Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-01

grind. Independent biologists, engi-
neers and oil experts agree with the
government investigators. On the
strength of the information obtained
land in the region Who wouldn't o n
slider this a statement that govern
ment biologists have investigated and
reported favorably? The letters sent
out in response to inquiries contain
many such skillfully drawn sentences:
the officers states: But reports kept
coming so persistently and always
backed up with the statement that
1.-The United States geologist had made
Investigations and reported favorably,'
that finally, after hearing all this for a
long time, we were induced to look up
these geological reports and see for
ourselves, and sure enough we found
the elaborate map mad by the gov
eminent experts, together with their
reports on the Denver BASIN He neg
lected to state what those maps ana
such an omission in a letter calculated
to make a man expect sudden wealth
overnight? In another piece of adver-
Using which these men send out, it is
stated that the land lies within the
United States geological survey of the
Denver basin and is described by m
inent biologists as being valuable Pc
troleum lands Wouldn't the ordinary
reader conclude that the eminent geo.
logists referred to were those Of the
government?
Government Report Cited is 20 Years
Old.
1.-THE fact is, the geological survey
made a careful study Of the Denver
basin some 20 years g and published
the results in a book known as Mono
graph 81. At that time there had been
no successful oil development any
where in the region examined and
there is n mention in the monograph
Of oil in this vicinity. Except in the
more from this land, nc successful oil
we'll has yet been drilled in the region
about Denver, and although the survey
has made several later geologic ex-
aminations in the Denver basin for n
purpose or another, none of its geo.
oil or gas are likely to be found in the
vicinity Of Denver. Certainly there Is
| nothing to indicate an Oil field east Of
Aurora on the lands covered by this
company. Monograph q shows that
this land Is so situated geologically as
and directly contradicts the geologic
illustration published by the com
pany, which shows the crest Of an anti
cline containing an oil lake under the
company's land. Although their adj
vertisements would convey the Inn
preston that this geologic cross Sec
ton was drawn by government geo.
logists, when pursued by persistent in
curriers' h managing director Of the
company admits that The geological
drawing which o refer to, showing
a lake of oil predicted east of Denver.
to the best of my knowledge was not
made by a government g%eologist. In
the same letter he says The only gov
eminent geological report that we have
had access to has been Monographs No,
~, United States geological report on
the Denver BASIN Think of the nerve
OF such advertising on the strength of a.
report n which oil in this neighbour
hood Is not even mentioned.
cornersd. But Still Plausible.
This company's officer saws further
regarding the statement that .The
United States biologists have made in
v~estigations and reported favorably,'
rms Is not u own statement, but is
quoted In our letter as coming to us
IRON otner sources. We have not said
ahytning IN our correspondence that
tne government had made any investi-
sations OF ~ property, and we do not
wish to give out this Impression Well,
maybe they do not wish to. but their
could not well have con-
y that impression more distinctly
without violating the postal laws.
- SUPPOSE It Is inevitable that such
schemes az this should rob thousands.
u my advice to all would-be inves-
Tors u, when o are told that the
government has Endorsed an oil propo-
sltion write to the government and fnd
out before you put up your money"
a A00rish woman guards Il as q