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Show OIL OPERATORS GO BACK TOM CARS Trartiral joktra iwii to huva had a hand in the recent oil boom north of tha city, arconlinif to tha alleged And of a large aponge, aaturnled with oil, buried in tha bottom of tha drain-ago drain-ago ditch. At any rate the 'ponge theory " haa been acepted and the San Juan oil IWda ttill hold the pub lie eve. It "appear, thai memberi of the university faculty in aoaing aronnd located the ,pone and aa remilt the near-oil prospector, have aim thrown up the aponge." The only clue to the prcaence of the aponge so far haa been a culiar grin seen on tha facea of aome the railroad men who work in the vicinity nf the oil field. J nut how one old iaiignitlcant aponge could produce several hundred gallon, of oil hasn't been solved. The build iog of aerial architecture haa come than th-an end for the bova around the yards who have been seeing visions of uu-told uu-told wealth. Tim Murphy, the discoverer discov-erer will continue to hew out his fortune for-tune in the good old way of riding the cars and doing hia duty aa a switchman. And an will tha rest of the boys who set their stakes for oil. |