Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1922, Page 8

rip sity ity tica nou vert nig! the Trapshooter Reilly— The Man His deeds have made oil history. The civilized world knows of the life and exploits of E. A. ‘“Trap- shooter” Reilly. The Associated Press, the United Press and Uni- versal Service have told time and egain of the mighty oil wells he has drilled and the wonderful profits he has made for those who were asso- ciated with him. The whole world knows of the Trapshooter Oil Company which “Trapshooter” Reilly organized and of which he was président. This company owned what was consid- ered the most valuable oj! property in the world, a shareholder of which made profits at the rate of from $4,000 to $31,000 for $100 invested and the whole world recognizes, too, that the Trapshooter Oi] Company was “Trapshooter” Reilly. He it. was who located the well for the Kentucky Company that re- sulted in the 4,000-barrel -gusher on the Vick lease in Stephens County, in April, 1921, the first big producer in the Ivan district. He it was who secured the acre- age for the famous Cain No. 1 dis- covery well at Pierce Junction, Texas, for the Snowden-McSweeney Company, which resulted in one of the greatest wells in the Gulf coastal fields and opened up an- other Spindletop in July, 1921. His word is law and his opinions are sacred with the officials of the largest producing oil companies in the Mid-Continent field. His name and the famous profits he has made for his shareholders and associates have been used by hundreds of oil men since as an ex- ample. But not a one since that time has ever come anywhere near the record set by this mighty oil pro. ducer. “Trapshooter” Reilly has seen hundreds of others capitalizing on his name but not living up to his record, “What I have done,” says this man who has made it possible for his friends to make fortunes, “I be- lieve I can do again—hbetter.” Coe Casper Daly Ecitune Trapshooter Reilly ; Launches Crowning Enterprise of His Remarj ay Ve eo OS ES Pn Sita eae SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1922. His Message to Investors of Amern I retired once. After one of the most notable successes known to the industrial world, I sought out seclusion to rest. ] 1 rested just six months. I bad money—~plenty of it. Oil had made me and my steckholders in- dependent and wealthy. But [ could not stay retired. I was restieas for the activity of the broad open oii fiulds, My friends—people who had invested with me and made for- tunes—aurged me to return to the business in which I proved myself one of the most successful operators who ever lived. So I came back. I came back with the determination to wrest from the luscious oil sands of Texas wealth far in excess of what I dug from the earth of Kansas. I came back with the intention of presenting to my fellow Americans . what I consider the greatest chance at fortune ever afforded in the history of petrolesm—the hi that ever arose out of west. Perhaps you know me of old. Millions of Americans and Canadians read in the press of this continent details of my tremendous success in Kan- sas. Who has not heard of the Trapshooter wells? Who has not heard of those mighty gushers which tipped the horn of plenty and poured untold wealth into the laps of those who had faith in it and me? That was my enterprise. That was my accomplishinen' success of my life thus far—but small, I believe, to what I now can do. The Trapshooter welle—my wells—started Kansas to its position of the fourth oil producing state of the United States. The Trapshooter: wells brought millions upon million. of dollars into Kansas fields, which in turn produced many millions more. My Trapshooter wells were one of the industrial mile posts of the 20th century. Because of my great success in the Kansas fields the oil world iknows me as “Trapshooter” Reilly. In Kansas I am plain “Trapshooter.” Now I’m in Texas. Today I am developing wildcat territory which I be- lieve will within a few months evolve into perhaps the last great oil pool the United States will ever have. I have been in Texas many months. Accompanied by my. geologists I have gone up and down the long stretches of this state looking for new structures the main proven fields. And I have found it. In Kaufman County, Texas, I have cast my lot and right there I will bring in another great oil field and duplicate my famous Trapshooter achievement, is my prediction today. Kaufman County, according to the geologists of the United States Gov- ernment, contains a part of what is considered one of the last great oil-bear- ing structures of this country. Kaufman County has received the stamp of ERT of the great Col. o EB peanateye founder of the Mexia field, and one of the great oil men age. Kaufman County has been branded,as “oil Seerieery” he. tes tenows, J: lius Fohs, perhaps the best known and most eminent poner: oe today. Because of Mr. Fohs, peep pcrige of thie teres has made three drilling locations... It was Julius F who Colonel Herpreye Humphreys to drill near Mexia. It was Julius Fohs’ judgment and Colonel Humphreys’ powers of execution which gave Mexia to the world. Kaufman County today is the mecca of the big companies, The Gulf, Sun, Sinclair, Humble, Texas and Magnolia Companies are ina death grapple for acreage, some of which has sold as high as $100 per acre, straightest and soundest investment opportunity million-making wildcat fields of the great south- it —- the greatest THREE THOUSAND ACRES IS WHAT MY STOCKHOLDERS IN THIS COMPANY AND MYSELF HOLD IN KAUFMAN AND ADJA- CENT COUNTIES! Squaraly on the great government anticline. Pee re eee Oe lem great oi] structures of this country. ivan Ay WS am Nace psa cass dk Caton Humph- CE a ee ee ACRES I INTEND TO DRILL AT I intend to drill first wall on this tract with all possible haste, because Bs THE HONOR ©F OPENING KAUFMAN COUNTY AS AN OIL I know few men living the thrill of opening a Geld and paying for- times to my stockholders. ¥. = Lanes in ‘heart that within shout three months 1 will hawe turned those THREE wigs ata Sage that will make our THEN I INTEND TO_SELL OUT TO THE BIG COMPANIES! re There will be a drilling race in Kaufman County. I am out to win and bring in the first well: Thousands of my throughout the United States will be behind me in this contest and I feel we will be the discover- ers of another great pool of petroleum. But that is not enough. My friends are entitled to two wells at once. T have never been able to confine all my time and attention to only one well. Be tier GRE ake OUR 32 ACRES NEAR WORTHAM THIS WEEK—THE COUCH NO. 1. This lease is located directly south of the great Meador gusher of the Humphreys interests and between the Rounds and Purfoy tests, ae a3) ing strongly like wells. I SPUDDED IN THE COUGH NO. 1 SATURDAY, JANUARY 21. It is not yet four weeks since I announced to the investing public that my Couch No. 1 at Wortham had been spudded in. Today the Couch is drilling below 2,500 feet. The log of our Couch well thus far corresponds almost identically with that of the great Meador gusher straight north and the roaring gushers of the Mexia field. WE_HAVE. PASSED THROUGH THE AUSTIN CHALK AT A DEPTH WHICH INDICATES WE WILL HAVE GREATER PRODUCTION 1N THIS WELL THAN THE MEADOR. It. should require only about four weeks to complete this well. 1 esti- vos ra cg ae wa 5,000 MAE PASAT of a pro Are you following the developments in <his field? Baan the. siney, tn teke Jorn cretne Comper Dalle Teikene telling of the increased flow of oil in the Meador well. This well is to have beon cleaned: out on Wednesday of this week and its flow to 3,200 barrels per day! rilled Colonel Humphreys, is loca ight no: Couch No. 1, a few thousand yards. if The late performance of this well points plainly to the fact that Wor- Deut re mere ot foe Meee proper. Oil from the Meador well is said to haye tested about 50 specific grayity. see lee I BELIEVE THAT MY COUCH OVER THIS GREAT POOL OF of GUSHER DEFINES THE NORTH Up in Kaufman County I am re i MUST SPUD _IN MY FIRST ACRES THERE BEFORE MARCH This well will be known as the owner of the tract on which it will 1 will drill in Kaufman County the discoverer of that field. North of our location on the drilling or have located five wells. open in Kaufman County—and [ a: a there if it is humanly possible. ‘itl is and the companies are at ea What a tremendous opportuni ‘What would two great oil w THREE THOUSAND ACRES? oe UPON MILLIONS feel my triumph in this ente El Dace Keres atin ay od eight months on an investment of § I do not intend to stop when ! Even before either the Couch 6 wells on their way to the depth -Large tracts of acreage in proven territory—bring in the That's my plan. That is how my stockholders in Kansas, . Lwant investors everywhere to! the crowning effort of my whole 1 am convinced I can do event what I did for my friends ia n Not a man or woman in the does not regret that he or she was gushers thundered .in on my If you had joined me then you life on a small investment. That is past. This is today. ‘0 join me in 2 project far greater Prise. Join me today while you can \ My shares are withering away: is the avalanche of support the it | Ear new Soe by So PF itll g coupon down to the right: ieieg tee Gael mes bore u Use it—I’ll do the rest. < (Yuu ‘il Trapshooter Development No Fixed Capitalization E. A. (Trapshooter) Reilly, Sole Trustee (A TRUST ESTATE) 20th Floor F. & M. Bank Bldg. Par Vi 5 5