Show au K B PH anyone tempted to speculate in fit oil idocks would to do well to observe the following precautions speculation in fit the stock of an en ei tor prise that has not had the approval of a competent geologist la is so risky hat there is practically no chance of success gecomo financially interested only in a company that controls a tract sufficiently large to contain several wells wella and which Is not unduly narrow unless interested lit in wildcats wild cats seo see diat thero there are producing wells on oil at least three sides aides of 0 the area to be dri drilled llod and as close as an possible there to 10 preferably within a few hundred yards dulecs a company with sufficiently high capitalization to pay for drilling leveral wells wella providing thoro there is no doubt of the companas comp anys intention to rill arill a number of wells avoid companies with excess excessive lyo capitalization other things being equal tho the lower the capitalization the higher tile the shares will go BO if oil lii if struck do not buy a share of stock in any company until assured that the officers are honest and capable moil men and hut not over one third thira of the capitalization Aliza tion will be ba used for promotion do not speculate Bp lu in oil at all unless you can well afford to loso lose the money expended expanded |