Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-09

lulHSs they nearQ went through one and
out the other. They were not deeply i'm
pressed
Now, since something happened a little
more than week ago out there at Cas-
per, not only Omaha business men have
turned to look, but men of the east and
far west as well. They have halted
money in hand, while making their way
hither and yon to inyest, and turned to
:. look at Wyoming. TO- transplant and
Shange a flower of thought often APP
pSearing on another page Of The Bee,
Ehey have heard, There's gold in. these
plains, boys" For, no doubt, the en-
thusiastic gathering of more than 200
serious minded men in Casper, May Is
and 20, was the equivalent of seriously
repeating that frivolous phrase
1t was the second annual convention Of
the Oil Mems association. Business men
from. all over the United States and Eng
land, France, Germany, Switzerland and
\other foreign countries were in attend
lance to look over what their money had
brought forth and to cooperate on plans
nor the future. Although these were
there, Wyoming was particularly repre-
sented because the convention was prin-
cipally for the people Of that state.
The kings Of finance reviewed the re-
souces and the machinery that would
add to their Investments. All were there
to set up safeguards against those, who.
by unscrupulous methods, would hamper
Y the incubation of these eggs Of invest
tnent. And they emphasized that they
were not there to place nest eggs. The
slogan Of Casper is: mo boom wanted;
make 1t a steady growth"
Particularly has Omaha become inter-
ested Two prominent business men, r.
d. Wead and John F. Flack, represented
the Omaha Commercial club at the con-
vention and in speeches before the meet
ings, told the oil men how the market
town" Is watching what Is being done
there with almost vital interest. s. F.
Miller of the. Chicago & Northwestern
railway, also was a representative Of the
Omaha business men. He has for several
years takenl an interest in the develop
ment of the Wyoming oil fields, and spe-
cially appreciates the growth Of the
western industry. AS other Omaha men
see it, he can get from the future vision
of the great benefits Omaha will derive
from Wyoming oil fields and how the
oil fields will prosper from Omaha.
Although it now appears in the far dis
tant future, there is the outline of an oil
pipe or railway direct from the produc-
ing fields to the Nebraska metropolis and
market, and what that means, when the
great value of the oils now being brought
but of the ground there Is considered, can
kow only be pictured in. pleasant dreams,
but dreams, nevertheless, that seem GER
tain premonitions, The Wyoming oil
fields are destined to do for Omaha what
the Sugar Creek fields have begun to do
for Kansas City: bringing cheaper fuel
and with that more factories; with more
factories, more people, and with more
people-growth, prosperity and greater
Nontent.
\ AS young as the oil industry Is, the
! state of Wyoming already has begun
greatly to benefit from 1t and as a con-
sequence to the benefit of neighbor
Omaha soon will begin to feel the good
Into the state treasury last month was
paid $4,000 for the school fund from just
one of the oil companies operating there
The Midwest Oil company. which is
operating in the Salt Creek fields north
of Casper, paid that amount as royalties
on the production of five oil wells in q
forty -acre tract in the corner of schoo
section. These royalties represent 10 pei