The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
Elmhurst Concern Hits, i
Lucky Near Peabody.
Most of Officers and Directors
of Company Live Here.
LEGISLATOR WORTH A MILLION
Representative Joliffe in Mill
IiOnaire Glass Over Night.
And He Came to Topeka to
Work at So a Day.

Another big oil field in southern
Kansas has been opened-this time at
Peabody in Marion county by a To-
peka concern, the Elmhurst company
with offices in the New, England build
ing. Reports today from the COM
pany's field where a well with an estf-
mated production of from 600 to 1000
barrels has been brought in assert that
another 'black gold' rush equal to
the Augusta. Ell Dorado and Elbing
StampedeS is on.
The Elmhurst well. now in the pro-
cess of being swabbed out, proves in
the opinion of oil men that a better
and bigger field exists at Peabody than
/ in Butler county. The oil sand, IL is
said, rises two hundred feet between
! Peabody and Augusta. which Means
that the water is much lower at the
former place. About 40 feet of black
| oil shale is located over the oil at Pea
body, while the depth of the shale in
Butler county is only about 60 feet.
j. Lee Buck, secretary Of the Elm-
| hurst company, returned today from
Peabody and verified reports of the
| rush into the new field which is Just
seven miles from the Elbing or the
North Butler ficld. I'VE are not try
/ ing to start a stampede" said Buck,
| and are trying to be conservative in
| tho estimation of the wells produce
| ton. The opinion of experts, how
ever, give the new we'll from 500 to
1000 barrels daily"
Company Has Two Wells
The Elmhurst company has two
wells on its lease, one of them, started
! before, the one just brought in, has
BEEN held up from time to time ON
account of bad luck on heipart of the
drillers. 1t will be pushed to COM
! pletion, however, Buck says.
/ A large amount of Topeka capital
is invested in the Elmhurst company,
/ and the maj jority OF the stockholders
{ and directors-giye y, .Burge.. presi-
fdent OF the company. the credit for
i working out the plans leading to the
opening up of the new field.
Officers and Directors.
The officers of the Elmhurst COM
pany are: n. B. Burge, president and
general manager; c. w. Horne. vica
president; Louis Van Dorp, treasurer;
and J. Lee Buck, secretary. The direc-
tors include the following men: n. p.
Burge, chairman; c. w. Horne. To-
peka; l.. d. Leach. Wamego: L. G..
Arnold, Topeka; ]. Lee Buck, Topeka;
Louis Van Dorp, Topeka; S. f.. Parr.
Topeka; ]. n. Hotchkiss. Burr Oak:
A. NJ. Pitney, Belvue; A B. GiIlum,
| Gypsum, and G.. f. DeGolia, repre-
senting eastern interests. !
Leasing around the new well IL
frantic, it is said. AS high as $3.50 an
acre has already been paid for hold
pump is attached to the new well this
prices will jump higher.
Representative Is Rich.
Representative o. Joliffe of Marion
county is working as a legislator at SO
a day and paying his own board bill.
Joliffe came to Topeka as well-to-do
, ! farmer. He will doubtless go home q
! millionaire oil magnate. The big oil
well is just 500 feet from Joliffe's
|, farm. The value of Joliffe's land has
suddenly jumped to $3.50 an acre and
hundreds of thousands of dollars in oil
, royalties seem certain. &
The Elmhurst Investment company
of Topeka has opened the big new oil
, field that promises to put the state
: : legislator in the millionaire class A
! well on Joliffe's farm is now on the
top of the sand hit by the Elmhurst
people. Any hour the Marion man
may receive word that his farm has
! produced a gusher. AS soon as the
; pleted, the Joliffe well Is to be drilled
! in.
Can Cash in for Million.
: Today Joliffe might cash in for q
neat million and lot await further re-
= Suits. His 1,200 acres of land will
e command 100000 on the Marion
4: county boom nl~-ket. Just adjoining
the Joliffe farm is a tract of land
= owned by the legislators nephew This
tract is not included in the 200 acres
. owned by the Marion county law
= maker.
: Plans have already been completed
!. to drill number of wells on the Jo-
. life land. The new strike in the Pea
e body district has aroused new inter-
est among oil operators and leases In
the field are practically unobtainabie.
The Joliffe lease. well as the hold
lings of the Elmhurst people will be
| developed at once.
! In spite of the sudden wealth which
has come to Representative Joliffe. he
is showing but little concern. He may
= go home Friday night or Saturday and
q take look at the field. But he is al
!, ready assured that his land is part
. OF the big producing field and he is
\ quietly waiting for returns from the
= test well.
s Gave Lease Money 10 Church.
e I'm spite of all The money which
seems to be assured as a result of the
! opening of the new field. I haven't
n really received one penny of personal
II returns" said Joliffe.
It Then the legislator explained that
e 81. 900 which he had received when his
d land was leased had been contributed
e toward the building of a new church
in the district.
RUSSIAN LEADER SPEAKS