Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-19
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
fO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
DkLAIIOAfA \ PROpI CINCi 4 REFTN

ro TUE sToCkHoLpERs or THE
DkLAIIOMA PROnI CING & REIN
ING COMPANY
Notice of storL holders meeting To dis
solve Hcur company Is hereby given
The hoard of directors rtcciVcd from The
phW Cities Gas Company. through the
Horts ot Nour company 5 bankers MeRsrs
luko Ranks & Weeks. an offer 10 purCha So
truN idcd he board of directors and stock
aotders ~ your company should duly con
ent to dissolve il. al the ordinary shares
ard preference shares of the Union de-
frtrocS Oklahoma about b3 per cent Of
- total stock owned by YOUR CompanS
Tor a cash price that would realize approNI-
1naioly - 6NS oo0 after dcducting commits
son 10 MessrS Luke. Ranks & Weeks The
above Union des p0truiCS shares cost vrur
tnupany in round figures 81 rs O0A The
t"lard nf directors carefully considered the
offer and .nuclHdci il would be for the best
interests IF the stockholders of your com
rany TO authorize IFS proper officers 20 ac-
srpt II. Contract has been entered into ac-
The Oktahoua Producing 4 Refining
torporauon Of America has outstanding
$1,000 900 If preferred stock and $50 B5n
ONO common Stock After ii took over tiu
la1sl all OF the oDcrat ting proper tics Of your
,einpans. your cumE4any became purely
order % dISsoiNe q and distribute its aSspts
nut for the fact Of the ownership or tho
mares ahove men tioncd Of the Union dcs
fetreses q Oklahoma the latter OWNING the
preferred stock and a minority Of tho Cen
mon stock Of the Oklahoma Producing &
koiiuing Corporation of America Thr
ShareS 0f the Union des rptrnle arc in
tScarer form not dealt in on any Aucrl-
',an exchange. and arr otherwise not in sals-
factory orm for delivery to American in
visitors. But that your COMPANY 3
only assets arr tn consist ~ cash and tw,
'n'llion nine huncrcsi seyunty thousand
'29tb.uOl shares OF the common stock
R tho Oklahoma Producing 4 Refining
corporation Of AuaorN,s tho opcratitlS
snmpAuyl. it = hsalsevysi that the hssSt in
tRroSts of tho stock holders Of your ts,ru
pAry would D. served by disSllvInc your
fsprn pa1y and DISTRIBUTING its assets Upon
nus>h distribution each holder Of yonr troul-
Many stock csn export 70 rfaaeivs Ter
,ha-y, about two dollars and thirty rs,nfs,
$500 IN cast and about ono and one
fourth q tzl stlsszCS Of thc can1rnon stock
of tho oklahoma Producing 3 reclining
Z corporation 0f AUcrsCs Nour cs,rnuany
1nca1 It's inception. has psAad r,seuIar yearly
alN1oenos OF ton reT CTntum 10 per ,aeuf)
ssiso trse corporation has paid rsg15laE civ1-
LENDS OF eght per c-Dfum : Vcr c1eut'.
Forstloo common sha0s> on the Stv
f0rs stock ExChanfo and, II earnings
s1snt1nue 20 warrant is IS intended that
quarterly dividends 81 At lszsst s rz4r ont
-ar sn8um shall be rssd
You are hereby pou1ied % that t5.e tso.r,i
n directors Of tho company, n u-octing
disability Of diSsniylDg tho COMPANY and
fl1sLlbuEnG its sSsetS and duty a1optrxJ
ne following FessCsu Eiou.
kaS=13 we'd. Thai in tho Judgment ~ ff,r
;HNsEd OF 13rFrtors Is is deemed advisable
and most for the baocfit Of Oklahoma Prsp-
ducInS = Refining CoEnnsg7v that ths, r>1fT,
1sny should b. dIssoivesi and 10 that end
and as required by Law that a me0tine ~
The stock bsosders of the company to tskn
sctso1 upon tins FCsosEt tlCu 81 ana il hssrv,llv
= called 10 be he st The principal ofIicc
If the company. at No "a Wall STREET New
York CSty the 25eh day of January
go. 81 li-.s0 q Caock- IN the forenoon. and
that The SECRETARY OF the com psuy tsc and
ne hereby Is directed uitzlla ten days ~
{ be adoption Of this resolution to CAUSE
notcf Of its adoption to he uaf<s to each
StocSholder OF the mpany residing IN the
United States. and also within ten davs
20 czuse ike BOCsCB 10 be inserted IN A
psvs spa Der pubHsrts1 the county OF New
= iasIse, ii the State o1 De4awarC for a k-asf
-arSs SiccSseSsa ve gessS onca sEsak next prS-
-s,diDg Loe tame appointed as aforesaid for
The mestInS OF the Sd ckhois<crs having
voting power.
And "a thai tkss board OF directors at In,
s-a-ne meeting duly cslktsd . spez-las meeting
of koe Stockholders The counpauY 10 10
bcf6 al the Offices Of the c0rnpauy al NJ
u al street he 16Lh day Of lamar
eeO. at ll-3o Clock in the fo-4s0n.r 1r
take sctao1 upon the resolution 80 arioptfs5
by The board Of directors Of the cDvsDaY3v
By ORDER or THE BOARD OP III
REC~TORS
r y. LILY STRAND
FIrst ' ices- resident
DATED January ), 1870
NOTCH New series OF shares Tn, e4rhty-
second series Of shares Of p,srD.stu7ai sst
iugs and Loan a association IS nov hs.in-
sued Shares arc SJ-OO each per month and