Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-16

he brought in the first Oil well ever discov-
cred He has nerve! Without his daring and
struggle against the obstacles of nature and
the jibes of his felowmen, no wheels would
be turning in our great industrial plants to-
day.
Colonel Drake was the columbus" of the
Oil world, and his wildcat at Titusvie
Pennsylvania, in 1859, was the ship that bore
the discoverer across shoreless seas"
the Oil "wildcatter" is the Christopher Co.
lumbus. The Roph Irikson, the dscoverer
of our worlds Oil supply, on which, our civil
ization now largely hinges Without Oil wild
CATS the world would have no petroleum.
as other navigators following Irikson and
Columbus found other and richer lands; so
other "wildcatters" following Drake have dis
covered other greater and richer Oil fields.
About all the lands that navigators can dis
cover have now been found. But oceans of
Oil beneath the surface of the earth remain
for the future wildcat" wells to tap. The
Oil field is in fact the one inviting unexplor-
ed field for discovery left to mankind.
in the beginning of the Oil industry oper-
ators were satisfied with wells that produced
so to rs barrels a day. Imagine the differ
ence in production of wealth between those
first wells and those of Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas, some of which have produced as
high as 10000 barrels daily.
of course 10000 barrel wells are not found
at every "cross-road," but the formations in
New Mexico in at least five different locali-
ties show great promise of being as big if not
bigger than any in the United States.
Ill lo, i i I
vances in recent years that surprising and
increasing portion of the wildcat" wells are
successful the percentage of failure is much
less than MINING
how pause and think a minute, use your
common sensc-suppose Oil is discovered in
New Mexico. Hundreds, yes, Thousands of
people will make fortunes. ARE YOU GOING
TO BE ONE OF THEM? Now go step far
ther-suppose THIS company should bring
in a field where 10000 or even 10000 bar
rel gushers would be common, can you esti-
mate what the value of one or two hundred
shares would be?
this offer calls for decision this week (read
our other ad in this paper) TO make real
money man or woman must think for them
selves. Il have never accomplished anything
BIG in my life that my friends have not urged
me TO take a dl1Iefent course, SAID GEORGE
IN. REYNOLDS, president of the Continental
and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
If you haven't the true Pioneer spirit of
our forefathers. If you lack that quality of
courage that made this country what it is to-
day-this offer is not for you. But if you are
interested in the future of New Mexico as
an Oil producing state; if you want to know
more about this company will be glad to call
on you at your home or place of business if
you cannot come to the office. Let me repeat,
you must act this week, for we will not ac-
cept airy new subscriptions during the Vic
tory Loan campaign. If you can't afford to
buy more, take hundred shares. If you can't
pay cash, you can afford to buy on the month
ly payment plan. At next Saturdays price
that would only cost you seven dollars and
sixty cents month ($7.6O) for ten months.
n ZETTIER