El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

trying TO do big things with little
money and consequently the Overhead
expense was eating up the business.
have but one excuse 70 offer for
three years OF poor results:
LACK OF EXPERIENCE
I have but one thing to thank now
Tor later successes: The truth. Even
though did not have the experiences
IN oil that would enable me to get
the best results. I had gone through
the school OF experience far enough
10 know the value Of truth and a
square deal I always endeavored TO
tell the truth 70 those thousands OF
people who were backing ne with
their savings and they stuck with
me-
LONG TINE TO GAMBLE
The fourth year began TO show I'M
proTement- learned many things.
my friends learned that they could
rely upon me and they stuck with
me- I at last had enough hackers
true-blue hackers from every state
In the United States and from the
Islands OF the seas and foreign con
tinents as we'll
Truth q the foundation mon
which the world itself f. built. The
laws OF nveraEe are the basis upon
which all huEinesa undertakings
must depend FOR success.
working honestly and diligently
with never thought OF quitting
until results had crowned ny efforts.
knowing that was firmly estab-
lshed upon the one solid foundation
OF truth. and having learned the
business lessons. proving the unfafl-
ing laws OF average as absolutely de-
penuabla the only thing I had TO do
was 70 keep myself nerved up to
the point where I could keep on
going This was accomplished By
the thousands OF knockers who were
all the time predicting failure for
ne and that the next week would be
ny last
This was the force IN nature which
Kept my mental and physical
dyuamos going at full speed for
these four years and even when nv
brain fagEed and eighteen 70 twenty
hours daily toll was telling upon me.
physically. could always look back
and see the thousands OF poor devils
Ike myself who had tried TO better
their condition with their hard earned
dollars through their confidence in
again stick with them and win for
them
II you want to test a man. put him
TO the test on his honor. Il you want
to make him fight all the harder
question his good faith, II you want
TO make him unconquerable. uncorz
the walls OF calumuy and start WaE-
ging the vile tongues OF his on
ponents- When you do, there springs
up around him that source OF power
supplied by nature 10 man Courage
and determination which when FED
by that equally important fountain
Of power. confidence from his sup
porters. there IS nothing on earth
that can chain down or prevent sue
cess for the man with an under
standing OF the power OF truth and
the knowledge Of the certainty OF
the workings OF the law OF averages
and nature
LAST OPPORTUNITY.
Geology has been a study for
for years depended upon their
knowledge OF formation indicating
where oil should be found II scien-
tific knowledge Is valuable OF II this
science OF formation IS worth any
thing, then let US consider The
anticline has long been recognized
as the one favorable spot on which
10 drill for oil
In this wonderful Pecos country
we find that by accident an irriga-
lion ditch cut across the plains
around the foot OF some sand hills
uncovered the top OF an antieline,
showing plainly the two sides OF the
structure with the dip on both sides, I
marked as plainly as a stone wall
This left no doubt about the anti
slime and there was no doubt about I
he location OF its apex or top
This anticllne was found at a point I
relatively similar 20 the Tampico oil I
Held, so the biologists and experts /
slaim. II being at the foot OF q great /
Hope or IN a basin. where the great I
accommodation OF oil Is 20 be found. I
Vow the country was founu that I
ihowed that the natural conditions I
existed for an oil pool
The anticline was uncovered and I
hus the sure and certain earmarks /
II an oil structure were brought 70 I
-lew.
Then a well was drilled a. the
sight place on this anticline to find
IN. according TO geology.