, 1922-02-25
CARRUTH MAN
OF VISION IN
Texas FIELDS

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Inverness. had brought about ali his
transformation. all this frunzied oil
boom.
We Jaw his erstwhiie Httie hamlet
literally saturated with a deiuge OF
E4-d solo. ana ~throbbing with an
excited. Embarrassing food of hu-
manity. ~ thousands OF fortune.seck-
crs came from tho four corners OF the
world 10 vie for a share OF these new
~ opened treosurers- He. heard Hog
Town tDesdemona) unanimously pro
claimed the richest spot on tho face
OF no globe and this. tho same
half forgotten Hog Town which only
a month or 30 before had been con-
sidered too uniursortant even TO be
given a place on the map OF Texas.
Comes Into His Own.
Carruth saw the village thai had
scorned him. acknowledge him as one
Of the greatest living oil men. And
saw the people who had doubted him,
bless his name. He saw wealth and
prosperity O. every hand where there
had formerly been want and poverty
Desdemona became n wealthy city.
and hundreds and hundreds OF PEG
pie were made independent, and thous-
ands found the rainbow's end because
of the courage and the tenacity o
purpose OF one man working Alone
Hog Creek" Carruth.
There is no end OF romano sur
rounding Hog Creek" Carruth's on
company and his valiant grosp Of I'm
yvstorz. n many = h thrilling.
touching, human Interest stories tina
might be told II space permitted. How
ever. this narrative win not be COM
plete until at least two OF the more
striking ones have been recounted
here
II must first be borne in mind that
many. yes. most OF Carruth's financial
hackers were people who could i'll AZ
ford to los h money they entrusted
20 him. 1t represented ~hard-oarned
dollars to thcm-in some instances, a
iife's savings. One of these was a
country doctor living In a nearby vii
lagc. He had sufficient faith in Car
ruth and his oil centuls to invest
$1,000 in his company. For this lie
received twelve shares OF Hog
Greek" stock.
Shortly thereafter. this doctor
whose faithful performance OF his
duty had saved the lives Of many in
his community. took sick and died
suddenly. His untimeiy death pre-
coded that OF his wife but a few
weeks. And-tuo beautiful little girls.
then aged three and five respectively.
were left neutrality-suspicious.
The doctor owned little property
and had little honey in the BAN at
the time of his decease His insur.
ance would not go far toward the
care. support and education of these
two ~orphaissd. baby giris. A guardian
was appointed and in going through
the effects of the late father. he came
across the twelve shares of Hog Creek
stock. He regarded II much as en-
other stock is regarded until II has
proven its value. He put il aside
with other doubtful documents.
Little did the guardian Of these two
babies realize that in n few weeks
time that same stock was to be worth
100 to 1 and that the orphans left in
his care were to receive the brand
sum Of $121.62o cash for those twelve
shares moro than $4,000 for each
little girl. The interest from their
thoughtful ather's $1,000 Investment
is now caring for m educating them.
and when they become of age these
Two children will each receive a COM
petcnce that will give them both all
tho comforts of life TO tho end OF their
days-s6o.o 900 apiecei
contrasted to the above. is a rather
humorous incident. wherein an auto
mobile dealer accepted two shares Of
Hog Creek stock in trade for two tires
and suddenly found himself wealthy.
1t Is best told in h following excerpt
from an article appearing in the Tex
as Oil Gazette. last year:
How an automobile dealer in Wax-
ahchie, Texas. became rich by ac-
cepting two shares Of Hog Creek Oil
company stock in a "swap" for two
automobile castings in a story that is
going the rounds in Texas.
9Th auto dealer had as q patron
one day, at the time when Hog Creek