Show V Name V VV I I 1 V What's in a V V NE of the most striking examples of of oil ONE faking revealed during the Fort Worth Investigations n and subsequent trials of fraudulent lent oil promoters was the patriotic appeal V of V General Gel Robert A. A Lee which brought hundreds of thousands of dollars to to the operators operator operators oper oper- ator an and l left in its wake rivers of tears instead of f the promised rivers of oil vas well behaved and V 1 k t was as V seemingly a honest st janitor in Boise Idaho until he lie was made a a dupe himself by a few suave pro proc S who lio paid him 50 a month for the theIse Ise use of his pretended tended relationship to the fam famous fa fa- a- a m ls Confederate leader With an avalanche a val of high pressure advertising he was brought the V public as an eminent geologist i keeping secret a great oil find fina ha i ow desired to let the dear public publics s share Honor of of the tho- Lees headed a t pamphlet lh ct which said in substance that his idea was vas the supreme achieve achieve- t of a lifetime V Vi I i General Robert A. A V tee Lee has been a suc- suc ss all his life the public was as told A reer as important in its sphere as that of l 1 illustrious rious ancestry in other lines of human politics deavor politics statesmanship welfare education and religion General Robert Aes Arees A. A rees ree's es e's life is an inspiring series of events ftc tte tc publicity exclaimed to the world Did the public fall During the trial of general Lee it was brought forth that the I IL L lud drew and wrecked many and families Lee is now under sen sen- of a fine and imprisonment to the peni peni- for one year T The high nigh explosive stuff is what the swin swin- Jung l g promoter uses to get his victims victim's mon money y hi high pressure stuff is the the- glory of ev every ry wildcatter and the investigation by the government gov gov- at Fort Worth should be cause for nervousness in promotion circles The taste of f one well known California oil syndicates syndicate's activities is still smarting in the mouths of the nl many Y people p opIe who listened to the golden Tories V of promised we wealth V V L |