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Show field. But I want to tell you now that I am one of the richest men in California, because California is one of the richest oil fields of the world and I know more about the California oil fields than any other man. In time I will convince you all that Ikm right.- And he did. Within four years he had piled up more deposits in the hands of the bankers who, largely for political reasons. had denied him credit, than those bankers were worth. There is not a banker on the Pacific coast today but takes off his hat to E. L, Doheny and the bankers do not call it luck when a man makes good on his promise." Boatun News Bureau. I DQHENY'S LUCK IS TALK OFCflLIFOIII People of the California oil fields are now talking gain of the luck of Edward L. Doheny. In the North Midway district, dis-trict, near the town of McKlttrick, Mr. Doheny owns r:500 acres, which he purchased pur-chased os wildcat land two years ago. It had two small oil wells and She land had been partially tesed and abandoned. Mr. Doheny thought it ought to belong j to the Pan-American Petroleum company, but his associates thought it was too much of a wildcat for an investment concern, con-cern, so Mr. Doheny kept it. During the past month Mr. Doheny's wildcat brought in a gusher of eras. How much oil there may be under tho gas cannot be known until the gas is used up, and that may be some time. The 1 record of the well is tjO.OOO.OOO cubic feet of gas per day. or more than the pipe t line to Los Angeles could take up; but it can be shut in. It is said to he the largest gas well ever brought in within the state of California Cali-fornia and means the extension of the natural gas field, increased value for Los Angeles as an Industrial center and probably prob-ably an extension of the area of the California Cali-fornia oil field. A friend of Mr. Doheny says: "It Is nonsense to talk about Doheny's luck. I Luck meets a man who is moving toward it, and Doheny is always moving. I recall re-call the time, more than twenty years a'0, when Doheny declared to some bankers: bank-ers: 'I have no fortune In money and I ' know I have no credit in the banking |