The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-06-12
COOPERATION DID

nIL may never be discovered in the Pecos valley. Should that be
Il Il true some Of the foremost oil biologists in the world will be in
oil should be found somewhere in southeastern New Mexico. The
chances, we believe, are with the biologists. The really competent
ones are right more often than they are wrong. They protect them
selves when in doubt, by saying nothing in a way that makes the
language sound like something. About the Pecos valley many Of
oil will be found somewhere within a haldays drive of Roswell.
If oil is not found in that district it will not be the fault Of
TO the credit, Hoday, according to a detailed statement OF opera
tons nanother column of The Sunday Herald, more actual deveL
opment work for oil is under way within a halfdays drive of Ros-
well than in any other undeveloped district OF similar area IN the
world. A majority Of these drllin gtests is directly traeable TO the
efforts of a Roswell local company, organized without expectation
of direct profit and solely TO encourage just the kind Of effort that
is now going forward. II happened that this company, in the course
Of lbs efforts, paid its stockholders one hundred per cent in dividends.
That was al incident Of good management and did not interfere
with the larger object sought; which was TO get the Pecos valley
region thoroughly prOspected for oil.
II oil is not discovered in the Pecos valley il will not be for
lack Of effort to find il; effort brought about by enterprise and CO.
operation Of Roswell home interests. Also, if all the thorough tests
now under way should prove unproductive this group Of development
producers can point with a measure Of pride 10 considerably more
than a million dollars of perfectly good money that has been spent
ntheir home district in the effort TO find oil; spent there by men
perfectly able and willing to risk and lose it, upon the alternative
of great reward.
Some very eminent biologists have reported upon the geology
Of territory within a halfdays drive Of Albuquerque and have con
cluded that this geology is as favorable 10 the presence of oil in large
volume as is that Of the Pccos valley districts where drilling is under
way. II is possible to secure the same kind Of a test of the region
Immediately tributary to Albuquerque as has been secured for the
Roswell district because the same procedure employed by Ros-
well business men viii interest the same type of prospectorsi men
who are earnestly searching for new oil fields and who have plenty
Of none yo risk in the search, IL there is a reasonable chance for sue
cess
Albuquerque investors not 50 many months ago, spent a million
dollars or more nthe oil game, chiefly with the busy army Of gen
Element whose equipment Tor oil development consists OF printed
stock certificates aud a sucker list. Many Of ms have since become
extremely conservative on the general subject Of oil. That conserya-
tism, however valuable il may be and however much il may have
cost us 10 acquire, should not deter this community from finding
out al some time in the near future what il has available in the way
Of possible oil resources.
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terview IN American women which indicated that he understood
them just as thoroughly as American women understand relatively