Show HE MUCK 01 ONCE fortune did not follow as usual but he got ilis his in Se 17 1 I see petroleum has been discovered up in marlon marion county and a company is buying up nil all the und land in the neighborhood 11 remarked a rancher to the san Francl francisco post and it was noticed that there was a tinge 0 of incredulity in his tone toile yes yea I 1 believe they have struck oil up that way WAS the corroborative evidence or of one ot of ills hearers aers well Nv ell ill believe it when they commence piping it into tanks and not a minute before I 1 struck oil once Is that the iha way you made your for yes that 1 the tha way I 1 made my fortune which at tile tho present time lime just lacks 2000 ot of be being 1110 a blamed cent 1 elioso I A logo are my assets nominal nomia nil as the papers say low how did dd it 11 happen well it was this way I 1 had a oral cral spring on my ranch up tip in lai like ie county and the cas that came out ot of it used to kill little birds that came to drink natural gas says 1 I and commenced poking around a little will a spade then a yellow greasy creasy scum formed on oil top of tile water coil oil says I 1 and I 1 dreaming 01 tanks of petro sum and barrels of 0 money I 1 KOI got a cheap boring a and 1 1 it bored a hole d down orv M about eighty fe tout e t aliel all the neighbors sat around laughing at rue inie lut lint on oil having tile lafit haukli me marnina mor nina wl 11 ll I 1 went to work tha hole 1 adiv antul ful strong of eal oil anti and the first lift brought up a lot of oc oil that burned for hilt al an hour out ive struck OM 01 s says kya I 1 to myself but T kepi quiet I 1 let a few oj 0 r ary my friends in we wc organ organized izod a compana bought up all ail tre land idina around there got an cx outfit ond and commenced drilling wo pun clied the ground full of 0 holes hole for about six months month and could nc frd find enough ol oil to make it a grease tease spot on a slik dress it broke the ho whole crowd of us now ilow did you chance to strike that 11 little tile pocket fofol of oil in the first place 1 I just found out that opo one 0 ot r the neighbors boys poured a alre sallon gallon can coal oil in the hole one night to nie me feel fee good and it if any body ask you you can tell them that I 1 am reeling feeling a blamed blaniey eight bight better belter than lie he Is now for his dad went broke on it too and we tool took turns about TA loping him |