The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
That Is What Made Young Eel
low Oil Magnate.
Traded Shop for Lean Land
Farm as Last Resort.
THEN The OIL men CAME
Now He's Really Making Money
"Hasld Over Fist"
III. L. Tromp, His Uncle, Did
Not Recognize Him.

A young man who looked like he
might be a hobo or a hard up farmer,
walked into the business place of H.
L. Trcmp on Kansas avenue today.
Mr.. Tromp> was behind the counter
and was ready to wait on the young
fellow. but the latter extended his
hand and greeted him cordially.
We'll, 1 see you are still here" the
young man said.
Eyes, where are you located now?"
Mr.. Tromp came back.
AT the same old place." the scedy
looking chap said.
Tromp was puzzled. He couldn't
place the face from a front view and
took a squint at it from first one side
and then the other. Up on the side
of the young mans head he saw.a scar
that looked familiar and soon he got
his bearings
why, you are my nephew, Louis
Cardey, 1 believe"
The same l am" the young man
replied.
You have made quite hit in the
Ell Dorado oil field since 1 saw you
last Mr.. Tromp said.
Has Big Income Now
Yep" the young man replied, I'm
making more money in va day now
than 1 used to make in several years."
and he pulled out a lot of pictures and
clippings telling of the six big oil wells
that have been brought in on the
Cardey lease one of which has been
gushing 5000 barrels a day.
The young mans modesty kept him
from talking very much about himself
| and his wonderful success, but finally
the story of his good fortune was
pieced together.
Several years ago he was shot in
tender spot by Dan Cupid and the
wound was fatal. He got married,
and, of course, had to have some way
| to support his bride. So his mother
| bought a country town bakery for him
| and started him in to making bread
But Cardey was never very much
| OF a cook and somehow people failed
to flock in from miles around to buy
/ his buns and rolls and pies. He was
not making much of so of the
| bakery business and his wife was get
ting pretty tired of TRYING to eat all
the leftovers before they got stale So,
| when a farmer came in and offered
! to trade him a lean land farm for his
shop he figured that it would be i'm
possible for him to lose very much and
1 made the trade.
Then OiNMen Came.
| Soon after this the oil men came
into the neighborhood and began to
,Lfind the black gold" They brought
in a few wells near his place and tried
to lease his land, but he would not let
them. Then they got so persistent
that ne finally leased forty acres for
$500 cash in hand. This gave him
a taste of the oil game and pretty
soon he made a deaf to drill on the
! land he had not leased.
/ A big well was the result and money
| began to pour into his pockets An
other and another and another well
were sunk until there were six working
for him twenty-four hours a day and
the sixth was producing more money
than he ever dreamed of making.
Cardey says he will probably never
| bake another loaf of bread and he
will probably never marry again. But
if he hadn't married he never would
have owned a bakery and If he hadn't
been a failure as a baker he never
would have been an oil magnate, and
so he says that he sorter believes
| things that are to be will be and he
is entirely satisfied with the way
destiny has dished out his portion of
! good luck He is so well satisfied
and so busy looking after his oil in
terests that he does not have time to
bother about good clothes and he is so
rich he does not give a rap whether
people take him for DO or broken
down clod-hopper.