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-EL PASO HERALD 20 Monday, Nov. 10, 1919. n 9 "Hercules of The Southern Oil Fields" The American Oil and Refining Company makes this Announcement to invite you to carry out the purposes suggested in its title THE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINING OP OIL IN THE SOUTH. Investors in oil stocks want SAFETY. They look to see who are at the head of an enterprise, what its assets are and then make up their minds if it is a safe invest ment for their money. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO TODAY, AS YOU BEAD THESE LINES. It is self-evident that Negotiable Value is of prime importance in offering oil stock to the public. The American Oil & Refining Company has looked to this. It Offers You Present Production of 2,000 Barrels It offers more. Besides our -well in Block 74, N.- W. Burkburnett, with 2,000 bar rels production, connected with pipe line, and now delivering oil, another is now drill ing on Black 97, on our 2-acre tract, where production is as certain as the setting sun. CONSIDER OUR HOLDINGS. The HUMAN ELEMENT in all transactions is equally important with the na ture of the property involved, and our first thought must concern the men at the helm of a new company. The officers and trustees of AMERICAN OIL AND REFIN ING COMPANY are men chosen for their grasp of business affairs, absolute loyalty and integrity and general understanding of the best interests of the shareholders. The public shall be the judge as to whether proper selections have been made. YOU KNOW MOST OF THESE MEN AND HAVE HAD DEALINGS WITH THEM. They are the ones you may confidently look to, not only for a square deal, but to con stantly safeguard your interests, after you have become our stockholders. Holdings of the American Oil and Refining Company In Texas Tract Ko 1 Well in Block 74, N. W. Bmfcbaraett, with prodaetjOB of ZJOCO barrels. Connected -with pipeline xad deliveries bow befiaHtag. Timet Ko. 2 2!4 acres oat of Jewel V. W acre, Block 97, K. W. Bnrkbaraett, is tie very bent of richest pro aactios of this famous field. Oar own tig now drrBrnz. Tract Ho. 320 acres is Block 834, IT. W. Barkbnrnett, with 4 m3e of production and saxraanded by weBs sew Tract Ho. 45 acres from Jordan Tract, Deoderaeaa Meld, with predadsg weDB on all tides . Tract Ho. 5820 acres in Wilbarger nasty, very dote to Bosk Oil Coaxpaay aad Traa Oospaay week, bow drifting. Also sear offset to Darsey-Key weH. Tract Ho. 6 5,180 acres in Cnlberaos aad Beeves Ceaatiss, adjacent ta weBs saw drirHng. . Tract Ho. 7 M9 acres is Beeves Coasty, Townships 2 aad 3, Black 67, X. and P. R. B. Surveys, is northern port of Heaves County, is Pennsylvania Formation.- Holdings of the American Oil and Refining Company In Louisiana Tract No. 8220 acres, divided into seven parcels of acreage, hi Claiberne Parish, one of widen, 10 acres, is in the very heart of tie Homer Field, distant only a few hun dred feet between two of the greatest prodaeors ia Amer ica. This property was parebased for tie American is strong competition against one of the largest oil corpor ations ia the world, and will represent, whits sale is eos firmed, a cash outlay of over $150,000. Tract Ho. 943 acres, in Sec. 35, Township 1, Baage 9, BienvSe Parish, not far from wells of Hose, EfagoH aad LeaMana Oil and Gas Companies. Tract 5a 10 40 acres, b Sec. 14, Township 22, Baage 9, Webster Parish. Tract Ha, 11 SO acres, in Sec 15, Township 20, Range S, Ctsiberae i'arfeh. v Tract IT. 13250 acres, msapritiog seven separate hoMsags in Prion Jarish. . Tract NaT 13 120 acres, being earefoOy selected acre age is Bali Baysn ml field. The tracts above described, 9 to 18, have trebled in vatae since their parcsate, easy two nsastat ago. Holdings of the American Oil and Refining Company in New Mexico, 25! Ito,t71?0 j Batfa, Otero Coasty, adjoining she of weH bow feeing drilled by Ssattrweet- .ers Talarosa Basis Ou aad Refining Company. - TaCt ,5 10,8,0 ,cre fa Ua& C9msly- Victoria Station, fat Township 28, Baage 13 W, where drfflmg u biw n pngrcas. .Wte vabsaale acreage is prospective fields ia the coastal coaaties af -Texas is being aewired, fatt particalars of which wiB be dsry announced. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES H. B. MeBowefl, president, manager of fee Western Wooden ware Company, El Pass; president Big 4 OH and Tiffining 6a. J. a Crockett, vice-president, swser of sabotantial .math aad cattle interests; presideBt Crockett Cattle Co.; psaauatijl in banking and ofl. Joaaph W. Byao af Fort Worth, 2nd vice-pieoiieat, well known ail operator and practical aiaa ia oil ilimflniawULl in the Barkbazaett field. Trad H. Lasenby, secretary-tre wsj.tr, secretary Boos fsmetly senior partner in wholesale grocery finn af Jones Bawns Csatpany, Silver City and Deraing. Robber Cstspany, Ei Paso, see et tie foasden of Big 4 03 and Beflssig Company. Fxask P. Jones, director, El Pass; preorfneat fnaseier, John O'Heil, Wichita Falls, Texas, director; aae of the best known men in the H. W. Barkbaraett field, owner af production and organizer of several successful oil corpor ations. C S. Nastis, director, president and general manager ' of American Wholesale Grocery Company, El Pass. CAPITALIZATION, ONE MILLION DOLLARS Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. SHARES PAR VALUE ONE DOLLAR FISCAL AGENTS GZO. H. POUND & COMPANY (Incorporated) INVESTMENT BANKERS 108 Sheldon St. El Paso, Texas. , Phone 1314. Send Orders Direct or Through Your Broker. Brokers or Agents Selling & Less Than Par Will Have Their Contracts Cancelled and We Will Refuse to Accept Orders Sold At Less Than Par $1. Tuesday, Nov. 18 MARKS THE CLOSING DA IE i ' -OF- . Texas Petroleum Co. At Par Value $1.00 While the closing date has been set for the 18th, we cannot give you any assurance that it will last that long. Orders are pouring into our office from all parts of the country. The public is quick to respond when they know the men are right the holdings are right and the capitalization and plans of action are right. TEXAS PETROLEUM has answered all of these requirements and will prove one of the big divi dend payers in the Southwest. The demand for stock has been great We are more than gratified. Our office force has been increased to take care of the rush that will naturally come at the close. We will mail certificates as rapidly as possible. This is the first company organized in the Southwest with acreage in the three big proven fields HOLDINGS Two ten-acre tracts in b& sensational Louis iana field, Range 12, township 12, section 3, De Soto Parish, entirely surrounded by producing wells. Actually offset by producing wells of Gulf Company and tie Texas Company, see map be low. Two wells will be drilled immediately on this tract. 10 acres in Eastland County, west of the now famous Ocean Oil Company, production on two sides. 5 acres offsetting Comanche Chief Hfo. 1 in Desdemona. 24 acres in Kills County, one and one-half miles from Clarion well. 5,120 acres in Tularosa Basin. Two wells will be drilled immediately contract will be dosed within the next 48 hours. We have had offers for our Louisiana holdings alone far in excess of erigaal payment. Our field representative advises that the excitement is intense m the neighborhood of our hold ings. Leases are advancing over night in a manner that staggers one's imagination. Texas Petroleum is in the center of this activity, surrounded by production. We will go after the ofl immediately, REMEMBER While we announce the closing date as the 18th, we may be sold out before that time. Never before have you had the opportunity to share in a company with such possibilities. THIS stock should reach a priee of five lames its capitalization within 90 days after the closing of the books. YOUR time is limited to buy. Send your order NOW. Capitalization $300,000. Par Value $1.00 Texas Petroleum Co. , 110 Sheldon St. El Paso, Texas. ORDER DIRECT OR THROUGH THE FOLLOWING BROKERS W. L Kindel Hunter & Co. J. E. Meffett Barman & Barman Saathweat Inr. Co. X. G. Backer & Co. D. W. Hoffman Manning & Ce. Hatfield & Bradford Daegtos, Arte. latsrsa Bias. Texas Ofl Investment HatfiaM & Bradford Texas 00 Ksaaage Griffith CsmnrNdsu Co. Tom Johnson C a Does J. J. Joes XcGbec Investment Co. Denver, Cots. Co. i Surrounded Two Trad? - of 10 acres eacn Eane 12-Tsp 12 sb i Tramr ri fmcr sbbbbbbsl i taasABBsa, i I a 4 14- ! Kt ft i ,4 if ' . Jjgj fjE l$5 on. Co. -cooint V ' 9 1 , I aV ,,i T , .. 1 i a