The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

6Some years ago number of
farmers and business men. liv-
ing at Bremen, little town
about IL miles from Lancaster
decided to do some drilling for
oil. This was no new or as
tonishing feature. for nj past ex
perlences of that kind num-
ber of wells had been drilled
IN that field, striking some gas,
but no oil to amount TO any
thing. These men formed the
Bremen oil Company, capital
szed for $4,000 I think, and
they sold approximately S20,-
900 worth of stock at $25 a
thare.
After selling this stock they
. picked the location for their
first well. having previously se-
cured leases on several thous-
and acres Of land around Bre-
men. They decided firmly and
rigidly to drill to depth of Mt
least 1000 feet or more getting
into the Trenton rock. They
put up their derrick and start
ed drilling and spent some $5,-
900 only to, get a dry hole.
But these men were not dis
couraged. They had anticipat-
ed just this kind of a thing, and
they Immediately picked iout
a new location and started drill
ing the second we'll This re-
suited I'm little better sue
cess for they struck oil, though
in small amount. Encouraged
at this showing they picked
their third location and drilled
again. and this time success at
tended their efforts and they
brought forth "GUSH Err"
one which did some 500 barrels
a day.
The stock In the Bremen oil
Company jumped-and / use
the word advisedly when I say
it--jumped from $25 share to
1926 a share, and the Bremen
OIL Company paid dividends
every month amounting to 100
per cent. A short ime ago the
Standard Oil Company-you no
doubt have heard the name be-
fore-entered into the field and
quietly bought up the Bremen
OIL Company, at a price--no
one extept the stockholders
know. so much for history.
If you or l had had any Bre-
men Oil stock We would have
told our neighbors and our
friends and also str9 ngers, that
oil makes money. But we didn't
have any of the stock and In
consequence we must sned
tears of regret over the fact,
and--but hold up a minute
Did you know that, that at
Prospect, Ohio, just about 10
miles south of Marion, a num-
ber of farmers and business
men had leased some 10000
acres of farm lands and were
going to drill on same, not
once, but twice and at least
three times I'm an effort to de-
termine once and for always
the fact as to whether Marion
County has oil? Well they have,
and they have formed COM
pany to determine II and the
stock is $40 a share. They are
Offering limited, number OF
these shares to you and to me
and to those who regretted the
fact that they didn't get In on
some other good things. and say
are you going to let this OPP
portunity likewise get past?
for one am not, and further
made arrangements with these
men to handle the, stock for
them and here / am now Of
fering you a. chance to buy some
of 1t. We have sold enough
stock to put down one well, and
the machinery has been pur-
chased and the drilling VIII
start in few days and II that
we'll proves to be a dry hole, we
will try It again and again.
did you know that LaRue sew
en- wells had. been drilled and
In four of them they got oil
and gas? They only went about
1900 feet deep though. not into
the Trenton rock And then
again at Waldo they got oil and
gas at about the same depth
And still again on the Geddis
form near Marion. You can
light the gas at the oil well yet.
MY wouldn't II be a happy
crowd-of stockholders OF
course-who see the wells CIV
ing up the blacklsh oil which
means money-and say would
Won be sore of you didn't take
this opportunity and get some
stock? Remember you can have
from one share and upwards
and We will let you have forty
days to pay for the stock in
Thas Il reasonable isn't itP
/ am ready now to see you
and talk this over and want
you to do your part III 4
don,t see you first, then make
II your business to see me- ana
do It now, You can phone me
either 1887 or 1903 and l VIII
gladly give YOU the chance to
come into the deal.
Just before l forget 1t, let me
tell you some more history-or
rather. to cut II short, then let
me ask you to remember that