, 1922-02-25
H0G CREEK CARRUTH MAN OF VISIONNOH
WORLD AS SHOWNBYH HIS WONDERFUL SUCCESS

dow the road to stswn Just as the
sun ras coming up over tho eastern
hills
He was undoubtedly crazy the
townspeopIe thought. because he stay
ed away from his shop 10 MUCK OF
the time and lost so much trade
Chasing these Wild rainbows.- But
carruth was not chasing rinbows:
he was adding to hin already large
knowledge OF the practical end Of the
oil business.
Receives Little Encouragement
Nor did Carruth lose any chnnce TO
tell the people of Hog Town what he
believed. He believed there was oil
At Hog Town Most Of them scoffod
heartily at the idea of on In Hog
Town but gradually. by the constant
propounding OF his theories. Carruth
convinced n number Of the local csd-
lens of the logic OF his ideas
In all these years. Hog Town had
been growing n little until II had
amassed a population Of several hum
.dred. The banker and tho doctor own
I'd automobiles, and one weil-to-do clti-
zen had water pipes through his
house. The town was very decidedly
becoming modern. and it vas agreed
by all that II would o do for such q
modern place to continue with the
somewhat common name OF Hog
Town. So n committee was formed
to select a name for Hog Town hat
would be both dignified and beauti-
full.
Desdcmona Pierce was the village
belle. and the most popular Girl in all
the country around. Her first name.
the village school master said, was a
Greek word. and meant something
beautiful and dignificd. although he
couldn't say Just what the exact
meaning Of the word n Tho word
sounded good; it rolled around In
ones mounth. They decided to change
the name OF Hog Town to Desdemona-
Carruth Amazes People.
Shortly after this Hog Crock Car
ruth told the people Of Dezdemona a
thing tho surpassed al understand
ing. He told them that in his trips
ove- the countryside from strawn TO
Desdcmona. he n traced h struc-
ture at Strawn clear down to BESIDE
mona, and that he knew beyond a
doubt that under Dc-demona would
be found oil. Furthermore. he be-
iieved It would be found in far larger
quantities thar that brought forth at
Strnwn.
Here was an amazing thing. II true.
There were many doubters. skeptics
and non-believers, but there were \
few who accepted the barber oil mans
theory as true. These few realized
that this barber was rot Just a barber,
that he knew whereof he spoke.
Carruth needed little encourage
ment- He was determined to find out
whether or not thero was oil at Des.
demona He could not do this him
self. however. because ho a not the
means. He had neglected his forced
occupation of barber through the
work for Shich his heart told him he
was best fitted. IND he was Tar from
being a rich man.
He had heard of on compc.des IN
which stock was sold, n he deter
mined to form such a company So
the Desdemona Home Oil company
came into existence.
All the capital was raised locally
and largely by Carruth's own efforts
No one knew just exactly what was
going to be dome with h money; and
most OF them felt perhaps that they
were going to lose it. but the courage
of ]. W. Carruth. and his ~unquench-
able enthusiasm beat down all bar
riers. until at last h treasury OF the
Desdemona Home Oil company boast
ed several thousand dollars, which
was sufficient to warrant h start
ing of the first well.
Twenty years before this time the
Spindletop oil field had bee opened
near Beaumont. Texas II had a brief
career. and then died down orever
There wa not a single deep oil field
in West Texas and they did not know
how TO go about the finding Of OIL past
the 1~,5oo-foot level. In fact. no one
knew hat there was any on below
that depth at hat time However.
| Carruth knew ii his own mind that
the oil was there, and he was deter