The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-20
Inspect $4,000 Acres for Deyel-
opment Near ROssVflle.
LEASES HELD BY TOPEKANS
Organize Company With $780,
900 Capital-Rig on Site.
Canadian Capital Comes to This
Section for Work.

| An inspection of $4,000 acres of pro-
spective oil land just north of Ross
vile, about twenty miles west of To-
peka, will be made today by a delega-
| ton of twenty-five representatives of
| the Adinac Oil Refining company of
Buffalo. N. Y The delegates arrived
in Topeka on the Santa Fe about 10
o'clock this morning, breakfasted at
t>ee Harvey house and were taken to
Rossyille in automobiles.
The leases on the $4,000 acres are
held mostly by local men. The Adinac
company, together with Canadian
concern, will do the developing One
oil rig is already up on the northwest
quarter of section IA, township 10.
range 13, and drilling will be begun
soon. 1t is expected that other wells
will follow rapidly.
Organize Topeka Company.
The owners of the lease have organ
lied a company called the Topeka Oil
and Development company and ap-
piled to the blue sky board for a char
ter today The organizers are r. P.
March, of Topeka, manager of the
farm insurance department of the
Forbes Insurance agency; S. E. Cobb,
president of the Bank of Topeka;
Speed Hughes, of Topeka; E. l.
Zirkle. of Della; Fred Mccullough,
of Rossville r. d. James, Rossville;
and J. H. Zirkle, of Richland. The
officers of the local company have not
been definitely decided upon. 1t will
be capitalized at $4,000.
Use Canadian Capital.
Much of the money to be spent in
developing the Rossville field will be
Canadian capital The Canadian COM
pany and the Adinac company will
divide the one-half interest to be as
signed to them for development.
Tonight the delegation will go on to
Strong City, where they are making
arrangements for development of
field in that vicinity.
Luncheon at C. of c.
Returning from Rossville about 1880
o'clock this afternoon. the members
of the party were given a luncheon
at the Chamber of Commerce.
s. E. Cobb presided at the luncheon
Mayor Corwine gave a cordial welcome
to the visitors. Talks were made by
various members of the party and by
several Topekans.
The delegation is travelling in its own
Pullman chartered for the trip.
Other parties will be here during the
next few months on this same mission.
coming from Canada and the state of
New York.
Among those in the party: s. B.
Nye, attorney and director of the
United Hotels company, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr.. Nye is q director OF one of the
largest chains of hotels in the world.
Among the hotels are the Ten Eyck,
Albany; The Onondaga, Syracuse; The
Portage, Akron, O.; The Tutwiler. Bir-
mingham, Ala The Jefferson. Peoria.
ILL.,; The Utica, Utica, N. Y; The King
Edward. Toronto, Canada. The COM
pany is building new hotels at Flint,
Mich, and Trenton, n. j.
A. A. Buxton, agent Standard Oil
company, Batavia, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Proudfoot of
Rochester. n. Y. Mr.. Proudfoot is a
coal merchant.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Reed, OakfieId,
N. Y. Mr.. Reed is a farmer and
stockman.
S. S. Galway, auto dealer and shoe
manufacturer. Rochester, N. Y.
E. G. Norton geologist for the COM
pany, New York City.
S. o. Mitchell. Denver; G. D. Nc
Cutcheon, Denver; d. S. McCutchecn.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. George Wilder. |
automobile dealer, Akron, n. Y.
Rochester. N Y.
Charles Spies. manager Akron Man |
ufacturing Company. Akron, n. Y.
L. ]. Davis. capitalist. Akron, n. Y. |
John Ebersoi, miller, Clearance, |
n. Y.
VIM. Hint. automobile dealer,
Akron, n. Y
C. w. Campaign, hotel man, Mia
CARA Falls. Canada.
Geologist Woods, New York City. /
DR.. and Mrs. ]. L. Wilder, Akron. !
Frank Eldred. of Oklahoma. oil
s. J. Merritt, capitalist. Akron, N Y. |
Messrs. Nice, Spooner and Dye, of |
n. Y.