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Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

when Ranger and Burkburnett flelds were discovered I would have made s1oo,0o0,o0o." said the optimistic Ao- ner.
 Pecos is a bustling little town, full of enterprising business men, mer- chants. ranchers, etc, and she IS packed to the roof now with oil oper- ators, scouts lease brokers and roam ing traders who follow oil field booms. The town has two hotels and two good eating houses. floating population of 1,500 is now elbowing each other there Naturally conditions are ab- normal.
 The writer had to stand in line to get something to eat three times day. We were fortunate in having access to F. P. HoyYard's room in the Orient. Mir. Howard has this room engaged for the year. He is now in New York exploiting the Pecos field. didr | have to worry about bed, which shared with a friend. You have to be accommodating in a booming oil field.
 Pecos has one oil exchange. the Rex, where a doben brokers are buster than bees, marketing leases. Probably a hundred other brokers are operating up and wown Oak street, the trading thoroughfare of Pecos.
 J. o. Stewart of the New York Brok- craze company. Shreveport, New York operator, has just started another
  Shreveport, Fort Worth and New York brokers who are headed for the scene.
 The New York Brokerage company handled over $5,000. 900 worth of trades in the North Louisiana fields and ranks with the great oil leasing organizations of the Mid Continent, Texas and Louisiana fields. Stewart is an expert in the business and promises to build up a tremendous trade in the Pecos field
 ..The Bell is an oil well; how much it will make on the pump is something I wouldn't care to estimate beyond venturing an opinion that it looks like a, good bet at $50 feet"
 The Sunshine Oil corporation, one of the pioneer dril1ers of the field. will build an office building at Cedar and Oak streets, Pecos and lay out Sun shine City on a spur from the Santa F,e railroad to the corporations Laura we'll
 Alfred Finally is president of the Sunshine Oil corporation, and the first man to initiate deep test in the Pecos field proper. Finally cut his eyeteeth in the oil game in the Rumanian field where some great gushers were drilled. He prospected Mexico for oil and came to Pecos to mine sulphur; found sur faco indications of oil and shifted from
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

It is a business of today and no man can play this game who must wait un- til tomorrow when opportunity KNOCKS today. There have been many sue cesses and very many failures. My success is easily the most remarkable because of it's spectacular features due to the big things 1 have done with the help of a big lot of loyal packers throughout every state in the Cnlon. It is this success and the reputation l have gained for always going over the top big and quick, that has brought so many good looking snaps to my offlce in the past ten days.
 This is my biggest, final and last great promotion. Hereafter no new proposition will be considered. If you want your share of the oil riches now is the time to join with me and help to reap the harvest.
 REFINERY IN 30 DAYS
 A refinery is now assembled and will be in actual operation within 30 days from the exercise of the option con- tract I have for its completion and taking over the crude production on which to operate it.
 I guarantee you fair square deal I will submit all details for your final approval. You can authorize me to act for you, or you can take charge and elect your own Trustees or Officers to conduct the business in the future.
 QUICK WINNER
 Chance to take half interest in drill ing we'll and good block of acreage. This looks good and it is big if good at all. It takes but little money to finish the well and it is quick action, win or lose.
 READY MONEY MAKERS
 Bunch of tank cars about to be taken away from present owners by makers, can be had so as to give us splendid profit and also enable us to market our products promptly Also contract on crude oil offered Abner Davis Refiner- ies, so we can refine and dispose or products in these cars to great advant- age Profit from this source alone l can guarantee through operating con tract with our defineries, will pay handsome interest on every dollar.
 SCOUT GETS FACTS.
 I have a telegram from very close driller friend advising me to send scout to investigate certain wild eat we'll that is shut down at 1,S4e feet. supposed to be waiting for a bit. If this is a we'll which my friend believes it to be, and my scout can check up with the driller and learn for sure, q block of acreage close by that can be had at $100 an acre will be worth from $5,00O to $10,0O0 an acre almost any day If I find this to be sure shot well, we will take this acreage-if not
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

made arm,nd the Bell well. The new town of Irabell. on the Santa F'e line has been established. Chesler T. Bunker of Fort Worth will sup-dlVioe the town for Bell and assoclates-
 The new oil field is situated near the Pecos river, the base of a slope col lection that reminds oil men or the Tampico field.
 The great oil field of Mexico is To- cated at the slope of a great chain ol hills.
 Bell and his associates have made fifty drilling contracts with operators Goodloe and Sallaska of Wichita Falls F. P. Howard of Fort Worth, Camp bell. Burris & Sims of Fort Worth T. R. Palmer of Dallas and Henry Hutchings of Fort Worth plan exten sive operations in the field
 ABNER DAVIS BUSY
 Abner Davis of Fort Worth will drill forty acres adjoining the Bell well Davis has a star rig enroute to the field. He also closed for twenty acres on the Santa Fe, where he will erect a refinery.
 Davis was the busiest operator lr the field last week, securing approxi : mately 4,ooo acres. He leased all % oi section s, block 54, township 4, T. F survey, consisting of $40 acres; also 473 acres in section s, block 55, town ship 4, T. X F. survey. This total of 1113 acres is located south and west of the Bell well and takes in terri tory on both sides of the Citizen we'll now drilling. Davis it is said paid an average of s200 an acre for this land.
 Davis also leased 5000 acres sur rounding the Zone well, which spudded in last week. This acreage is north west of P,acos The Fort Worth oper- ator says he paid $50 to s150 for acre he
 The Fort Worth plunger also bought a subdivision, consisting of sixty-one lots north of town, located 200 wards from the Orient hotel. the Waldorf l. Astoria of Pecos. Davis believes that if the Bell field stands the acid test, the town of Pecos will spread north ward He intends to start one Of his one-man refineries on this subdivision immediately.
 Davis wound up his Pecos campaign by leasing the home of q banker named Parker for three months with an op- ton to buy. Abner has great confi- dence in the field and expects to make Pecos his operating headquarters He informed the writer that he had ln- vested approximately $500,00o in Pecos realty and oil property during the week.
 If I had had that kind of money
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

sulphur to the oil business. Finally went over the Ranger field before it was brought in and reported favorabiy on the field. He was anchored in Reeves county at the time and has stuck to his knitting here ever since.
 Finally predicts that large gushers will be drilled in Pecos at 2000 feet. He and his associates have 170,000 acres in the field. Finally showed the writer a letter from the Dutch Shell company. the Standards competitor. asking for an option on acreage in the Pecos field at S10 an acre.
 That letter came too late.'' said Tin~' ally. T am now holding the acreage at S1OO"
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

oil wells. refinery and productive lines with leases acquired at the low figure to grow into the big fortune.
 $1.oo Today, s1,ooo in 30 Days, is the
 Way Leases Jump in Value
 This is the secret:
 oil and gas leases are in the bank dated and put in escrow some months ago. the chance to buy came to me through a close friend. Some of this property I am buying at $1.00 per acre, can. in 30 days, jump to the price ot- S1,000 per acre just the same as dld some other acreage 1 am buying today
 am buying leases now at $50, $1oe. s20O and 5000 per acre. The $l.OOo acre leases were offered few weeks ago at a dollar. This is the reason tell you this is a thousand to one shot. because values have jumped from $1-OO to a thousand and even to ten thousand. They can do it again, and I am confi- dent the leases I am giving you as a bonus on this property will do this for you and for me.
 I have waited a long time to get in at the right time and in a way big enough to make us all rich. Now when the time is at hand, am able to do the big things we all want by gaining some assistance from my friends.
 SOME SECRETS NECESSARY
 If I could tell you exactly what l am preparing to do, Of if I could go into the details or the great ana Tar feacn- ing inside information I have, you would be amazed. and I know I could get ten times the money I need from this one advertisement.
 There are some things that cannot afford to make public at this time for the reason I might never be able to hold the great opportunity I have be- fore me now long enough to raise the money. Unfortunately for me, there are some people who have all the ready cash they need to work with, while I have to go out and raise the money use--this gives you the real oppor tunity to get in and profit with me.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

Do you what to have foty-acre producing oil lease? We'll here is conservative estimate
 In the territory medium shallow wells known to be good producers where the deeper sands give big s there should be at drilled 40 to the first pay sand.
 We will suppose wells make 50 bbls each per day that would mean bb of oil and half would be ooO at e present price SO per bb This would give an income of $1, ,75O per day. -, ,.,
 On the same basis deep weels drilled and they produced proportion your income might easily become SlOo per day
 In fact there no limit place the returns from good lease and it is certainly poor opportunity when he can pet good size lease for few dollars cash and only dollar year per acre rental and then simply wait until ff drill will put up expense drilling and divide the oil because you have the lease. -
 This deal of this kind will have an opporun to get rich with me because 1t IS the last one m take my shoulders to handle gives me all want TOT my various it nses plenty of room for drilling and plenty Abner Davis refneries and these re neries are operation and require my tune snail not again undertake further promotion or drilling campaign
 have enabled to bring together the most choice orent properties from big live growing wildcats to og drilling be finished down to proven acreage proven offsets to be drilled at once right on down actual oil and handle the oil the ground floor and big way quick results at the smallest lnltla cost with potential profits certainly big enough to satisfy anybody earth. .,. ,. .n
 membership certificate in the Consolidated Syndicate Will he mailed promptly showing the amount received from each member and you will be posted from time to time as deVe opments progress.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
ex DICK COLLINS. OIL EDITOR OF FORT WORTH RECORD

PECOS, March 20.-Ira J. Bell, Who drilled in the first producing oil well in Pecos. served as deputy insurance rcoyy1m issioner of Illinois before he To- rated in Pecos ten years ago. The palI well was financed by Springfield. mt Chicago and Mississippi people :.
 Tbe Dfxieland syndicate, operating name of the company that brought m the Bell we'll controls all of section 50 and the southwest quarter or seclon
 IelI sold shares in the Dixieland sxndicate for $50, which called for one tenth of an acre in section 30 and a sbareholder's pro-rata in the syndi-
 cate,s we'll and holdings in section 20-
 Eiyhty-four locations have been
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
ve will simply pass it up.
 A MILLION MAKER

we will simply pass IL up.
 A MILLION MAKER
 Proven lease with offset wells that must be drilled or present owner will forfeit. It takes not only cash money, but it takes drilling outfits and real oil well driIlers to protect this property. l can get half of this deal for a song. but the song must be sung now with dollars and action. I think this deal IS good for a cool million in profits, and think we can commence taking these profits in 30 to 40 days from the moment we start drilling. Proven leases are mighty good investments. Offset wells are the only cinch drilling investment in the game. When the other fellow drills gets the oil and proves the adjoining lease, that is where the velvet or big easy profit comes in to the lease- holder but the law and all the rules re- quire the adjoining lease-holder to drill at once to protect the land owner or royalty holder against loss of oil. This is the proposition now up to us-we profit by drilling for the people who own the offset locations. but have not the cash to work with quickly.
 $1,oo0 TO $f.
 Options to take over 10000 acres of leases in great new oil field where every dollar invested can easily return $1,000 rialize at all will be cashable in a very short time.
 PLAY WITH OIL MEN-LIkE OIL
 MEN PLAY
 You buy and play for the Syndicate interest which shares in all the best surest money makers and in addition and on top of all< of this. you become an absolute 1easeowner to do with as you please, and five or ten acres is enough to make you all the money you will ever want.
 sIo0 to $1 000 now will give you the greatest holdings ever offered. and you get holdings big enough to put you in the oil business as oil men play it. Scattered interest partly invested in
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

rhe Abner Davis Refinery at wichita Falls has sold 100 cars ol E,uel oil. every barrel or wnlcm as to be shipped to Pecos loT oi 'i''N7 purposes in that new iiei1 pnf;erv at U-ort worth will also ship every available barrel of fuel and saso- line to the Pecos field
 To further take care Of the un- haard of activities in the new Pecos Valley oil country. another Apner Davis Refinery is already being as sernbled on the cars for snipmene .o na in the heart of the field
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
THE CREAM

Since my phenomenal success raising money and saving a fortune in leases that were in escrow in bank and about to be lost, there has come to me, clients by the dozen who have properly pur- chased or optioned on which from 50 to 75 per cent has been paid-but who are unable to raise the balance in time to protect themselves.
 I have selected ten of the cream or these propositions, put them all into one consolidated syndicate. I have pro- tected ourselves against loss by having the right to take up any one or all Of these propositions depending on the exact amount of money we. have On harc at the time. There is only one of these deals that has to be closed this week. and that only requires S2o.o00. I will be glad to have my personal friends wire me stating the amount trey will furnish me-but it is not necessary to send the money by tele- graph. Just wire me what amount you can furnish and send it on by mail Your pledge will be sufficient guaran- tee will put up the cash if your re- mittance does not reach me in time, but snare with you just the same.
 ACTION ALONE WINS
 Tho oil busfness is one of action
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
av DICK COLLINS OIL 6D' TOR OF THE -FOhi
 NMnRTH RECORD

Abner Davis corralled the peS1 pes,
 aaga around the Ira J. beii ar Dixieland Syndicate well tnis
 .el. He seems to have gotteiii sbont Mee everything good marketee mark tsa auping ] the week. Davis beat l the nntch Shell and other big com, nanies to the field. sa" rrire from one big company 9and ing for acreage up asaiiis'
 ''' believe that the field will gsI
 .renendous play, if the Bell aiI becomes a consistent pro s,,cer on the pump. This Iace ad s,iT he definitely ascertained as soon M as the machinery to pump sbe e well can be moved into the Pecos field and installed; Mahs ths rirs are being rusned to 'ie field
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
FORT WORTH, DALLAS, FL PASO OPERATORS
 LOOK OVER PECOS

HEAD-FORT WORTH-HERE --.-. zPECOS. March 20.-Pecos tomorrow will be host to 150 business men of Fort Worth and Dallas headed by J. $. Bon ner. and a party of fifty from Fl Paso, who made the trip here in special cars to visit the new Pecos valley oil fields.
 Abner Davis, Fort Worth and Wich- ita Falls refiner. has announced two new locations. One is in section Of block 55 and the other is in section 4 of block 54, being located five and four miles respectively south of the Bell we'll
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

on the ground when the famous Bell we'll went
 millions but money handle these big opportunities though we get in on the ground floor.
 have picked plums the Tree of Fortune will you enjoy the fruits with me!
 is promoters and officers of companies to receive large bonus valuable leases other fat graft or
 but decidedly in fact unheard of for the turn the bonus to his associates who furnish the money
 This kind of deals uncommon that much wonderful property should be brought together and e that every investor gets the worth of hls money in the main investment with additona bonus worth every ao abilities for returns where few dollars can grow into real competency.
 the to proft-sharng plan was became evident was going became the object of dce and the subject of more abuse than was upon my organizations with the hundreds of thousands o dollars
 invited in with me and share In
 Here are some of the big things you share in:
 Half interest proven Drilling Contract nearest the Bell discovery we'll without doubt shot for many same relative position antcne the Bell we'll The oil from this lease alone should easily et all ant e money
 Refinery and the land in fee that IS oe1hg @ Santa Fe Railway runs through property The first unit of refinery all complete and ready to set up Tor @ % % der contract begin making gasoline within 3o days me profits this refinery at the source of the crude supp w I there ready market for all the m @ w be the only refinery hundreds of miles in all ana our & will command big premium because oi a 0aSiS M both on the crude and refined product . e,4.
 This refinery will operated under the Abner aVs system making our standard Pyramid brands Oneha interest gong to this Syndicate 4..,so or 4bo Roll
 Half interest another drilling contract also on the e Antcine. =, ;, tbo oil and mineral rghts in the adjoining the Citizens well tac which is a sure shot from the standpolht o io " ~ structure .1o cleo oor,ino inc oil rights in the Zone district which regarded as an eAcee location for big deep wells z ooo - a,so ,,o., drill
 another tract of lOOO acres also near ~ raons in Pecos County regarded immensely valuable for it's potential oil possibilities: .1or on+;on " interest in certain other properties now under opo l.ai a,o1t which cannot made public at this tune W interest in pipe line and oil gathering 1aces 1o ho established in the Pecos field
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28
PLUNGE WITH ME Oil Field

fer making and this Syndicate will be the biggest a emulation of wealth possibilities that has been assem- bled with little will be the most far reaching because embraces all of the essentials for quick making on o scale the oil This million dollar cash basis In other words those who furnish the money get their the hundred shot in holdings that the usually charges the public the hundred for the in values given The Abner Davis plan of profit sharing contemplate using hundred thousand dollars to acquire millions values and distributing that millions those who furnish the and whether they furnish $1OO 5000, they receive the same prorata share
 the Inside Syndicate deal share of one-thrd went to the Abner Davis Teeshp for the profit of those ana not to individually this Consolidated Syndicate deal be- gigantic proportions 25a will to me for my pres et and the 75 will to those who come Tn and form this Syndicate. ,.~
 your money for the Consolidated Syndicate al rect National Bank Pecos Texas the National an Commerce. Wichita Falls Texas to the National Bank or Commerce Worth Texas direct to Abner DaVls Trustee Consolidated Syndicate, Fort Worth Texas .
 not buying stock, becoming a Syndicate owning all of the big assets which great stock be operated syndicate un my plan, if you prefer
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

Half interest large block of checker boarded leases III of the greatest oil fields Judgment that Will De found This lease yet what must be cassed as wildcat territory These properties to be held to await de velopment by other companies.
 interest in the contract for supply of crude oil ana marketing This contract should prove immense ly profitable without any outlay whatever to us.
 of these extremely valuable and large prop prepared to outright direct to each investor one acre for each S2OOO furnished five for each $lOOOO this acreage will be given form of bonus and in addition to all the which each Syndicate member shares pro- rata.
 risk because have protected myself from every ar gle due to knowledge gained from previous experience
 Getting right the start and hedging us the clnch if there
 buy the whole part of each and every lease of land interest that working In any the proportion for and forfeit part o money We simply let the other fellow take whatever portion we can't pay for before contracts expire
 FORTUNE FROM ACRES OF OIL
 Suppose forty lease all for and all that necessary do S1 each year until It drilled.
 Suppose other drilled that helps prove your lease and the values begin to jump.
 suppose you simply sit steady in the boat and let the fellow who along and wants to drill well on 5O5O oasis work for you and pay you the royalty.
 simply let the other fellow the cost o drilling and take half the oil Now this thing being done every day and will be done thousand times
 going to be in close touch with all operations and will interests and handle these matters want you have else represent do yourself.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-28

these people furnished succeed with the most hated individual in these stockseing promoters
 When oil wells really proved producers and when my nees began turning after refined products and pipe lines fill storage with crude and every effort knocking changed expressions of men and the feeling of hate to of and So today when the promotion game Texas stands those who have good properties but unable to finance them turn ready be raised for egit mate property and progressive development
 spread like wild fire When became known that an ad versement the five great cities of Texas and III Kansas City, Psburg York Angeles and San Fran brought from two hundred and fifty people and that money telegraph enabling S4OOOO to protect within seventywo hours has estab
 only the respect and confidence of the public but brings real that to be had not only in the oil Texas but in Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Kentucky.
 hardly day since the Inside Syndicate was received from $O0 $1 0OO by wire ana mail from friends begging to in on that deal nave m money letters and teegrams pedgng nall of money needed complete this Consolidated Syndicate
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