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ii TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1918. -?V v oS Mi 2 THE BOURBON NEWS, PAMS, KENTUCKY ,:i a ft : : i lCfyTL ,"Svi?VSa'!k ". c2? fisL?Si33Sfiaw ss; i ,.. A.vkrirr-. j PSjp !?2?S:iT S&E.rSJ XS?:5a .-3rS'-3J3 4 ijVfiP -Mtl m : rz.r 5: a1 - -!.'i 4-y kaaw u- rrr. r.-'jrrA-jfj jr mmm. axyr.-BsMEssrsii. jMllfill T"1""""" ? lining j-f7-r5VJ 5 ; JVM j sr: S 1 ! 21 vj: -iS3 . M S s w. " !& -M? V. "52V W" " r?' ?-- "1 -" '-- iij JE- v i Producers, Transporters, Refiners, Marketers McCombs Producing & Refining Co INCORPORATED An Established Producing and Refining Company i APPROVED BY CAPITAL ISSUES COMMITTEE "Passed by the Capital Issues Committee as not incompatible with the national interests bat without approval of legality, validity, worth, or security." Opinion No. A 1966. 87 Producing Wells 17,000 Acres of Leases 1,000 Barrel Refinery 30 New Tank Cars Alter Friday, December 20, 1918 STOCK ADVANCES TO 2. IS Per Share Present Price $2.00 Per jShare Par Value $1.00 Per Share The money raised from the sale of this stock will continue to be used, as it has been used in the past, in the development and expansion of the company's properties. Over $825,000.00 of capital raised from the sale of stock has been invested in properties and equipment in the twelve months of the company's existence. . Its outstanding position today as the leader among the independent oil companies operating in Kentucky may be ascribed: to fol lowing this-policy of expansion. Besults accomplished to, date are but a forerunner, of those which may be ex pected to ensue from the further development of the company's concededly valuable holdings, and expansion in the field of its operations through increasing the size of its refining plant, now 'operating, and the purchase of ad ditional producing properties. In view of progres-to date ''MeCbmbs" stock at $23)0 per share is an extremely attractive investment opportunity with the probabilities of unlimited enhancement in value. Dividends 24 Per Annum Wells No. 85, 86 and 87 completed. 250 barrel well, Har gis No. 4, drilled and shot, good for 250 barrels; No. 5 and 6 now drilling; 100 barrel well, Adams, No. 15, just com pleted, at 100 barrels daily; 75-barrel well, Adams No. 14, drilled and shot, good for 75 barrels; Wells No. 4, 5, 6 and 7, Butcher lease, No. 16, 17, - 18 and 19 Adams, Lease, will be completed within the next ten days. 12 DRILLING RIGS NOW OPERATING Full information on request 1009 Inter-Southern Building LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Orders will be received by telegraph or telephone at our expense up to midnight, Friday, December 20, 1918, at $2.00 per share. -. w - : . V3t i VIE r3 S5 ': J.LZ ESS ?& :r5 ?& rr7 - im .- :. :-v ALE .A- mar mil rirm r- . s i rM-i t'ta - si t JR.rras .r u ir - - r j FT. . aO,H5 limM D Hedrick. Representative of the McCombs Producing and Refining Co., at 418 Main Street, Paris, Ky. James-U, Hmf&-a wa be g,ad tp eiplain MJCombs Propo$ition. ?&fc !f?9vHj ' tfww .- XtVf .-:- - "! ? .t -zri '3M ' -v: ; j Y v :. "Sfil; -v 'Hkjm "3 IlTvIHVM TrijMBI VKBU -& -w