The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-22
Prominent EIPaSo
Men at Head of
New Oil Company

~ paa0. Tex. March Al -.
Crockett wei known lu 90 Pnso and
tho surrounding country Tor tho bir
business Interests ho has headed. . D.
Benton cashier OF tho First National
bank. aud Interested Boz "a number AZ
other successful institutions Boz 81
lusu. and o. g.. Ware. o. prominent
Ilniutitw banker merchant and land
owner have organized tho El piau.
hurkhurufft tl company with a. De-.
termination 81 producing oIl and thry
feel that oil is almost certain Co ha
found under each OF their three lurI.
lions loo tho U~urkturuott fold.
Prominent experts and ~rsolorists
are unanimous in their dsp.aIou that
white No man can tel what b. under
tho earth 5000 feet below him. no man
can vet say hat the extsnt ct the
~hurkhurnett pool has us v't been die.
covered.
New wells are being brought 10
dnllyi hundreds OF wells are being
duiled IND many locations uro being
made for other wells every duy
Fabulous fortunes have already
been made in tho UurhUrnftt urId
Fabulous dividends hnys been paid hY
tho producing companies. und the
value o. tho stocks Boo practically 90
Or h companies thus Gar organized
have risen 20 figures almost beyond
belief.
when an Investor DESTROYS Of put.
ting his money into OH stocks. he
naturally SURVEYS tho urld carefully.
looking utu tho character and sfind-
Ing 81 tho men behind tho project lu
which he intends 90 invest, considers
h location Of their Companlh leases
their proximity 90 production and the
number of wells 20 Do drilled. and ns-
surca himself THAI bee Will got lHuuurc
deal.
President q % crockett. OF 90 Posse
Iurkhurntft bl company WtH until
a short uuIt ago.. NI,r-prrsIdunt of the
MoNico N-urIhWratCru railway. which
road Dc partially constructed from
lumber MILL ut Pearson. chihuahua
Mexico. uud the ~ Iuso Milling COM
pnuy'H plant Ht 90 luHo and for i've
YeurH handled these pruuprtIts GOES
their president
It, haas been for tho pact seven years
successfully engaged m hfH farming
operations BOO the fluIuNlvw country,
whoro ho has large hog, sheep and
cattle ranches. hu In Also u director
Of the First National bank OF 90 l'tso.
and hIH several other financial inter.
cHta in Toxins.
Mr. g. g. benton. the COMPANY,
treasurer. lH oue OF 90 IIsu'H Young
ost uud most Hurrosgtul business mon.
and we'll SHOWN throughout the com.
mLuity. In addition to being cashier
OF the First National bank OF ~ puHo.
he iH vice president of the A. o. Foster
lowolry company ana tiro president OF
the Elite Laundry company of ~
Iaso. both uf which companies have
proHpcrcd under his active official
management Hc is also president ~
tho Shrsfs Hardware company. ct o.
paHo. on, uI the leading concerns OF
thiI hind 900 tho city,
Mr. a. e. Ware, one Of tho trustees
Of tho pa unao-Burhhuruott company.
is "a prominent banker and business
man of IiniuNIeW. TsNuH. where he
be- Nicp-prcHidout 81 the 'Itizcns' IA
tonal hunk. mud president of tho u
e.. Ware Hardware company. one nf
tho largest hardware ooWrauieF Boz fhe
Panhandle. lie ia u lurHr rtui esirte
owner and Interested financially boo CO.
great MANY leading enterprises iu thu
western pnrt of thp state
These mon cannot put oil under tho
ground. but they have the determine
ton OF producing IL from under their
leases. and so confident uru tho, OF
production. that thrf viii not onl,
arm ono vol. hut viii drill three Wslis
one in each OF their respective Iutg-
10 ~ IN tho i"uurkhurnctt pool.
Tho company. which has been or
Ranixed with q capital stock of fi1b.-
geo, divided into shares " tho par
value Of 80 each, has already started