La Junta tribune., 1917-07-26
CANDIDATE FOR uL.I.soNAms
La yuntA Needs Oue A0llSsuaire and
May Have Oae-H. ". Potter
Has Excolleat Prospects

..S ssSNV OO"ns ~ EOILIS
Has Exccllent Prospects
II you experienced the pleasure Of
listening to the chautauqua lecture
In this city last Sunday evening.
whea DR.. RUSSELL H. Conwell dsliv.
cred an interesting disauisition on
that allurins subject. Acres Of d.
amonds." you will probably remem-
ber that the speaker made the claim
that It would not be necessary for
you to live In New York City IL your
being was permeated with an absorb
Ing passion to be q millionaire. Tta
Is possible to be millionaire and
live right here In La Junta-provid-
Ing you have the necessary opportuu.
tiles and avail -ourself OF them. Ono
OF our distinguished citizens has had
consuming passion to be q million
aire ever since he was born. and
now his great desire q about to -
sratified--providing the oil wen,
which was put down = his land ~
Gently. holds out. and continues u
improve with ages most things
do. M ES
Mr.. H. W. Potter, Esq.. of u
Junta. ceSo.. IL destlDed to land b
the miliieiairs class providing his
present tncome keeps up for an H.
definite. or even 4 tsry protractia
period. He owns $50 acres Of lasn
near Eldorado, Kan. and abost
twenty miles from wichita. Kan.
on which is located = oil we'll thSt
b producing at the present moment
at the rate Of 500 barrels per day.
Mr.. Potter Ia receiving one-eighth
Of all the oil that Is produced from
the well located on his land. and his
income at the present time II about
1900 per day. $4,000 per- month.
Of o52,oeo per anAum. Ie this well
cgatinuss T. Dse1ues At ~ rate Y
xns4sss H SSssl 1pur3Sda .yssss
10 land IN the millionaire class.
However. there h very goo1 pros.
pect that he will be In The million
aire class In . much shorter period.
He owns $50 acres Of land In the
oil fields near Eidorsdo, Kan, which
he has leased to two different COM
panies. There Ia room for ninety-six
wells on this tract OF land. and Al.
ready there are twenty three ioca-
tions staked out for wells. and seven
wells are now underway. although
only one Of them 10 ~ yet produc-
Ing. The one lone well that Is pro-
ducipg at the rate Of 500 barrels
per day is one fourth Of . mile dis
tant from . weli that II producing
At the rate Of 10000 barrels Q day,
one-haif mile distant from another
well that is producing At the rate
Of 1900 barrels day. and one mile
distant fron sian aaothsr veil that
is producing at the rate Of 1900
barrels per day. The greatest pro-
ducing wells are the ones that are
nearest 70 his land. A more wells
are put down. and there are now
seven under way. Mr. Potter's IN.
come will be increased In proportioa.
and to even hazard . guess % the
extent Of II would be simply useless.
except that II will be beyond The
dreams OF avaricc. Midas or any oe
the other plutocrata OF prehistoric or
any other age.
Mr.. Potter says that he has beea
offered fabulous sums for his land.
and receives teiexrams every day aad
almost every hour from various aaa
sunday oil men who want TO acquire
the ownership Of his land and I'll
OF the hereditaments and emoiu-
ments thereunto belonging Mr..
Potter. however. has thus far sur.
vivcd NIL their Establishments. and
refuses TO part with \ good thing. He
says that he has always had . great
and absorbing passion to become Q
millionaire. and now that he has ~
opportunity. the only one that he
ever had IN his whole life. he pro-
poses TO hang on TO Il until The saA
Of time. Well. here's hopiAg that
his dreams OF fabulous wealth cone
true. and may he grow II graee aaa
spsnd al bis mosey who're Il vill
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