Show HOW WILDCATS IS' IS HAVE TURNED INTO MAKING GOLD BONANZAS On Only a few years ago ngo It would have hava been a n. bold man who would dare daro dareen venture yen ven turo ture one ono word In favor of or the tho wildcat wildcat wildcat wild wild- cat mining proposition Now such Buch stories are aro becoming common and tho the best of ot It Is that th they ther aro are Justly de deserved deserved de- de served servell according to well authenticated d accounts Through the wildcats wildcats wild cats new oil tie fields Ids have been dIscovered discovered discos discos' ered erd In tho the past st half haIr dozen dOT years AUS Out Ou t tIn In Wyoming Instances are arc cited where a a. company compau was waa organized land band se secured secured se- se cured for tor a 0 song or something something- los less I but some land must ho bo had before stock might bo be sold right and left len Then when sIl share selling began lIes to drag drag- things mm must t be spurred up with accounts of ot a n rig bought then drill- drill accounts Through tho the so called wildcat wildcat wild willI cat has been transformed d Into a n gold gold- making gilt edged bonanza The men back of ot It mn may have havo been beon moro more surprised stir sur at nt the tho good luck than them anybody From Front Fort Y Worth orth comes the following following follow tollow- ing story Hon lion Cato Sell Sells Indian commissioner of the Indian n wards atthe of at the government Co Insofar as their oil all and gas Interests flu aio concerned was a n Fort Worth visitor tho the greater part of ot I tho past week weel While hUe here he was a avery avery very bus busy man a n great t portion of or his I time timo being consumed In gathering gathering- data I and securing Information on tho the great oil fields of northwest Texas He lie will i remain rc-maln In Texas some somo time spending tho greater grenter part rt of or his time In personal investigation of oC the tho field Ills Itinerary Itinerary ary will sill include not only the producIng producIng producing ing pools but particular attention willbo will willbe willbo bo be given to what aro are now recognized n as wildcat districts The people of ot the tho state of or Tex Texts Texas s said Commissioner S Sells and consumers consumers con con- sumers of at crude oil and Its manufactured manufactured products throughout the tho entire civilized World and particularly particular at at- this critical time are arc more moro than fortunate fortu tortu- nat nate that this new field was ered Every operator I ha have havo Interviewed interviewed interviewed inter Inter- viewed Is strong In his declaration that though yot yet In Its Infancy time and development development de de- de- de I will show that northwest I Texas will equal If IC not eclipse many I of at the tho older ohler tie fields Ids I 1 1 am also of the opinion that the I rapidly increased d consumption of or petroleum petroleum petroleum pe pe- pe- pe on and Its byproducts not only In war activities but In practically all Industrial relations together with the decrease In production has made It highly Important that substantial en encouragement en- en cour gement be he given Iv n to tho the opening up p of t new oil fields field and to this end cud Iam Iam I Iam with tho the demand am In full tull sympathy of oC oil that discoverers of at operators tors known a as wildcatters wildcat 1 pools common commonly tel's shall not be bo driven en ol out t of ot busIness business bustness busi bust ness by hy what will amount to confiscation confiscation tion of or their property through too high excess profits ts tax I Gold I Wildcatters are aro the tho same Rame typo type as tho others ethers who blessed the world I b by the discovery er of or gold In California Cl with the added fact that tho the Investment Investment investment Invest Invest- I ment Is apt to ho pe greater and ond tho the lo loss s sI more moro disastrous The They are pioneers In Inthe I tho the best sense of ot the word ord These men stake all on a chance and at least three out of at five times time lose 1050 eyer every dollar dollar dol dol- lar of ot drilling cost cast If It the fifth firth wellis well veIl is a producer its it's not fair fall to tax them SO EO 0 per cent of at tho the selling price cm on tho first cost of ot this particular well The cost caRt of ot dr dry holes should bo ho treated treated treat trent ed as ns capital In the tho business of or wildcatting wildcatting wild wild- and a LL moderate moderato say a 20 percent per por Jor cent excess tax upon the tho one ono or possibly two two producing wells out of ot Cl five vo drilled If rr stor storage e oil is not to be he exhausted exhaust exhaust- tetI t- t ed etI and tho the country soon Boon to be with without without wih Is exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- out petroleum resources It i desirable desirable- that development shall not be discouraged and this is particularly particularly par par- true truo of ot tho the wonderful nest ne fields of ot north and antI west c central Texas Our government Government protects men who discover cr useful Inventions b by giving should not them a n patent and why those who go down Into tho the bowels bowel of ot otI tho the earth carth to discover an nn Indispensable I mineral receive friendly consideration from tho the same me government |