The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-23
A Frank Statement
From
Frank Hopes
Pres. and Gen. MIR.


sesh an honc"t to goodness chance TO make for
tune ~ oil You who have read recently OF the
big -uccess OF tho Tfapshoothrs company, which
paid every investor OF 800 a essh return OF $4,000
In addition to big dividends for the past is months.
That company was lust another OF the great
fortune making chances that havs been occurring
In Oklahoma and southern Kansas for the past ten
years--the chances you and | and hundreds OF
others have been passing up because we were too
busy with other things or TOO skeptical about 'oi
stocks" to investigate and get in on the juicy
porfits oil has made and Is making.
Two years ago made first oil Investment
JOB and went in the oil business for all that was
In me, bought and sold leases, Travelled over tho
state week after week In my automobils, made
. more money and learned more about the oil busi.
In about rs months than would have learned
otherwise In hundred years. got full, man
sized view OF tho bigness OF It's opportunities;
Abou, this time got wind OF the fact that a
an expensive geological investigation near Blachard,
Okla. They were taking leases right and left so
block myself Il developed latsr hs, had pulled
lucky thing They found what the seologists call
ground caused by tho converging OF several great
sntclines Antclinss In abou, 80 percent OF the
s svs sded oil or ss h. Ss s
whirlpool OF several anticnes, according TO geoo-
ssts and had the possibilities Of another sensa-
Beaumont. Texas, fame
be made, but had to have help to drn the deep
t.s, to prove 4 That Is how and why o[san',sd ,s
In Oklahoma City whom | knew. They bought
several thousand dollars worth to folks all over
tho state and In other states. planning to drill
well and make the millions OF tho new field dis
coverer.
Beior. ". had sold enough stock to get tho
rig erected preparatory to drilling. things began
to happen thick and fast around us Several big
operating companies entered tho field and started
to drill three OF these wells starting ON three sides
Of our acreage close enough to count.
About this time the prIee OF casing got SO
to make a real test this property, | decided
TO take look at the proven fields up around Tulsa,
fields In the meantime, our 900 acres near
the three drilling wells on the great dome structure
were becoming more and more valuable every
day.
spent weeks in the producing fields mentioned
above and looked at dozens OF lenses found three
that, through peculiar circumstances, | was able
TO buy nj bargain prices. They were small pieces
overlooked by the big operators in their haste
acres had to be secured from seven different own
dabs. making a fine proven lease worth while de.
veopng; property the big operators never would
gether we have three OF these proven leases as
we'll as a rich 20 acres In the famous Miami lead
and 1nc field now--a this In addition to the big
tract OF 1000 acres the famous Blanchard dome
oil srqstuTe The prominent business IS ne men OF okla
when, we had only the one big bet OF gusher oil
at blanchard II 4 looked good enough to them at at
you S' now ' for we are drilling AZ both Blanchard and
on our proven lease at sapupa. The Sapups well
:h.OS II. % men WSo Invested The start DO sS oS
thnk men OF this standing should have good judg-
mentf
i. G jackson. Tire Business FL Paso Texas
II. W Mccall Manager Liberty Ihe9ter o.,.
II, e. Drlsr, Advertising Manager Daily Okla
c Epstein Retail Sales Manager Chalmers Auto
'OSIS pom NOTION @ortcn ssn Man and Livestock Mana.
ger Farmer Stotstfnsn
l. L. Burns Advertising Man
Dr. r A. Engehsrt, osteopath
q. Tracy Of tho South western Advertising
Mon, r. nshlsy Attorney.
Chas E Knight OF Knight Beck Clothing Co.
8 s. smith Vice president and Manager Local
Building and Loan Associntion
r p Besriey' Manager Mlnnstons. Lumber CO
] A Degnan State Manager Ford Motor
NJ Pnsr, Of Basrs Key-tons Clothing Co
Geo 8 summey, State Manager Phoenix Life
z Hirdsr OF the P,one.r reephons Co.
O A Ncholr of Nichols Chandler. Home
n Mchs.lson, on Operator. Of IAwton. Okla
N = Mcvey' Of Mevey npnesl CO
Dr. W l. Huddle, Specialist
Howard Graves. General Insurance..
J E. orutt, state Agent for Todd Proteoto-
K A schebl, OF tho Richards -schebls Candy Co.
u schuneman, Farmer.
L. l. Sargent Commercial Artist.
Stanley q Heymnn, AdyertsinE Man
Harry McM0lneH, Advertising MAn
Frank Hopes, President Treasure State OIL Com
pnnv and on Operator, $500
W II Ferguson Publicity Man for the Big on
interests
L. y Cox Farmer Yukon Okla,
We have n same. conservative plan-a company
that IN clean and above bnard-one that cannot tai
IN the law ot averages holds true. MY interests
arc with tho stockholders OF which am one. we
are going after oil--guHher oil II we cnn find It
and sure. small producers we know we can find
We invite YOU 10 ioin us-to share and share alke
on avery share Of stock YOU own. The stock ls All
ma et
of the profits -