Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-09
Hundred Friends of D. 3.
Dewar Assemble At Hotel
North, Wednesday Evening
Speakers Explain Oil Land
Lease Investments

Testifying to their friendship by
their presence and in turn hearing
much of valuable information about
oil lands leases as investment posi-
bilities, nearly a hundred Augusta
and Central Maine friends of d. r
Dewar assembled in the main dining
room at the Hotel North. Wednes-
day evening to enjoy splendid ban
quet as the special guests OF the
popular securities representative.
Mr.. Dewar informed his friends
| that his recent association with j
| Mccormick Ross d Co., as manager
| for Maine has made possible his con-
| tinuing his residence in Augusta, and
| he recalled with obvious sincerity the
many warm personal friendships
which he has made in the five years
since he has been located in this
city.
Attorney Frank E. Southland OF
| Mclean, F'ogg and Southland, AND
William l.. Bonney, State Treasurer
| told of Investigations made by then
| into the operations of Imperial Roy
, alties, Inc, the Offering handled by
the j. Mccormick Ross & Co., dur
ing their recent trip to Tulsa, Okla
homa at the special invitation of Mr.
DeWar.
Both Mr.. Southland and Mr.. Bon
ney told the interested audience
many informative details concerning
investments in oil land leases as a
result of their first-hand examina-
tions of this type of investment. AS
Attorney Southland explained. the
holder of lease options profits more
than the oil we'll ODpratOr
Mr.. Bonney discussed the several
aspects of oil production, including
supply and demand, and the scientific
researches being conducted by the
great producing corporations, not
only in the mid continent fields, bur
in Texas, California. Pennsylvania
and other oil producing regions.
A specific explanation of the I'M
perial Royalties holdings was given
by J. Mccormick Ross of Boston,
who illustrated his talk with refer
ences and quotations. Mr.. Ross also
provided an opportunity for those
present to question him on any phase
of the investment, and several in
terested queried the securities broker.
The gathering of Mr.. Dewar's
friends was most representative Of
the business and professional life OF
this section, and among the guests
were the following:
j. Mccormick Ross, Boston, D. 3
Dewar, Frank Southland, William l.
Bonney, Miss Margaret Monahan
Boston, Miss Hilda Loring, Portland
Miss Gladys Gilman, E. H. Elliott
(Edward), Harold E. Dewar, VIII
liam E. Morgan, Kenneth 3. Foss
Harry o. Barney, John C. Arnold
oh
Earl c. Goodwin, Charles O'Connor
DR.. George A. Coombs, DR.. William
H. Harris, Everett H. Maxcy, Thorn
as Wheeler. Ralph G.. Weber, Ezra
e. White, c. l. Bailey, Paul Bailey
Herbert E. Wadsworth, Judge A. NJ
Spear, Paul D. Sargent, Clyde Met.
calf, Charles r. Bilodeau, Kenneth
B. Lee. Harry E. Goodrich, Stepher
J. Hegarty, Everett V. Perkins. Mel,
vile Milliken. J. Frank Dyer, DR.. A
O. Thomas, George c. Fernald, Guy
o. Vickery, Bryon Boyd, Herman r
Mansur, Leigh D. Flynt, Robert E
Bean. Daniel Sexton, Frederic Ma.
son, Frank E. Mace, Frank J. Ham
Charles P. kinsman. Melvin r. Gun
ningham, Henry Christian, Jr, Fred
Toothaker, M. r. Knowlton, Grin B
Frost, z. A. Hussey, Roy Flynt, w
T. Leavitt, Frank Ball. Danforth l.
Nash, George Merrifield, A. M. Per-
ley. E. H. Foye, Charles Harrington
Finton A. Hussey, Herbert Caldwell
Ralph Caldwell, w. S. Pope. j. P
Clark, Robert A. Cony, DR.. Roland
Mckay, Horace Ingraham, Lawrence
Purinton. Willard Purinton, Harry
Miller, Samuel Miller, Harry H.
Pierce, William T. Noble, A. F.
Pierce, William G. Boothby, Mr..
Prince. w. II. Fisher, Frank VIM
gate, Leon Berry, Robert Latte, DR..
s. o. Clason, o. q. Frost, Brooks
Newbert. Smith S. Randall John
Wadleigh, Harry Dean, Edwin Lu-
cas-. Robert Hunt, Robert Peacock,
Milton S. Kimball. Roscoe Givan,
]. p. Roberts, Charles Chase, Harry
Patten,