The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-02-13
HOME MEN ORGANIZE
FOR HOME BENEFIT
BIG OIL CORPORATIONS CRAg
BiNG ALL LANDS IN SIGHT
OIL LEASE SCALPERS ACTIVE
AS BEES. FARMERS WARNED
TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE
LEASING THEIR LANDS.
Is there a bed of oil under Y


Is there a bed of oil under Yalo-
busha county?
Expert geologists declare there l.
oil in 1alobusha county-not one
alone but several have examined the
field, and al make most encouraging
reports OF their Investigations.
For reasons, better known to
themselves, the big oil corporations
have corps of men working over
Yalobusha county. Some Of these
men are trained oil experts, while
others are local men in the employ
ment of the big oil corporations, and
all are leasing every foot of land
possible to secure.
Then we also have the "scalper'
with US, the man who secures the
oil lease in his name as trustee, then
later sells or assigns the lease to q
purchaser, thus making big easy
money without any Investment or
without any obligations TO develop
the property for OF !, p,
The activity of the representa-
tives of the oil corporations in this
county, is evidence sufficient for
any sensible man to realize that the
''big fe..ows' certainly must have
fssblne estSirea .ccoYorahle information+0G a 1 +
.,.ch on all the land they can get
Ao4- hands ea2 Right here Mr.,
Farmer we want to ask you this
question, viz; "Did you ever hear
of any big oil corporation that de-
veloped any oil field for the purpose
of developing the communlty-or
was the developing done so-eIy and
for the corporations exclusive bene-
fit? We also ask you the question
did YOU ever hear of the Big oil cor
poration ever developing an oil
fed on "leased lands" with but the
one exception that OF Indian lands
in Oklahoma where the big oil octo-
pus could not acquire tit-e to the
lands on account of the governments
protecting care of the Indiana
Another thing MIR. Farmer, did
vou know that the oil corporations
have been leasing lands in this
section OF the state for the past ten
wears and up to this date not one
attempt has been made 10 put down
q we'll on any of the thousands OF
acres of land they have leased and
which they are still holding to TINS
good day?
II the big octopus don't believe
that there is oil under our lands IN
this section, we ask you the question
why do the big corporations renew
their leases and why do they now
come forward with rush to grab
all the more that they can get?
Another question, "If the oil cor
norations believe that there is oil IN
tb;s section, and believe it strong
enough to spend many thousands OF
good American dollars 70 hold and
Control the lands, why in the name
~ common sense haven't they put
down a hole on some of the thou
sands of acres under their contro!,
and find out if there is OIL before
spending thousands and thousahas
more dollars Simply to hoid the
lands? 49,. 49,,
In answer TO the last question We
6rmjv believe that II is the purr ose
of the big oil corporations not to de
ve,op, but en- the contrary to deter
deveiopment Of oil fields 50 that
IheV can Ine HuIS So7'4F
oil prices-gaso'in went up H2 c
per gallon this week. A.
II is q well known fact that the
biq oil concerns own or control III u
sands and thousands of acres IN the
oil producing fields that are laying
dormant and no attempt IS beng
made to increase oil production
Instead of putting down more we.is
in the proven fe.ds-where II IS a
known fact that more no o'es IN the
ground will produce more oh-the
Octopus comes TO Yalobusha county;
an pnexplored, untried field and
would have us TO believe that thev
are seeking lands for develonine
nurposes. Mr.. Farmer think aoou'
hi, matter before you tie up your
lands with any concern.
THE editor Of the Herald nrmlV
bsjiavss that there is OIL In Naloousha
countv and surrounding TERRITORY.
Yalohusha coupty's devei pine't
ia due 10 the efforts Of her home
neorle. The home men who n@Ee
soroht for deveiopment snent their
lives and energy here. men who have
gourb, the battle through sdver"tV
ae well q. surshire--rren wh m Von
have known and trusted rN the nas'
years of your associsron--theese' ese
are The men you know and whom you