
where close touch with Omaha, Des
Moines. Chicago and st. Louis can be
maintained have located.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
new REFINERY.
Chanute's Plant Makes Its
Initial Run Today.
Equipped for Handling 500 Bar
reIs of Crude Oil Daily.
THIRD IN NEOSHO co.
Members Of the Board viii Be
Present at Opening.
Town Will Also Turn Out and
Kill the Fatted Calf.
THIRD IN NEOSHO co.

Chanute. Kas.. July 1s.-Chanute's
new refinery has fired up for the first
time. and VIII make its initial run
today The members of the board Of
directors of the Kansas OIL Refnine
company, which built the plant viii
be here to attend the opening and ali
Chanute people who would like to see
the ceremony are also expected to
attend
The refinery is located on the
Beatty land about a mile and a hair
south u Main street The comnar,-
has built quite a complete plant tfsrs
equipped for handling 500 barrels Of
crude oil day. 1t has filed All the
terms of its contract With the COM
mercial club. which Induced If to
come here through Offering it a free
site and other Inducements and the
club has turned over to it deed to
the land on which the plant is To-
Gated.
Most of the directors live in Wichita
and Emporia- Their trip here will be
an important one. because they will
make arrangements for the buying of
crude oil something that has NOT
be done as yet The work of con
Etru,ting the refinery has been under
the supervision of Ira Elliott of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Another Dividend Will Be Declared
This Stock December 20, 1906

Illinois. where the Uncle Sam Pure Anti
Trust Oil Wagons" will soon patrol the
country. The company has stockholders
thicker than Democrats in Arkansas.
These stockholders will WELD an influence
and power that money can not buy
and are an Invaluable asset back Of the
Uncle Sam stock At every bend of the
road you will find impregnable bulwarks
being completed to support and protect
this great company which spells greater
success and certain returns and increased
value for every share of the stock you
may be able to secure in this antitrust
organization and there is not a single
sane reason why the company keeping
pace with it's past rapid progress cannot
build up to a capacity of eighteen thou
sand barrels per day and every bar
rel of this oil can be marketed in the
Missouri Valley states where the public
almost to man despises the un-Anaeri-
can methods of the anarchist oil trust and
viii rally to Independent oil at the first
opportunity just as they are doing where
Uncle Sam oil has been placed on the
market.
i, Il may sound like hot air and look
like blue sky to you to talk about an in
Vestnent that you can buy now If you act
per share ever becoming worth $500
per share. Still we will ask you to figure
per day, even at so cents per barrel and
II Will come pretty near putting Uncle Sam
stock to the fve-dolar mark, while the
trust is making nearer SO per barrel and
there is no reason why in years time
the Uncle Sam company with its vast
acreage of oil lands. its thousands of
stockholders to help put It to the front
with a chain of three great refineries. the
last one of which will soon be ready to re-
nne oil with its miles of lateral pipe lines
ana the main trunk river pipe line com
pteted, viii not grow to where il can re-
nne 1900 barrels of oil per day and make
at least 81 per barrel and treat everyone
on the square, too The company has a
the start to build to where it is today
and one success generally follows another.
The facts are, considering an Investment
IN this stock from every standpoint of
reason, giving the company credit for
what 1t has accomplished in the past con-
sidering the great odds against it. it has
mad to contend with you must admit that
Y ncle sam stock is a stock of great merit
and with very flattering future. and you
viii make no mistake in securing all you
can spare the money to buy al the most
reasonable prices. for it will pay you div
ldends and increase in value while you
sleep, and even if it only goes TO 81 per
snare 1t would beat 999 investments out
of 600 in the United States today, one
thousand dollar draft or check now Will
secure 1900 shares with a par value of So
o0V. and such deals are being closed with
wise investors almost every day, for Uncle
sam stock is in demand. as can be proven
from the books as over sos 900 was bank
ed IN June from the sale of stock and re
fined oil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Clay Center Closed stores to Turn Out
to Bali Game.

Clay Center, July lS.-One of the most
interesting games of baseball played on
the local diamond for a long time was
that of Tuesday afternoon between the
preachers and the business nlen-Oth-
crwise Saints and Sinrers-and resulted
in favor of the Sinners in a score OF
10 to g.
There was a large crowd of spectators.
The stores were closed and the band
played. The Revs. Jarvis and Benson
were Tie batteries fer the Saints tc start
in with but the Sinners knocked them
out of the box in the first inning to the
tune of five scores. Rcvs. Greer and
Hannah took their places and some live
ly ball playing was seen by the crowd.
H. P. Campbell and Mayor Geo. w
Hanna were the battery for the Sinners,
and they made good throughout the en-
tire game.
Lee Cramley, the local baseball Ell
ihusiast acted SIS umpire and he escaL-
ed without a scratch. No betting was
sllowed or the diamond and everything
passed off smoothly. The preachers
have blood in Their eye and want re-
venge whether the same is orthodox or
not. and have issued challenge to play
again during the Chautauoua.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Certainly a Strong Manufacturing
Concern.

With the amount of capital and men
and influence that is back of this com
pany now, it certainly can and will force
it to the top notch. when, before stat
ed, the stock may go to 50 per share It
does not look unreasonable when you stop
to consider the profit in refining oil. Al
low the company 81 per barrel profit and
the total earnings on 1900 barrels per
day would total S. $4,000 yearly, or pay
over sixty GOD cents per share on stock
now selling for 20 cents per share. This
looks big, of course. but then that is just
the way it counts up. and no one can de-
ny it, The only question is. can the COM
pany build up to the capacity? And this
It can and will do in time And If you
fail to secure some of the stock now
and live five years longer you will see
where you threw away the opportunity of
a lifetime by not joining this strong man
ufacturing enterprise when it was young
and solicited your cooperation in good
faith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

tt is generally conceded that the passage
Of the denatured alcohol bill pulls the
fanss of the robber oil trust on the gas
oline monopoly. and the Uncle Sam Oil
company will be one of the first to push
this alcohol fuel OH into practical use
The company already owns ffty-seven-
acre farm only a short distance from the
big packing plants of Kansas city, Kan,
and as soon as fun report can be had
from expert men now at work will un-
doubtedly commence the building of
plant within fifteen minutes ride of the
main office. With gasoline or It's equiva-
lent. the independent refners can drive
the trust from the markets OF the west
The trust has been and is now discrimi-
mating against other localities in order to
Ill the entire demand in Kansas and ad-
Joining states for gasoline where indepen-
dent oil is offered The trust nor no one
else can secure enough gasoline to supply
the demand. hence they are holding a
small footing that they viii lose with a
fuel alcohol plant to help out Uncle Sam,
which can easily reach the greatest 20
tato, cabbage and corn field in ike num-
Der of miles in the rich "Kaw Valley"
close TO the land owned and paid for sew
eral months ago for just such purpose.
Uncle Sam company, with its oil burners
and with good show for fuel alcohol GER
tainly is only following its past course OF
growing stronger every hour to handle
the oil trade of the central west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Itenls Fron BALDWIN.

Baldwin, Kan. July 18.4The most
successful summer school in the his
tory of the university closed last Fri
day. A jolly old fash Toned picnic
being the climax after six weeks of
6iligent and careful study
c. E. Neal. one of Baldwin's pros
porous and appreciated merchants,
sold his general merchandise store to
A E. Grifnths of Grizzly. Kan.
On July 10 contract for the erection
of the new Santa Fe depot AT Baldwin
was let to 0. Swanson Of Topeka.
Prof McCutchen and wife left after
the close Of summer school for a trip
through the mountain states. stopping
at Colorado Springs, Boise City. from
there on to Victoria. Vancouver island,
east through Canada. and horne Dy way
of Montreal.
F. B. Hunt and wife and ]. n.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
ULYSSES IMPROVING.
Has a New Bank. Several Other Resi-
dences and Coat of Paint.

Il
Ulysses. Kan. July 1S.@The Grant
County State bank has been organized
here by c. D. Hickok. r. W. Marshall
r. r. Wilson. G. r. Hickok /. G. Mar
shall F. NJ. Henthorn H. F. Mccall
A. B. Leigh. NJ NJ. Wilson and c. W.
Chandler as stockholders A charter
has been applied for, c. D. Hickok
elected president T. w. Marshall vice
president and A B. Leigh cashier The
bank will be opened for business as
soon as a building can be erected and
furniture installed.
The population and business have so
increased al this place that a bank has
become prime necessity Within the
past year the population of Grant
county has been doubled. and new set
tiers are coming in steadily The gov
eminent rain gauge at this place has
recorded over four inches of rainfall
during the present month as we'll as
plenty of rain all spring. Wheat,
barley. oats and rye have made fine
crop. and corn and other spring crops
have now practically an assured yield
of large proportions. Ulysses Is build
ing up steadily
The Riverside hotel of forty rooms
has been rebuilt and refurnished IN
der a new management. G. s. Blake
and the Ulysses Mercantile company
have each made large improvem ents
and additions to their buildings. Three
new business houses and several new
residences will be erected at once. The
whole town has received new coat of
Daiut and the county court house Is to
receive a new roof and other improve
ments. for which material has been
ordered. Several new school districts
are being organized in this county. end
buildings viii be put UP in time for
fan term OF school. high school
course will begin at Ulysses this fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
A JOKE FOR SMOKERS
Try 1t on Your BaId-Headed Friends
and Have a laugh.

If you smoke a cigar that burns
with good solid ashes that will not
fall off until the cigar Is half smoked
up. such a cigar as the Wadsworth
Bros Chicos, sold by Geo ". STAINS
field. druggist. 632 Kansas avenue
Topeka. you can have a good joke on
some bald headed friend.
When there is an inch or two of ash
on the end of the cigar just let it fall
on that bald head and see how high
It can jump. The ashes are not hot
enough to burn. but they are warm
enough to be felt
The Chicos are a real ten cent
Havana filed cigar that STAINS
field sells for a nickel. and Is
the only five cent cigar where the
ashes are firm and solid like those of
expensive grades You Will enjoy a
Chico anyway. 50 try one and see how
good it Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Sixteen Thousand People Visited
Atchison July 4.

There we're people in attendance from
all over the United States at the River
Refinery opening, Uncle Sam No. ,. at
Atchison. July 4. A great many of them
were parties looking for a good invest
ment and they are now picking up the
balance of this stock very rapidly-s400
from one party in New York $500 from
another in Illinois and $500 from another
in Oklahoma. came in two different mails
last week, besides hundreds of other re-
mittances of smaller to larger amounts
One man from Pennsylvania closed a deal
of $500 for 1900 shares on Thursday-and
thus it goes So when you buy this stock
YOU do not pay cent more than thou
ands of investors, for the company pro-
poses 10 complete the river pipe line. in
stall 100 more distributing stations and in
crease all three refneries and drill more
oil wells. and must have capital to do 1t
with. and it is raising the funds from the
common people and practically paying as
we go. and will be glad to have you for
our band, now nearly 5000 strong, for what
ever amount you can spare, from $40 to
S., $780, and in doing so you will not only
secure a great Investment, but will help
a good cause on to greater success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Main Headquarters at Kansas City,
Kas., Z. S. A.


On the third floor of the Wyandotte build
ing. where the Uncle Sam management
will be glad to meet any prospective in
vestors and give any further information
From this office we will give all parties
whom believe to be in good faith
passes that will take them into Cherry
vale refinery, Uncle Sam No. /, which
you can reach in Ave hours ride from
Union depot. Kansas City, south over the
southwestern division of the Santa Fe.
Also to Atehison refinery, Uncle Sam No.
,. which you can reach from Union de-
pot in a little over one hour by Mis-
souri, Pacific or Burlington roads, which
have a train about every hour during the
grounds. where wOrkmen are now build
ing Tulsa refinery, Uncle Sam No ,,
which you can reach by Frisco. south,
leaving about o'clock at night with
through Pullman, arriving at Tulsa about
o'clock in the morning. and can stay
there all day and come back to Kansas
City next night While over the katy
road you can leave Union depot, Kansas
City, at o'clock in the morning and ar
rive at the big wells near Bartlesville at
o'clock next morning, and thus it goes
hours ride from Kansas City you can
see the vast properties of this company
From a few miles north of BartlesviIe
the main trunk pipe line commences and
you can follow this toward navigation for
Just one hundred and thirty-ffVe miles and
will find the pumping stations and all the
pipe line either along the right OF way or
screwed together. ana IN less tnan SIX y
days this entire length of line will be in
use. saving the company big money,
pumping the oil to the CherryVale REIN
cry and supplying it, and then on toward
the big river refinery. where from the
north end OF the line the company can
tank-car the balance of the way for .
cents Der barrel and owns the tank cars
to do the hauling. but expects before the
year ends to have the pipe line completed
clear through to the banks of navigation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
a RARE Old COLLECTION.
Cooper College Rich Gift of Curios
From Soudan.


Sterling. Kan. July 1s.=Cooper col
lege. of this city. is the recipient of a
splendid donation to their museum.
worth about $3.50. The gift comes
from DR.. and Mrs. H T. Mclaughlin,
who for four years were missionaries
in the Soudan. In addition to many
valuable and interesting curios repre-
senting the daily life of several tribes
(Shullas. Anyaks, Dinkas. and Ba-
garas) the collection contains many
swords, war clubs, bullets, a battle ak,
and a suit worn by the Mahada, from
the battle field of Omdurman. where
10000 natives were slain by Kitchener
in 1883, when the Soudan was opened
to the worlds commercial and mis-
sionary enterprises.
A very valuable Egyptian collection
accompanies the gift. The most val
liable piece in this is an alabaster vase.
nearly 5000 years old. from the tombs
at Assault, which is perfect, and worth
from $50 to $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
Reasons Why This Stock Is Paying
Dividends.

Nine hundred barrels per day will be the
refining capacity of the Uncle Sam refin-
cries, commencing this week. BY some
time in August it VIII be up to 1,5OO bar
rels per day. and by some time in October
or November it will be up to twenty seven
hundred e. 70O) barrels per day. Suppose,
however, that the company only averages
900 barrels per day for the six months
ending December 20, 1906, or, in other
words. only handles one hundred and
eighty thousand qs0.O00) barrels, at a
profit of. say only 81 per barrel, that
would make a total profit of $4,000 NoY,
the company will refine more oil than
that will make bigger profits than 81 per
barrel, it will produce the bigger part
of LOCO barrels per day on the average
from its own wells. However. $3.50, 900
would pay nearly , per cent the entire
capitalization, or cents per share in six
months on stock offered you now at 20
cents per share. The company guarantees
a dividend of $40 600, and even though it
only pays the $4,000 the balance will go
into increased development and make your
stock just that much more valuable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
VIII Barge Oil to St. Louis and Load
for FOREIGN Trade

Negotiations are now pending to take
the first load of refined oil down the Mis-
souri, river to St. Louis some time in Sep
TENDER. where arrangements will be ready
TO load for q foreign trade This has been
part of the plan of the company from
the start Uncle Sam cen save enough
on the pipe line and barge deal alone to
pay enormous dividends on this stock
when all IS completed. That is why the
company can afford to give you a good
buy in the stock. Your money will make
it possible for the Uncle Sam company to
complete its great work where it VIII all