Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-26
RICHES IN OIL COME
To BOOK BUYERS At
BOHEMIAN AND BUTTE
Lots Thrown in by Agent Prove
FabulOusly Productive in
Petroleum.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Butte. Oct. 25--Af least two Butte
people and possibly a number more
who have not yes received the news
have been suddenly enriched because
OF an Oil strike III California on land
| they were giFen as an Incentive to pur-
chase set OF books III 1914.
John l.. Dorsh, OF Dorsh & Green
field. is one Of the two Butte residents
who have probably come UNEXPECTEDLY
into a fortune as the result of the
completion Of 1000 barrel well. Fri
day ne received a letter from Salt Lake
City informing him of the good news.
and since then he has been computing
the, probable income that will accrue
to INN all because of the purchase of
a set Of books OF knowledge"
Ryan Fruit Man Lucky
Another Of the Butte persons who
made the fortunate Investment in books
and received lot Of oil-bearing land
as bonus is Anton J. Knievel Of the
Ryan Fruit company. Both Mr. knievel
and Mr. Dorsh are thousands of dol
lars Weather than they were week
ago, statisticians who claimed to have
some knowledge of oil and it's wealth
Inasmuch as 100 lots are in the trnct
on which the oil strike was made. that
many people. If they have continued to
pay taxes upon their California prop
erty, will derive profits in oil royalties
Of more substantial form than the
knowledge contained in the encyclope-
dlas they bought. 1t is not unlikely
that 10 or 20 of the book sets may
have been sold in Butte and that many
nere; alone, are in fortunate lot with
Mr.. knievel and Mr.. Dorsh. A number
of the books were disposed of ut Boze-
man. it was learned. and other Montana
citles. and a larger number were placed
at Salt Lake City.
In May of 1914 Mr.. Dorsh was an
preached by book agent who sold
him set and presented him with q
deed to lot on Huntington beach.
below Los Angeles. Cal. Mr.. Dorsh
said. The books were good. but the lot
was ordinary dry land of no particular
value. However. he continued to pay
the taxes, which amounted to q cents
yearly, and Mr. knievel did likewise.
Offered $500; Held Lots.
4 plumber of months ago Mr.. Dorsh
and Mr.. knievel entered into Joint
agreement with 100 lot owners to
lease their property to the Globe Pet
roieum company. The lease was per-
feeted at Salt Lake City, and at that
time each lot owner received 500,
which was 500 more than was paid for
each set of books.
Subsequently. he received offers of
as much as $500 for his interest in the
land and lease, but for some reason
and acting on ''hunch' he rejected
all proffers, Mr., Dorsh said.
Five hundred dollars is probably
insignificant compared with the present
value of the laad with its 1.OO0-barrel
producer" Mr.. Dorsh declared. 'sThe
100 lots in the pool embrace 80 acres,
on which at least five wells can be
sunk. The production from five wells
of 1.O0O-barrel caliber will mean an
immense fortune, and one-sixth of it
goes to the lot owners"
The agent who sold the fortune
bringing books was man named B. A.
Trust deeds for the lots were
ssued by the. Brazamon Realty com
oany of Los Angeles and were signed
~ its president, G. b. Tull The land
S an addition to Huntington beach.
1ot far from Long Beach and where
IN oil boom has been in process Tor
'ome time.