The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 125, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 24, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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LEGAL RULING ON
Court of Civil Appeals
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school. Jack Garrison of Polytech-
statement
Henry L. Shepherd of
said
weeks ago
Central Hi. La Mond Tucker 'of
Claude Cross. chairman of the
field's resignation.
employes' division. declared
chest idea is popular with the in-
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—. better as "Pug.". .
were hit by
to U. S. Marshal Levy at Chicago
shortly before noon.
Is Weatherman Right?
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Three men, he says.
election.
aa he goes.
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PREDICTION
Saturday
and
Sunday
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in temperature.
For Prison System
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that new house
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prices for supplies.
you would enforce prohibition,"
he said . ■
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CHARITY CHEST
DRIVE STARTS
Sacramento on a minor charge and
identified by finger prints as owe
affection ot
Wubur Mhd
Bits of Newt
From Today's
Wantagrams
tion of attorneys for the city and photograph were the means of the
city school-bd, was passed to the supposed identification. It turned
March term of court for hearing out to be the wrong man when
Former Envoy to Germany
Succumbs to Pneumonia
tell." says Chief
John Pengilly.
It was brought out in his trial
that he was drunk, was forced into S
killing, were tried
1920. Robbery was |
EARLE TO QUIT
HIS R. R. POST
U. S. ACTS TO
HEAD OFF BIG
PACKER DEAL
Five Hundred Workers En-
thusiastic at ‘Opening Gun'
Meet at Texas Hotel
‘BIG TIM’ GIVES
UP AT CHICAGO
James Liston Hr., 712 May-st. Nov.
24, 1017. is to come to trial.
his case later dismissed
was reversed by the apt
some
an-
Will Resign Next Week; Neff
Ready to Act
1 Joo
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as the
of the gai
Sheriff
Election at El Paso Heated By
KKK Candidates
Doris Dutf. .
or to break the neeret
Bail Granted Man
Held for Murder
4M 1-2 TThroch
The Preen. ...
be a baby soon
family!
Hadn't yq
wnan't huld
•nr nothingt
Give Hearty Indorsement to
Marble Contest
The painters and paper-
hangers are calling you.
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Gobs of bargains in used
DEPUTY GOES FORMURDER SUSPECT
Read for Protib— ;
,.U for Wesmito
Pra want Ads—L sreog
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-Resuit Osr Lememgrma
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Mimms of Fort Worth; secretary
and general manager, William E.
vlded Eagle stockholders would A
buy 25 percent Revere stock addi- l
tional. , ,
Litigation by Eagle stoekhold-'
ers sought to thwart the "merger"
deal, but failed.
As soon as Hallum is returned
the evidence will be reviewed and '
Saturday In Justice Hughes' court
on 11,000 bond.
The transaction is said to have
.Community Chest oratorical con-
test carried on in the schools, gave
his four-minute prix speech. He
took the house down?
Other prize winners Introduced
to the assemblage were Paul Bax-
painted prospects of a long and
glorlously profitable careeepiema- \
ed ignominiously to earth, flopped ;
about in the dust * a few dnye; '
and then gave up the ghost. 4
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“Monthly profit (evilmated)...
....................$75,000
"Yearly profit (entimated) ....
.............. .$9,000/000."
proposition which invitee your at-
tention. The Tosas Eagle Produc-
!
Three
At the time of the murder K.
| R Porter was chief of police and
'John Connelly chief of deteetives.
Turning On the
potlight
PLAY LEADERS
DOOST TOURNEY
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By Vnited Preas
"Big Tim" Murphy, Chicago la-
boreiar, Saturday gave up the
fight to avoid serving a four-year
federal prison sentence for rob-
culminating in the killing of Lis-
tod. • .0-
Hxtradition papers were pre-
pared Friday when Hallum’
identification appeared certain. '
They were forwarded by Gov- H
ernor Neff to Sacramento. EI- j
forts to round up the witnesnes fl
In the trials nearly six years
Old Man Stork Has His Eye On Duff’s House
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are busy
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. The Feminine Bloc in Congress
a shower. So they shall.
Aad the gifts they being wi
go to the Welfare day nursery.
The shower's oa light now. The
gifts may be left at the murer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923
emgpueuonoumnpepnrp2n4.--
No Totals Yet on
Poll Tax Payments
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dends."
No. despite the lack of a refin-
ery, things didn’t look so bad for
Eagle No. 3 after all—on the sur-
face, at least.
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Thats nearly all, however, of
the history of the three Eagles—or
of such portion of their history as
is public knowledge. The surface
indications of prosperity gleaned
from Doc Coak's correspondence
and lovely word pictures seem to
have been somewhat misleading.
A TALK OF WOE.
occurred Oct. 23. 1922. he instru-
meat purporting to be a transfer
— —-otthete to a lease executed by
. F. J. Bannister to G. Guy Miller.
Lnek denied any knowledge of
X and eald the charge was “just a
raueup."
I Washington Heighte school case,
. _ 1 mandamusing Taxer Dean Bell to
HcRae turn over collected taxes to the
j district. was argued In the court
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ficlentiy promising to warrant the •
. expenditure required to
build and operate a modern retin-
ery."
Doc was still trying valiantly.
he indicated, “to make the Texan “21
Eagle the pride of its stockhold- 5
Justice are in motion to bring
about a speedy trial. 3 3
TonrHBlm,“oni2,
prenident of Monett. Mo.; manag-
ing director of refineries, E. ■.
Governor ett,in a special mes-
sage to the Tosas legtslature Sat-
urday. asked, an emergency appro-
priation of $900,000 to run the
penitentlar» system until the 1923
cotton rop begins to move, in
September.
The system for some mdnhe has
been running on deficiency and
wUl have aa income until tail.
De Valera Sought By dustrialcvorke Acthesssit:
bing the manls.H surrendereatmiitary sposta
** " “ •* - • - ------ Setral eivlluns
stray ballets. ’
Man Wanted In Local
Killing Case Believed
Held By Coast Police
and under, declared they would
boost the tourney to the young-
sters under them and would en-
ter themselves.'
Robroy Price, who is arranging
details of the tourney, to in charge
of the leadership work.
Walter P. Luck. attorney, was
charged late Friday with forging
an instrument selling an oil, gas
and mineral leane in Louisiana to
W. I. Brasheare. He was releaned
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Br United Press
Earls' B. Mayfield will tender
his resignation as state railroad
commissioner to Governor Neff
next week, probably Monday. The
THIS 18 THE FIRST PICTURE TAKEN OF THETHREE WOMEN
members of congress. Left to right. Congresswomen Huck of
’ Illinois. NoUn of Calitornia and Robertson of Oklahoma. Mrs.
Huck and Mrs. Nolan were elected to fill the unexpired terms of
their husbands who died while inl office.
The “ten. twenty yeara" of the
life of Eagle No. 1 and the “per-
manence" of Eagle No. 2—along
with the fame of "TEPARCO"—
suffered a severe stroke in Febru-
ary, 1120. That was when Eagle
newspapers. ----------— ------ —
At Saturday morning's session. nounce his appointments to fill the
the leaders, all boys of 15 years, two vacancies on the commission
' immediately on receipt of Maye
checking tax receipts. AndFthey
i much betore the
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oil promoters.
And then, on the last page:
— "Today opportunity knocks at
your door. Will you welcome her
or let her pass by? Remember
adopted the trade name
'TEPARCO’ for its products and
This is the story of Doc Cook’s Earle—an eagle that
failed to fly. .
Or maybe it was an eagle that flew too high.
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to
"April 1 is our last day. We
must furnish a list of the quail
fled voters to the election offi-
ciais. But until then we can only I
Government TrOOp* | comtng thru with their one day's,
I pay a year," he said.
the case set for trial.
Officers in South Dakota in
ACTUAL WRATHER
partly f Saturday cloudy all day, with
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Leaders in the recreation-bd's
playground work of the city I
schools 'heartily Indorse the mar-
ble tournament, which is to be
staged by The Press and associated
the Daft
And then the end came swiftly. H
September 6, 1921. creditors it 9
Eagle No. 3 filed suit tn district
ct In Stephens-co for a reoslver-
ship. It was granted.1
SUCH A FATE: 15728
December 5, 1931, Dm Cook
sent out letters to stockholder*
announcing the "merging" of
Eagle No. 3 with the Revere Oik
Co. The letter reviewed the ca-
governor in
art would cost 120 trillion, 759
billion. 596 million dollars In
the next 15 years if the cost
continues to increase at pres-
ent rate. Representative Galli-
van, Maasachusetts, declared in
the t. r house saturdayi---- -
“And then I do not believe
minga win he N
There are both boy --- _—
Mta M the nreerye Watche Credit purohases
Edmondson of D.
he would
February 1. 1921, Doe ook
sent out the “FIRST ANNUAL
REPORT of " —
a tale of Woe;
Deputy Taxer
The CoMiwoltr'Chest drive is
on.---—.—
Saturday is the first day of the
drive proper- it was ushered in
when 500 workers met at a big
dinner rally Friday night at the
Crystal ballroom. Texas hotel, and
received last-minute instructions
for raising 9370,009 for Fort
Worth charities by next Saturday.
Enthusiasm ran high. The at-
titude of the 600 was that of
putting the drive over with a bang.
PRIZE BPKECH.
Marvin Reinhardt of tbs De
day. It has faith in the oil future
of Tsxas and it plans to grow and
develop with the state."
That's a paragraph from a nifty
little booklet Doc's concern got
out.
"No oil company can be strong-
er than its foundation. If it has
been hastily organised, its holdings
picked st raudom and its officers
chosen for reasons other than be-
cause they were experienced, prac-
tical oil men, the foundation of
such a company is weak; it has no
future." '
QUITE TRUE!
That's another little excerpt—
one that's quits true.----------—
It might be mentioned that Doo
Cook's fellow trustees in the Texas
Eagle Oil Company were Joseph
W. Taylor and William E. Clark.
. Stock in the concern, it is said,
was oversubscribed.
And now, with Eagle No. 1
started out on its Journey thru
life, and assured by its promot-
ers of still being in businiess
"ten, twenty years" ahead, let's
move on to Eagle No. 2.
it plans to make this name
known thruout the United States
and elsewhere, where petroleum .
products are widely used."
Ah! That's fine, isn't it? "Fer-
manent." No 20-year limit on its
life, even. But wait!
"The Texas Eagle Producing A
Refining Company has plans under
“Eagle—any of various large diurnal birds of
“ “ prey, noted for their strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and powers-of flight.” -3
So says Webster’s New International Dictionary. But 2
while it is true, perhaps, that all eagles are birds of prey, it . .j
seems that the “strength, site, graceful figure, keenness of
vision and powers of flight” of some of them are pure hum- Q
buggery and sham.
And as to those who breed eagles of the oil promotion J
variety—“by their fruits ye shall know them.”
Qualifications for Candidates
WUl Be Set Forth -
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Lezal ruling affecting candi-
datea seeking places on the ballot
for the April election, will be is-
sued’at City Hall probably Mon-
day. City Secretary C. S. Snow
said Saturday. An election proc-
Thue the last of the three
Ragles, with its fe Iterary
plumage, its wondertully promha ,
ing pedigree, and its briniandy
-ru.a
Neff Asks _________
C N- 3^ * - I. S.. • A., i
ture. It la in the oil business to-
day; tit intends to be in the oil
buaineaa ten, twenty yehrs from to-
WHEN JESSE COLE. WOoDS-
man, was dying of a fractured
skull in an icebound island off
the north coast of Michigan.
Lieut. Russell Meredith, aria-
money in the oil industry is in
the refining and of the busl-
ness. Here apeeulatton is prae-
tically eliminated.”
The oil stock buyers of those
days must have been literally elec-
trified when, under the heading.
“Estimated Profits of Texas Eagle
Refining," they read that rated by
North Central Texas standards,
“the daily earnings of a refinery
with an ultimate capacity of 10,-
000 barrels a day, such as the
Texas Eagle Producing A Refin-
ing Company plans, would be
$25,000."
*0.000,000 A YEAR.
To save them some mathemat-
ical endeavors, the booklet’s au-
thor further visualised:
^"plro Tenat its ballots satur.
* day in the most exciting city elec-
tion in a decade. There was an
intense undercurrent of feeling as
the two forces—pro and anti-
Klan—gathered at the polls. One
hundred special officers were on
duty.
Each aide had representatives at
polling places. Stationed also at
each box were several officers.
' R.'M. Dudley, president pro tern
of the Texss senate, leads the
anti-Klanners as their candidate
for mayor.
The Klan alate is headed by P.
E. Gardner for mayor.
Charge Forgery
In Lease Deal
er of the etty, the secretary pre-
dicted. This must be filed 10
days before the election, he said.
Length of residence in the city
probably will not be coneidered.
Snow said. ■' .
Dr. Norris to Hold
Revival inOhio
Deserption and
extradition papers were sent for
his return.
> HAS PRISON RECORD.
■*0s*srIM> ■innJgr^jMMMgKL.
Hallam had served a term in bbth
North Dakta and Arkansas pris-
ons for larceny,"
In the indictment he is named
“John Hallum, allaa NiITje, alias
R E. Wood." Police know Mm
trade commission inquiry into the
merger and a report to congress,
asked Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace what action he 'had taken
to fight the nerger.
SUFFICIENTLY ARMED
Wallace satisfied the commit-
tee that the department of agri-
culture, vested with powers of
4 Do you know how many voters
can participate in the city elec-
tion in April?
"Well, that’a more than we can
"Pug" Hallum, thdrd member of back to Fort Worth, where alj
the band of anleged slayers of ready the wheein in zthe rm2:a
-Now, bothahpuses of congress as
well as the department of agricul-
ture are on guard.
Wallace in the near futuresex
pecta to issue a public statement
announcing him- opposition to the
merger. —1
make a rueas that there'll
about 46.099.'' Pengil ly saye
located and efficiently operated
refineries. . The big No. 3 was born.
nic Hi.
How many times do you suppose? The check on the Colonel's
predictions this week by The Prees shows he has "hit the nan on the will not get thru
head" five times straight, and that he is correct the sixth time as far efection. *
rrHERE aren't many' doctors. I
- 1, probably, who would reeort
matter, pro-
gimarpihs.-
Apeslal Correspondence
—Federal sutlmritlaa at Wishing- ,
ton took slops late Friday to
hend off the merger planned inl
defiance of the government by
Armour and Morris, big meat
packers.
The house committee on’ agri-
culture, with the Voight resolution
DeVry of Chicago, J. E. Pearce of
Galveston, Lieut. John C. Lan-i
dreau of Salt Lake City, and Ooi.
J. O. Willlame. H. M. Long and M.
B. Cart of Fort Worth. t
LEGAL BRAINS.
Ao general counsel, further-
more, there was Judge Newton
Gilbert of New York, one time
governor general at the Philip-
pines. *
“The organisation of the Tex-
as Eagle Producing A Refining
Company marks the second step
of a group of experienced oil
men in building up a powerful
organisation designed to play an
important and leading part in
the development of the oil in-
dustry in ’ Texas, Louisiana;
Southern California and Mex-
ico," said the handsome booklet
of Eagle No. 2.
The first step, it went on to ex-
plain, was the organisation of
Eagle No. 1: iy
ITS PROGRAM.
"With the formation of the Tex-
as Eagle Producing A Refining
Company, with the same men at
Ite head who made the older com-
pany a sccess, the new company
is prepared to engage in the erec-
tion of refineries, layng of pipe
lines, refining and distributing of
crude oil, etc. —
-."It is the further aim of the
Texas Eagle Producing A Refin-
ing Company to make a perma-
nent association of producers,
refiners, buyers and sellers of
crude and refined petroleum
By United Press
Charlemagne Tower. 75, former
U. S. ambassador to Germany,
died in the Pennsylivanta hospital i
at Philadelphia Saturday from
doors., but when news of it leaked
out, the report came out in Wash-
ington that the packers might
back down.
They bad previously promised
not to merge, and then after Wal-
Doe Cook had three eagles, to
be exact. "To-wit," as the law-
yers say: ,
Texas Eagle Oil Co. organ-
ised in February. 1010; capital
NJICE little way to get an in-
IN crease in the usual maximum
number of whiskey prescriptions
individual doctors are allowed by-
law to issue, then, might be to
"scare up" an ■ influenza epi-
demic.
The more influenza, the more
prescriptions allowed—and the
more three-dollar collections.
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The Texas Eagle Producing A
Refining Co. got off on more feet
than did Eagle No. 1. .
For one thing, it had 32,200,000
more authorized capital. For an-
'other, at its masthead there flewa
some notable names. '
A BROKAW IN LINT.
Doc Cook was president, of
course. As first vice president,
the publicity man named William
Page Phil Anthropy!
By United Press
Enforeement of the Votstad
btned business of .PRODUCING
and REFINING covers the great-
est possibility of very large profits
to be found in the oil industry.”
NO. 1 FAR BEHIND.
Poor little old Eagle No. 1 was’
to be left far behind, the author
or the booklet indicated. In the
game of making stockholders rich
beyond their dreams. But read on:
“Annual profits of 100 per-
cent are not uncommon in well-
Texarkana court. Receivership, 1918 arrested_a man thought to
.... . t for the district tax fund, on mo, be Hallum.
"I'm here to tell you they ara -
$7,800,000 Worth of Eagles That Failed to
._____ , v-rUus ,0 diurnal birds of Clark; treasurer, r. P. sixer, bank products. The company has that this is no new or untried owing to the unusual rainy nennon statement the way la open to di- ficlentiy prol
. Eagle any of various lATge tliurnai (IB frendent of Monett, Mo.; manag- adopted the trade name proposition which invites your at- and weather conditions, together rect incoming profits to divi- large expez
pneumonia.
Tower • was ambassador to Aus- j
iria-Hungary from 1897 to 1899;
ambassador to Russia, 1999 to
1992, and ambassador to Ger-
many. 1902 to 1901.
He vas internationally known
as a diplomat and author.
Tower waa taken to the hospi-
tal a week ago, when • he was ,
stricken with pneumonia.
By United Press
While Free State troops and
rebels fight in the Dublin streets.
4th* ■0101—Illi UBki'BwOt
ing De Valera.
Rebel attacks in Dublin during
Friday night showed they were
directed by an experienced strate-
gist. Assaults were directed on
central telephone exchanges and
if I A KI genr HP 2amaton "il bo broadcast March
KLAN 3dUL Ul u in likely one of the qualitica-
by five percent of the voting pow-
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Ou Tratna
Vive Cento
foundation—building for the fu- Gould Brokaw, bf New York fame;
second vice president, J. C.
formed.
READY TO Apr
He is prepared to do this an
soon aa the Armour-Morris merger
takes place and is In actual opera-
tion.
Wallace's report to the house
committee was behind closed
_______ the act and was sitting in the car
Mandamus Pie. Arrued in "ahieanouethetet"romenypctuai j
[ that killed Liston. death sentence, but- Wandued
*om Snow was to leave by Jailer Hamdton soon attar-
CITY RACES SOON zreanetaseee
------- a packer trust as soon as-it’is
Q. B. Goodsel, charged with the
murder of Miss Ruth Jeter last
(all. waa released Satudray morn-
ing on 9?.500 bond. .
Goodeel is charged with causing
the girl's death by an illegal op-
eration. He was denied bond sev-
eral days, but was granted it after
much dickering between his attor-
neys and the district attorney.
------FT WAiraw iht. WMV serordlna _
1 to these stories: Whiskey is
among the things some doctors
like to prescribe in influenza
cases. State prohibition enforce-
ment departments have been,
known *o relax the rules on the
meniber of whiskey presertpttons [
whieh doctors, can write, when |
— —preval-nce-ot- influenza is as- ■
sigped as a reason for the need
oi more'booze orders.
Some Texas physicians mskc
lots of money out of whiskey pre-
seriptione. Three dollars is *
common charge—Just' for the
prescription.
Peacock.
But wait. Let's not pass up the
“board of advisers." as it was ad.
xertised in ths "photo-gravure"
section of one of the Fort Worth
Sunday newspapers. There was
Job G. Holland, bank president of
Holland, Va.; William Allen Dun-
lap, hat manufacturer of New
York: Senator J. A. Falconer of way to build a refinery with an
New York; E,H. Steiger, manu- ultimate capacity of 10,900 bar-
facturer, of Oshkosh, Wis., and
New York; L. O. Dean, bank pres-
ident of Cleveland, Miss; Cy
of civil appeals Saturday,
xenurar.ni. La aona. *««"•••■ It waa overruled by Judge Ben ________.
Carroll M Peak, and Monroe Clay- . Terrell two weeks ago and ap agn are being made,
ton of North Side HI. . _ pealed by the school district’s at “ “
HOME Cents
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Isn't Asleep; Has Plenty of
TTAthoft
.. . a lamitous carver of the last of the <
of Eagle No. 3. It was Eagles, praised the Revere Co. as ’
impatience among the holders of i entaprrdogsxacqrrainea the 92
mecurities"; of the necessity of+vere’s magnanimous offer of a8e
“courage and patience''; of failure stock exchange, par for. par. Dro-
j packer combine which would end
in a monopoly of meat buying and
meat selling in this country.
While Wallace is said to have
Zavala school, first winner ia a
_________. “Jo Jo" Miller qand
MS arrested- recendy=im WWalsh, captured soon afte
The Optimist club, which volun- :
teered its 25 members as workers J
in the campaign. was represented.-. . •• _ •
BLAB
be made at noon Monday. ........
control over the packers thru a
recent packer art, was sufficiently
. tor, shown above, rushed to him armed to cope with the defian
hrthnair «d a.paxeidanan । P Walace opposes the Armour-
a passenger and saved his uraTMorri, merger on the ground it is
I the first move toward a huge
the Meanwhile, decision in the an-
nexation case is awaited from the
Gather about, folks. Here’s
some pleanant goendp.
Danny Duff of the IVros
obmie family to due to have
it known, had aa its component
parts Eagles Nos. 1 and 2—with
some more authorized enpital.
MORE GLITTER.
But the publicity man still was
reassuring.
“It to the ambition of the offi-
cers to be sble to pay 100 percent
a year,” the printing presses
ground out.
“The purpose and plana sf the
newly amalgamated companies
la to produce and refine petro-
leum, to trade in oil properties
and the general produets there-
from, to do a profitable business
and to pay substantial dividends
to its shareholders."
There was a map, of course, of
ths "splendid acreage" which
Eagle No. 3 inherited.
And, oh, yes. Eagle No. 3,
somehow or other, had failed to
build its 39,009,000-a-year-profit
refinery. But Eagle No. 3 cheer-
fully assumed that responsibility
—at least the publicity man did.
JUST DELAYED A LITTLE.
"We had hoped to have the re-
finery in operation by spring, but
Rev. J. Frank Nortia la in To-
ledo, Ohio, this wek where he waa
a speaker before the Baptist Bible
Union .Conference where new ar-
ticles-of faith were adopted.
Rev. Norris begins a two-week
revival in Cleveland at the Euclid-
ave Baptist Church Sunday. This
is the third revival he has held at
thia church is the last three years.
He will conduct a building cam-
paign while there. J Dalbert
Coutta, director of musie at the
load First Baptist Church, Will
leave Monday for Cleveland to as-
, list Rv. Norris.--------------
Now the tiends at Uis Duffs
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with freight congestion, ths actual
construction hss been delayed," it
wss explained, after a graphic de-
scription Of the "reftnery grounds"
had been given.
Drilling contracts wsre being let
"along the most conservative
linen."
“As soon as our refinery is in
operation' we will increase our
production sufficient to supply our
needs of crude oil,” ’twss averted.
OH, YES, OF COURSE!
“No other known legitimate
business pays as large and sure
profits as refineries. . . . Re-
finery profits, rather than pro-
duction profits, are what made
the Standard and otbsr great oil
companies what they are today.
. "The combined business of
PRODUCING and REFINING cov-
ers the greatest bosaibility of very
targe profits to be found in the oil
industry.”
Thst, folks, was the publicity
man’s effort in a circular dated
April 1, 1920.
ANOTHER TIME,
Strangely enough. It was only a
month later when in “BULLETIN
A” Doc Cook began reciting con-
ditions which had led the officers
and directors of Engl* No. 3 to re-
solve “that for the present it will
be our policy to delay the con-
struction of refining plants snd
pat all the accessible capital and
working force to the acquisition of
new wells and market the cruds
oil as rapidly aa possible.”
He added that a “net daily pro-
duction of 500 barrels at 34 per
barrel will pay a dividend of 10
percent on the total capital of ths
company," and “we estimate that
our production from the grounds
upon which we are now at work
will yield at least 1000 barrels
daily.”
"BULLETIN B.' of the name
date, set forth that “by a report
। of the certified auditor* in May
the company has a capital surplus
with no outstanding bonds and
• practically np indebtednees. With
, an Furderstanding of the above
Ing A Refining Company has be-
hind it the suceess of the Texas
Eagle Oil Company and before it
there Ilea a big future, rich in
promise of reward to ’ those who
become associated with it.”
MUCH A PICTURE!
In the eenter of the booklet,
where you couldn’t miss it, waa an
artist's conception of the refinery
itself. And what a thing of beauty
it was! Smoke pouring from
buge stacks; buildings and storage
tanks galore; railway loading
racks, and 30 cars all labeled
“Texas Eagle.” In the distance
the Fort Worth skyline.
And that was Eagle No. 2.
stock, *800,000.
Texas Esgle Producing a Ro-
fining Co., organised' in August,
1019; capital stock, $2,500,000.
Texan Eagle Oil A Refining
F Mu Co., organised in February.
I “2 1920; capital stock, *0.000,000.
K • These Eagles are particularly
w interesting because they marked
Doc Cook's entry into the Fort
4 ------.Worth oil promotion field.
YEP—NAME FELLOW.
The same Doc Cook to now busy
suing The Fort Worth Press for a
million dollars damages. Seeking
to inform investors of the coun-
try, and also the people of Fort
Worth, about Doc Cook's oil pro-
motion business. The Press has
printed numerous articles about
him. In his million-dollar suit, he
quotes ' one which terms him a
“faker, flim-flammer and fraud ar-
tist."
" Back in is Eagle days. Doc
Cook had quarters at 603% Main-
st. inatead of his present elabo-
rate suite near the top of the
FAM building.
But if Doc Cook's offices were
less lofty in his Eagle days than
now, this evidently was not true
1 of histterary accomplishments.
For instance: . ■
"The Texaa Eagle Oil Company
is building on a strong, - sure
28 ? gec—gpgwmoscum. -osspu
Fort Worth Press
by Jailer Hampton soon atter-
Saturday afternoon to bring him ward when he attempted to 2
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'MOTHER ROUND
IN TAX CASE
to euch tactics.
And influenza danger, of
& course, must be taken seriously. ।
I ‛ Prohibition enforcement off!-
* clals. however, hazard the ^uess
that if the prict of liquor pre-
scriptions were fixed at 60 cent*,
there would be fewer influenza
cases officially reported
to sell a “large block” of stock on
the London market: of "almost
universal financial depression";
of "economic duress," and what
not.
It told of the merging of the
Mitchel Production Co. with the
last of the Eagle family, and how
“to the present trend of develop-
ment, refineries are not profit-
able."
ONE LAST HOPK.
But there was one laat ray of
hope. Doc -wrote that “by the
time our crude oil production
reaches a daily total of two thou-
sand barrels or more, we believe
the refining industry will be sut-
• •
Sotte pose as newspaper men, no
doubt.
And then, according to stories
in Texas prohibition enforeemeat
circles, some are known as doc-
tors. Which aceounte, perhaps for
some of the inhuenia scaree.
name <* the pecknge
No. ws havem’t the toast idea
whether it’ll be a boon." |M.
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