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A word here about the service of this war committee may not be amiss. The pur- pose, as the name would indicate, is to keep the government informed at all times regard- ing the conditions in the oil fields, the wells, production, refining, marketing and all opera- tions occurring in the industry. Mr. Marshall is the only representative from this state and is, as well, the youngest member on the entire board. Their organization meeting, was held at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago on June 25th and 26th and since that time, the Mid- Continent representatives have met several times at Tulsa on their own initiative. The committee members must be thoroly conversant with their subject and there will doubtless be a great deal of important business transacted by this body of men. At any event, if the energy and capacity of Deering J. Marshall is a fitting exponent of the requirements of this war unit, there will have to be level-headed good judgment as well as luck among its per- sonnel in order to qualify as members of The Advisory Board of Petroleum War Service Committee.
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-Whittier - Wichita-
Mr. Marshall's Wichita Home
Vickers & Marshall Refining Company
The refining business is really the gilt-edge bond department of the oil industry. It is the medium thru which most of the returns in oil are routed and there is practically no risk connected with the investment. So, after J. A. Vickers and Deering J. Marshall had scouted around for a while, brought in several wells, and secured a number of leases, they decided to appropriate about $200,000 and on a partnership basis, build a refinery at Pot- win.
Vickers & Marshall Refinery at Potwin
The result is a thoroly modern plant of 2,000-barrel-a-day capacity equipped with the most efficient methods and apparatus for ref ning crude and handling its derivatives. They have taken up a large block of leases north of Potwin and now expect to drill a well.
The fact that petroleum is already contracted for from the Towanda Pool; that the refinery is served by the M. O. P. with side tracks into the property; and that the project is backed by the Vickers-Marshall combination eliminates all elements of chance and makes their investment as safe as a Liberty Bond.
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The Conservative Oil Company
When a company stamps its organization with a name like the above, it has at the outset adopted an ideal which will require every atom of steady control upon which its of- ficers may draw. There is no doubt of its worthiness, and, in the words of Kipling, "If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing their's," it is worth the struggle So a speculation in a Conservative Way becomes an investment.
Established and incorporated on July 6, 1916, with Carl Fisher as President, Paul J. Wall as Secretary, and H. J. Hagny as Treasurer, the company now owns various desir- able leases in Butler and Cowley Counties. From 'their central office at 208 Fourth Nat- ional Bank Bldg., they oversee the interests of an ever-increasing clientele of satisfied as- sociates, who advocate "system among chaos."
Mr. J. O. Evertson El Dorado
If more of the production of the Kansas Oil Fields was handled by established local operators, the industry would doubtless be less often referred to as the Big Gamble. When men like Mr. Evertson add their efforts and precedence to the business, the mushrooom and unworthy wildcat elements are neutralized to a great degree.
This native son was born in a two-sto' y log cabin out in Osage County, and has built his career right here with step after step of proven industry and sturdy principles. His equipment consisted of first obtaining a B. S. degree at the Southwestern College, from which point he climbed thru the Real Estate and Insurance Route to Director and Western Agent in the Inter-Sea Service Corporation, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
From his offices on the Mezzonine of the Eris Theatre Bldg., he controls interests in 1700 acres in Butler County, 15,000 in Comanche and Barber with drilling in Butler and rigs up in Barber as well as the famous Stokes Royalty and a 350-foot well in the city of Paola. The fact that his community placed him in the office of County Treasurer is a pretty good indication that he is a safe man with whom to trust your oil investments.
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Officers of The Sampson Oil and Grease Co.
M. D., SAMPSON, Secretary
Wichita, Kansas
MR. F. C. HOYT, President
S. B. DANIEL, Vice-President
B. B. BROWN, Sales Manager
The Sampson Oil and Grease Co.
Wichita, Kansas
The banking business has many points in its favor. It requires integrity, judgment and, above all ;; a strict adherence to precedent. It is this last feature that prohibits an in- dividual of inventive instincts and original ideas from making it his life profession. That is doubtless the reason why Mr. M. D. Sampson, formerly a banker in Solomon, Kansas. transferred his affiliation to the above company, and the results of his four years' work in the latter capacity have proven the wisdom of the change.
The service of this organization is inestimable. They compound lubricating oils of various weights and the large supply of base oils available from their contracts with pro- ducers in Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Illinois fields, makes it possible for them to supply lubrication for anything from the smallest piece of machinery to the largest loco- motive. Their formula for treating neutrals and stocks with a steam and heat process has been so successful that they were obliged to establish a factory in Wichita to serve the ever growing demand. From a small plant at Salina, Mr. Sampson has developed the industry into a quarter of a million-dollar-a-year proposition, and all this on the small capitaliza- tion of $100,000.
The officers who have co-operated in bringing this venture to its remarkable culmi- nation are: Mr. F. C. Hoyt, President; S. B. Daniel Vice-President; M. D. Sampson, Secre- tary, and B. B. Brown, Sales Manager. Mr. Brown has spent fifteen years in this business and this feature coupled with the combined efforts of Mr. Sampson and himself has result- ed in making the factory and office of the company at the corner of Sixteenth and Santa Fe one of the busiest spots in the Mid-Continent field. Twelve travelers are employed to look after the company's trade but the indications now point to a necessity for establishing a series of branch offices to handle the constantly increasing demand for their products.
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RAY ARCHER, F. C. HOYT, JESS WILLARD On the Revert School House Lease
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The Occident Oil and Refining Company
A man who knew once said "If you want to get any thing done, ask the busiest man you know to do it". On that basis, what would you conclude in regard to an organization whose active officers were just too busy to hold the meetings necessary for their individ- ual welfare? Wouldn't you decide that the concern was destined for success just because busy men were back of it?
Whenever Mr. F. C. Hoyt, the President; Mr. Geo. Theis, Jr., the Vice-President; Mr. Charles Saunders, Secretary, and Mr. S. B. Daniel, Treasurer, can find enough Directors with a moment to spare, they draft them all into a special call meeting and grind out more actual results in a record time than any similar organization we know. Since Sep- tember, 1917, their office at 500 Hoyt Building has witnessed some pretty firey sessions, and they got results as is evidenced by the accomplishments of the firm to date.
This remarkable company, organized under a Delaware Charter in October, 1917, and capitalized at three million dollars had, at the age of nine months, a 500-barrel production and three operating refineries of 2,000-barrel capacity- each. These refining properties are located at Cushing and Tulsa in Oklahoma and Burkburnett, Texas and are thoroly equipped with the most modern facilities for handling petroleum and its derivatives and are manned with the most efficient skilled labor obtainable.
The President has other big oil investments, among them the famous Revert School- house Lease, Churchyard Lease, and The Union Oil Co. He organized the last-named cor- poration and was its first President. The Occident Oil and Refining Company has other prominent members upon its directorate, among which are: the champion of the world --- our own Jess Willard, Senator Chester I. Long, and General J. T. Barker, ex-attorney genc- ral of Missouri. Corporations like this are the Sampson Posts of the Kansas Oil Fields, and can be depended upon to bring in steady, sure results rather than spectacular flurries.
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The Great West Oil & Gas Co. 211 Schweiter Bldg.
A man who can be conservative in as fascinating a game as the oil business deserves a Victoria Cross. He really has the making of a conqueror for he has conquered him- self. And when you find enough men of that sort to organize a company whose first policy is to drill only on proven territory, it is a good firm to tie to for sure and steady returns.
They incorporated in July, 1917 for $100,000.00 with the idea that the small capital ization would permit early premiums. With A. L. Price, President; O. H. Howard, Vice- President, and A. N. Bontz, Secretary and Treasurer, you are at least assured of a square deal backed by good judgment.
Mr. Bontz has had a wide personal experience in handling royalties along with his former real estate and insurance business and reports that the company already has an oiler two miles west of El Dorado and intends to spud in on its acreage in Butler and Chautauqua Counties. No one can tell the outcome but you are sure to have a run for your money and "those who know" predict a real success for this organization.
CRAMER & PURKAPILE, DRILLING CONTRACTORS Neodeshs, Kansas
Without the services of competent and trustworthy drillers, the oil game would not get very far. A great deal could be said about the industry from a drilling contractor's viewpoint and in some cases would form good grounds for libel. It is only the activities of solid, experienced and dependable operators like Cramer & Purkapile that brings the aver- age up to the requirements of good business ethics. They are backed with twenty years' practical work in this line and have adopted the Star Drill as their prime favorite. Both of these men are members of the Masonic Lodge and endeavor to instill into their business the high principles of this organization. Their record is testimony to the success of this policy.
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Ben R. Beezley Agency for Oil Securities
Several years ago, before the oil industry had reached its present prominence, it required a lot of nerve for an in- dependent operator to spud in alone. It was such a big gamble that most prospectors preferred to attack it in massed formation. Just because of its uncertainty. Mr. Ben R. Beezley, however, decided to take all the chances himself and organize his friends as a rear guard only after he had proven that he was a good guesser, and he has operated on that policy more or less ever since.
At the present time he controls the oil and gas rights in 5000 acres of strictly wildcat territory in Marion County, which is completely surrounded by big company leases and the general prediction is that we all will hear more of this location in the near future. He has 12,000 acres in other parts of Kansas and Colorado and two offset locations to the Big Four property in Butler County, and some holdings in the old dump ground of EI Dorado. This last item is inter- esting because it is so near the line of demarcation which the City Fathers have drawn, that he could drain most of the oil under the city and never be stopped with an offset.
M R. BEN R. BEEZLEY
Altho not much of a "jiner" himself, Mr. Beezley has been instrumental in organiz- ing numerous operating companies for others and has a number of well known successes to his credit. From his office in 604 Schweiter Bldg., he manages his own property in Kan- sas as well as his valuable acreage in Oklahoma which is in the very center of actual pro- duction. There is a big project pending, involving New York capital, which we would like to tell you about, but it is not yet ready for publication. However, it is always safe to keep in touch with Mr. Beezley's activities, as you are very apt to find out that there is, most of the time, some real advancement in the process of culmination.
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The Cumberland Petroleum & Refining Company
A lot has been said about the middle-man's profit-principally by the fellow who wasn't "it". You never heard the middle-man kick. That would be killing the goose that laid the golden egg. So it is with the refining business. Very few stockholders in a first class refinery object to profiting as the medium through which the big returns in oil are routed. They are in an advantageous position, also, because there is practically no risk connected with their investment.
The Cumberland Petroleum & Refining Company is a fitting example of this sort of oil venture and, although one of the younger exponents of the refining industry of Kansas, has made rapid strides toward big achievement and is booked for an active future. It oper- ates under a Delaware charter; is capitalized for one million dollars; and has elected the following officers upon the directorate: Mr. R. C. Clapp, President; Mr. C. C. Wadleigh, Vice-President of this organization as well as The Citizen's State Bank of Centralia, Kan- sas; Dr. G. E. White, Second Vice-President and a prominent physician of Effingham, Kan- sas; Miss E. McCorkle, Secretary and Treasurer. These other active members of the board need no introduction to the residents of Kansas: W. W. Holyfield, finance commissioner for the city of Lawrence, Kansas; Geo. D. Thompson, Deputy United States Internal Reve- nue Collector; John T. Sever, a specialist in oil investments; U. S. Barr, one of Wichita's successful investors; and Mrs. K. E. Underwood, formerly private secretary for Deputy for the Supreme Council for the state of Kansas Scottish Rite Free Masonry. As depositories, they have selected the Merchants' Reserve State Bank and the American State Bank, both of Wichita.
The holdings of The Cumberland Petroleum & Refining Company comprise over 19,- 000 acres of leases in Kansas, Kentucky, Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, and in The Municipal Tampico, Mexico. Their property in Butler County Kansas, consisting of six leases and one drilling contract, covers some extremely valuable acreage, including loca- tions near the Varner, Smock and Sluss Pools, the Churchyard and Trapshooters' leases, and the Lorena Tank Farm. In Montgomery County, they have acquired 160 acres upon
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which they have some oil production and a good showing of gas. Then there are 1760 aeres in Logan County and 6891 in Wallace County. Their assets elsewhere are just as im- pressive but this is a Kansas book and their interests in this state are sufficient to indicate their eminence in the industry.
The Cumberland Refinery
The accompanying cut of the refinery is a tangible proof that their dreams have a way of materializing. It is located on the Santa Fe tracks in North Wichita, and has a capacity of 1,000 barrels a day. The Butler County oil fields have scarcely been scratched as yet and this modern and thoroly equipped refinery, served by the railroad that covers that territory, is here on the ground floor to do its share in promulgating the possibilities of petroleum production. It has a most roseate outlook and nothing short of a disaster could cause its failure. So, for those with middle-men inclinations, we present The Cumber- land Petroleum & Refining Company for serious consideration.
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MR. HENRY L. DOHERTY
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The Empire Companies
There are some subjects too big for the human mind to grasp-just as there are some views too extensive for the eye to register. So, in recording the activities of The Em- pire Companies we are obliged to reduce it to a focus and, for that purpose, will present to you the president-Mr. Henry L. Doherty of The Cities Service Company, whose ideals, generalship, and methods have made this huge organization what it is today.
A certain automobile manufacturer of world-renown is much admired, not entirely for his product, which is now established beyond competition, but for the human and un- derstanding relationship of himself and his employes. Not so much has been said of the Doherty organization in that respect but our private conviction is that the ties are even stronger. Beside the personal benefit that each co-worker in the company receives-al- most automatically-he knows, in his heart, that he need never question the integrity of his firm or doubt the quality of service he is rendering the world at large.
For instance, The Empire Companies, at an immense expense have established an efficiency bureau for the purpose of evolving the best methods of drilling for oil and conserving natural gas. The experiments of this department are public property and are used as much by rival concerns as by The - Empire itself. This alone is ample evidence that the motives of their constant efforts are not so much those of personal gain as for the general aid to operators in obtaining the best results. Mr. James York, Conservation Of- ficer for Oklahoma paid tribute to this service in his recent address in court relative to the new system for mudding off natural gas.
The Henry L. Doherty interests in Kansas until 1915 consisted of supplying natural gas to Wichita and surrounding towns until their discovery of vast petroleum deposits
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occurred which has placed many a Kansas farmer in the millionaire class. It transformed the sleepy little country towns into veritable Klondike camps and they are still working night and day to avail themselves of their unlimited opportunities. Surely we do not have to point out how many hundreds of people were benefited by this local advancement-not to mention the millions who are served with the products of the industry itself.
If you are fond of statistics, consider these: The Cities Service Company was cre- ated to advance scientific research in order that the public at large might have the best utili- ties service obtainable. It controls one million acres of producing and prospective oil and gas lands extending from the Gulf to Nebraska. Its producing or drilling wells are now. numbered among the thousands; it has hundreds of miles of oil pipe line; nine operating refineries; hundreds of tank cars, tanks and stations; and even some ships for distributing its petroleum products.
When you know that Henry L. Doherty, the presiding officer of this corporation, has, while still under fifty years of age, climbed from newsboy to his present eminence, upon two policies-"The public be served" and "Co-operate" -- you will see why he is re- spected, understood and served by every man and woman fortunate enough to be his as- sociate. And he chooses them like Comiskey does his ball team-old heads for ballast but the youngsters filling the active positions.
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Brought to the Surface by The Empire Companies on their Cardy Lease
Scene on the Dillenbeck Lease West of El Dorado
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The Oil & Gas Company of El Dorado
A number of features in the management of this organization command our respect and raise the general standard of the oil industry. In the first place, it was incorporated in June, 1916, for the avowed purpose of production and to further that policy, it procured the now famous Dillenbeck Lease six miles west of El Dorado, on the fifth parallel. It then opened an office at 110 Gordy and within seven months had paid 100% dividend to its stockholders from the increased value of its holdings. That gave it distinction as it is the only Blue Sky Company in Kansas that has made this record. But the profits are still go- ing big and the dividend checks are in continuous circulation. A 20% dividend was de- clared on May 13th, and 5% monthly thereafter.
The membership is composed of representative citizens of El Dorado, who have eliminated all speculative features and do not lose their heads at the first successful turn- over and plunge into some other proposition on the basis that "it will cost us no more than our profit on the last to take a shot at this deal." They are conservative all the way thru and it must be a good rule for even their wells are following it. There have been no dry holes and no gushers. (Oil men please take note.)
The President, Dr. F. E. Dillenbeck, has invested his own property as well as his time and energy toward the success of the venture and D. J. Fair will place your money in an oil well for you and get enough out so that you can pay him for the lumber in your new home. The Secretary, Mr. J. G. Shelden, came out here before the railroads knew Kansas belonged on their itinerary but they soon built the M. O. P. out to him and since then he has made money for both it and himself. Lee Scott as Treasurer is a self-made man and could boast about it but doesn't bother to do so. He struggled up thru various difficulties to County Surveyor and went to New Mexico as a civil engineer where for three years he worked among the mountains. He now has a one-half interest in the Scott-Embree Groc- ery business as well as numerous oil holdings. For a trade-mark this firm could use the Rock of Gibralter.
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THE LIBERTY "PETROL"
KAIS
GASOLINE FOR THE ARMY
MACHINE OIL
FUEL OIL FOR THE NAVY
THE KAISERS TRAIL
Courtesy The Wichita Eagle and Mr. B F. Hammond
The American Tank Company 306 El Dorado National Bank Bldg.
If the government continues to list the oil industry as a necessity, The American Tank Company will never be classed as a luxury and its officers and employees will be in the actual service of Win-the-War America. For the real production of petroleum could not go very far without the oil and water tanks manufactured by this company.
Incorporated in June, 1917, for $100,000.00, they now have factory shops at Augusta, El Dorado, Reece, Douglass in Kansas; and Cushing, Dillworth, Blackwell, Cleveland, Drumright, Quay, Hominy, Billings, and Yale in Oklahoma, with offices at El Dorado, Kansas, and Cushing, Oklahoma.
The presiding officers' list is as familiar to the oil trade as the society column to the "nouveau riche." If you don't know them you are not "one of those present." Glance them over: Howard Hannah, President; J. V. Shelts, Vice-President; S. E. Johnson, Vice- President; Jay P. Walker, Secretary; J. R. Gruver, Treasurer; H. E. Burns, Auditor.
The fact that the trade territory of the American Tank Co. extends over the entire Mid-Continent Field may explain how their average month's business comes. to be. $40,000. And, at that, Mr. Requa holds no terror for them because they know that every dollar earned and every ounce of energy expended in this undertaking is one more step toward victory in the Big Fight.
R. H. ROSS, AGENT FOR OIL FIELD SUPPLIES
Although Mr. R. H. Ross has numerous blocks of leases in Butler and Wilson Counties, Kansas, and Tulsa County, Oklahoma, they are not on the market. He is holding them until the time when his oil interests will consist of something more than furnishing oil well supplies and all sorts of refinery equipment to those already engaged in actual operation.
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The Railroad Men's Refining Co. El Dorado
There are many advantages to investing your money among your own people, and. if you are a present or an ex-railroad man, you will think you are attending a meeting of the Brotherhood when you associate with the officers and stockholders of the above or-
PHOTO TY BOSTON EL DORADO. KAN.
ganization. It. was created in your interests. For their policy is to assemble the men of your profession in a mutual company for the purpose of refining crude oil, and then to confer the profits upon the fellows whose money made it possible.
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When you know the President, Mr. E. H. Johnson, contributes both railroad and re- fining experience, you will see why he was given that office. The Northwest construction engineers still speak of his big work with the C. P. R. and his work among the refineries is still more widely known. Just in order to keep the balance, Mr. D. A. Goodwin, a veteran of the M. O. P. with 32 years to his credit, was made Secretary and Treasurer, and T. H. Bushman was placed at the helm with title of Superintendent. This man has specialized throughout his entire life in oil refining, beginning in Pennsylvania as soon as the refiner- ies found a job to fit a boy of his age-and is now considered the most experienced man in that line in Kansas. Chas. W. Steiger is a Director and Attorney. You can already find a few reasons why you should combine your oil interests with this corporation but the ac- companying cut of the property may justify your judgment to some doubting Thomas. It is located three miles north of El Dorado and their products are sold in advance to Chi- eago jobbers who distribute them thruout the Middle West.
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