El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20

what it was IN the landscape that his
guest could possibly be interested in.
but stopped the car and let his man
out
The sulphur crank was gone for an
hour. Meanwhile the lawyer-stock-
man sat in the car and impatiently
smoked cigarets.
That evening the8man from Louisi-
ana said TO the man who owned the
grazing land III tell you what ]
will do. 8Ir. Howard. I will give you
$4,000 for the mineral rights in your
land, II you viii give me a lease"
Mr.. Howard looked in astonishment
at the man; then he replied; Part
ner, you have bought something, and
I'm selling IL 70 you"
Exploring for OIL.
Tt was enough. and the papers were
drawn in due form
That was the beginning Of a mutual
friendship between the two men, and
the beginning OF the latest explora-
ton for oil in the Pecos country.
The land which the man from
Louisiana looked over on his visit to
PecOs is oil land. as vel as sulphur
land The Louisiana man was a ge-
olOgists he still is. He isn't worrying
about the outcome He is certain
about getting oil in the Pecos field.
So is Mr. Howard. He thinks that
II the man who paid him S25.000 for
the mineral leases mentioned, and who
was generous enough TO add a royalty
to the contract, and who has since
invested $4,000 more Of his own
money in the field. IS a fool and
doesn't know what he is doing. that
ne himself can afford 10 be a fool
and sink what he has in the enter
prise
The Right Geology.
VIII Pecos be the next big oil field2
Every geologist who has studied the
Dc HaraH "a mill hs
Of the big fields. Some Of the geolo-
gists think privately, but do not pro-
claim IL. that Pecos viii be one Of
the greatest oil fields in the world.
No geolOgist has ever reported IN
favorably on this field: and geologist
after geolOgist, from 1854 on down 10
the present day, has voluntarily point
ed 70 the Pecos field as bearing geo
logical indications Of oil in great
quantities
Technical geological terms and IN
dications mean but little II anything
20 the average man; but the eye Of
the geologist often sees these evil
dences at a glance
Three men were riding on the train
through what is now the Eastland
Ranger field One OF them sat facing
the other two. The man who faced
these two glanced out Of the car win
dow. just after the train had left
Eastland-
There is an oil field he exclaimed.
and he said to the Industrial agent
Get off at the next station and 90
back 10 Eastland as soon as you can
get there; obtain leases on as much
land in this country as you can, and
it will make you rich"
1t was only a few months later that
this field was pouring out its golden
wealth.
skeptfcaI Of Home Things.
others, even after tests have been
verified. great difficulty was expert
enced in procuring capital. because
men whose business is that Of the
production Of coal. oil and other min
erals. had little or none too much con-
fidence in the oil wealth Of that ter
ritory. There existed at Eastland and
in its contiguous territory the same
skepticism that has cost many a man
a fortune. II viii ever be so; and II
Is peculiar trait Of human nature
that men who have lived and walked
over oil all their lives are generally
the last to believe that it is there
II is most generally some far dis
tant field that the average man be-
leves in. It is always the other bank
Of the river that seems most inYit- |
ing.
What evidence will now be required I
to convince the people OF Ell PasOI :
FL Paso is more interested in the pos /
sibilities Of the Pecos field. or should /
be, than any other city in the coun- /
try. An oil field at Pecos viii more
directly benefit Ell Paso than IL will I
any other city. Oil in commercial Z
quantities at Pecos Will mean mill {
lions Of added wealth to Ell Paso- It J
viii give FL Paso the biggest and /
best boost the city ever had
Personally. I believe that Ell PasO is I
due the biggest surprise IL has eL-
perienced in the course OF its his
tory. I have often said that FL Paso I
Is a city OF destiny I believe that /
It is. It's entire history has been one
Of destiny Why a city of destiny. 1 ]
do not know; and IL is not impOr-
tant 10 undertake to analyZe or go
into details. Tt Is a fact though. that
FL PasO has never yet apparently
reached the limit Of its momentum,
that something has not happened 10
give it a big new start and a big new
boost.
Why Wasn't IL DIscovereds
Now. If there IS oil in big quantities
at Pecos, why didn't they discover It
before2
why didn't who discover it before?
Somebody was first In every field.
That is one answer. Another IS that
the Pecos field is in reality a very
old discovery It has been known 10
biologists as a most alluring oil field
since long before the Indians and the
buffalo disappeared from the plains.