The Little River news., 1921-03-02
Sevier County is Getting
 Into the Limelight Now

[ getting in the oil game. We have no gushers as yet, but are dreaming sweet dreams by night and doing consider able htstling by day, with the view of something of that nature, that will put us as enthusiastically on the oil map, as we are on the good roads map with our One hundred and sixty miles of modern hard-surfaced highways. Sevier county has been 90 busy for the last four years building good roads, that numerous other good bets have been somewhat over looked and neglected; but now as this job ot constructing system of high ways second to none is about com pleted, we have begun to cast about to- see what big thing to tackle next, for we are a people who enjoy big tasks with It's incident risks and pos bilities. Judging from the talk and actions of the last. few weeks exciting times are ahead, and the stage is about set for. the biggest event we have ever pulled off, namely, to produce the goods to prove that we have, as yet undeve1oped resources of great magni- tude. Geologists and oil men have for the last several years claimed that oil was here in paying quantity, but as there was so many things to beaattend- ed to, such as building railroads, util- izing some the the splendid timber that was here in such an ~oundance. The time of awakening has come and we find ourselves getting new visions and seeing things from a different angle. We are no longer satisfied with ease and comfort, but are awaking to the realization that the world is moving at more rapid pace, and have caught the spirit of the times, and bagan to feel that we would like to- indulge our- selves in some of the hitherto uncared for extravagances of the millionaire and multi-millionaire, even though it might not seem so natural and com fortable: and in order to satisfy this growing desird we find ourselves get ting more of hustle on us in think ing and acting; and now in vision of mind we see great osl field of which we are the commercial if not the geo. graphical center, with its hustle. bus tie and turmoil, and this dream nrst be realized or the buble must e5 punctured. Which will 1t be, Is the thing that is uppermost in our minds and 1t is pressing and driving us to a determination to get the matter set. tied, and settled quickly. In fact, we are getting impatient in the matter and as result of all this the Chamber
 of Commerce, composed of majority
 of the hard-headed business men and residents of DeQueen, have brought themselves to the decision to- do th unheard of thing of offering bor
 to the first person, or persons, NY
 will put down an oil well to the
 formation, let it be producing oil
 or duster, just for the satisfact
 knowing to moral certainty,
 our dreams of riches in oil
 realized or no. The facts on
 foregoing statement is bas~
 actions taken in mass mee9
 bled February 4th, resolv
 and offer bonus of
 given to the person or
 will develop an oil we'll
 barrel capacity. within
 tance of DeQueen, in
 16 and it was decid
 per- cent of this amor
 other meeting was c.
 use the same as bt
 put down to Sbase
 though it is not pro
 done before a producer
 that meets the stipulati{
 ginal bonus ofrsred: thi
 to anyone and every ons
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