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HUMAN NATURE AXD
RELIGIOUS Titcni.
Main 43 PH0E
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THE COLUMBIA OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPING COMPANY
IXCORPOKATCU I'NDEIt THE IiAWS OF TIIE STATE OF WASIHXG-
TOX.
CAPITAL STOCK 1,000,000 SHARES
OI'FK'K: KIOKAXE, WASHINGTON'.
401 Xk'liolM lllix k. Corner Klveinlde oiul WaxliiiiKt'm Klrrot.
' OIL 1TKI.DS IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OKEGOX. '
PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY
THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPANY IS TO P:LACaJ ON THE MAR-
KET ENOUGH TREA8URT STOCK TO PURCHASE A STANDARD
DRILLING RIO, PLACE IT ON THE COMPANY'S CLAIMS, AND CON
TINUE WORKINO THIS RIO UNTIL A THOROUGH TEST HAS BEEN
MADE FOR OIL OR OAS. .
PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY
THIS COMPANY HAS AND OWNS FORTY-EIGHT CLAIMS SITU
ATED IN THE HEART OF THE MALHEUR OIL DISTRICT.
. THE COMPANY ALSO HAS A SMALL DRILLING RIG, COMPLETE,
AT VALE, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON. : .
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THE SURFACE OF THE MALHEUR OIL FIELDS ARE ROLLING. .
.WITH DEEP RAVINES, SHARP POINTS AND HILLS. IT IS COVERED
WITH SAND AND GRAVEL AND IS DEVOID OF VEGETATION WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF SAGEBRUSH.
THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS FIELD SHOW IT TO
BE OF THE NATURE OF A DRY, BARREN PLAIN OR BASIN, THE
BUB-DIVISIONS REFERRED TO CONSISTING OF SILICIFIED AND
CLAY SHALES, SANDSTONE, CLOSE AND COARSE GRAINED.
THE UNDERLYING FORMATIONS ARE CLAY, SANDSTONE AND
CALCAREOUS CONCRETIONS, WHITE CALCAREOUS SHELLS. FOSSIL
1FEROUS CONCRETIONS, CARBONIFEROUS LIME AND LIME SHALE.
THE FORMATION GENERALLY IS SUCH AS TO GIVE THE LANDS IN
QUESTION A HIGH CHARACTER AS LANDS PECULIAR TO OIL FOR
MATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE SANDSTONE STRATA IS IMPREGNATED AND STAINED
WITH DEPOSITS WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM SUCH SOURCE.
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY
IN A RECENT REPORT FROM A GOVERNMENT EXPERT A
STATEMENT WAS MADE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE MALHEUR CO
UNTY OIL FIELDS OF OREGON STOOD IN THE HIGHEST CLASS,
LIKE THOSE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, AND OTHER PROMI
NENT PACIFIC COAST FIELDS.
A NUMBER O OTHER EXPERTS. PROMINENT AND THOROUGH
LY RELIABLE, STATE THAT THE FORMATIONS OF THIS OIL CENTER
POINT TO AN UNLIMITED WEALTH IN OILS AND GASES.
SUPERINTENDENT BEARDSLEY'S
REPORT
IN A LETT EH FROM SUPERINTENDENT J. T. BEARDSLEY, OF
VALE, OREGON, DATED IN JANUARY, 1908, HE STATED THAT AT A
DEPTH OF SEVENTY FEET. ON THE COLUMBIA GROUP, OIL SAND
AND COLORS OF THE BEST QUALITY WERE ENCOUNTERED, A
SAMPLE OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE COMPANY'S OFFICES
AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. s
TO THOSE INTERESTED
STOCK 15 CENTS PER SHARE
THERE WIIX lll'T A FEW SHAKES SOI, I) AT THIS IOW 1MUCK
OK FIFTEEN CENTS. ANY INFORMATION WANTED OX THIS OFFER
WILL UK GLADLY GIVEX 1IY THE C OMPANY'S SOLE AGENT AT LA
GRANDE, HAY V. IXKtAX, AT HIS OFFICE IX THE LA GRANDE NA
TIONAL BANK III II. DING. ' ,
IX A VERY FEW DAYS nLl E-PKIXTS SHOWING TIIE COM
PANY'S GKOI'ND, AND AlJiO THAT OF OTHERS WHO ARE SPENDING
liARGK AMOUNTS TO DEVEIAU' TIIE OIL FIELDS IX MALHEUR COUN
TY, OREGON, WILL HE AT THE AGENTS OFFICE
THOSE WHO A V FRY FEW MONTHS AGO BOUGHT STOCK IN THE
M M.HKl 11 OIL GAS DF.VEIOPMEXT COMPANY, THE UNION, ORE
GON, COMPANY. AT ll'i'ENTS PER SHARE, COULD NOW SELL WITH
. A HANDSOME PHOF1T, HIT HAVE TAKEN ALL THEIR STOCK OFF
TIIE MARKET, KNOWING THE VALVE OK IT IX A VERY SHORT
TIME, FROM THE WORK NOW DONE BY THAT COMPANY.
NOW IS TIIE TIME TO GET IN OX THIS STOCK ISSUE AT THIS
VERY SMALL 1MMCK, BEFORE TIIE RAISE, WHICH IS ROI XD TO
COME LATER, AND INVEST YOUR MONEY IN A HOME COMPANY
THAT YOU KNOW IS GOOD.
OFFICERS
WM. PARKER, rrcHiili'iit. .1. R. WATERS, VU-c-Prcelil.MU.
It. F. MH'NSUI'.ltRV, Kiv-Tmw. .1. T. BEARDSLEY, Superintendent.
DIRECTORS
J. II. WATERS, L. 1 1. AUMOCK, J. T. IIEAItDSLF.Y, It. F. IX1 XSBERHY.
ADVISORY BOARD
WM. PARKER, .1. V. MAltl.OW, A. E.KXAPTOX, CIIAS. RESGROVF, and
W. A. INGRAM.
R. W. LOGAN, SOLE AGENT
' LA GRANDE, CREGON
The La Grande National Bank Building
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VIRTUE THE LAW OF MAN'S
NATURE. t
If there be a God who ia bii abso
lutely perfect moral Being and man
la created o pattern after Him, vli
tue must be the law of man'a na
ture. This I the teaching of religion
and an examination of human nature
reveals that auch teaching la true.
Let us aeo how It does this.
Human nature! when examined
carefully, shows that man Is not In
dependent of his fellow men. It pos
sesses special qualities which are fur
the very purpose of keeping him In
touch wth and bind him to the res'
of munklnd. Unless he does thls,hH
nature will become dwarfed and stunt
ed to a more or less degree. Thua,
man finds himself a member of a so
ciety, each member bearing some re
lationship to the rest with the obliga
tion of reciprocal .duties and respon
slbllltlos. As experience teaches him
that his own welfare Is greatly de
pendenf on his fellow members per
forming their duty towards him, It
follows that he must do the same to
wards them. This also will be bene
ficial for him, because they will be In
better position to fulfill their duty
towards him. Thus the welfare of
the Individual is dependent on the
welfare of the whole of society and
this from the very nature of its con
stitutlnn. So the Individual learns
that he is made for society and to
promote Its welfare and happiness, the
same as he Is Intended to take care
of his own welfare and happiness.
But let us trace this idea In actual
life. Man first of all finds himself a
member of a family. During, his in
fancy he Is absolutely dependent on
hlB parents for the supply of his
wants. To their love and care are
due his welfare and happiness. Were
these wanting he would be In a most
pitiable condition and perhaps his life
endangered. As he grows oldcrs he
finds that he has duties and obllgtv
tlons towards his parents and brothers
and sisters. The former he must
obey, and to the latter accommodate
himself especially to those younger
than he. As his observation In
creases he perceives that the happi
ness and welfare of the family are
dependent on all Its members per
forming their respective, mutual du
ties. If any of them fail to do so It
brings trouble and suffering to the
others. It is evident that the family
Is a unit and that. none of Its members
is independent of the others, or can
safely Ignore them without Injuring
the family and himself.
On attaining manhood he enters a
wider sphere, and here likewise he
soon discovers his dependence. For
the very work with which to earn hr
bread he must look to others. On
their honesty and good "Will towards
him depends In great measure his wel
fare and happiness of all concerned
Experience in daily life soon demon
strates that society Is the develop
ment of the family Idea, and so the
same rules hold good In the one case
as In the other.
Now the mutual duties and obllga
tlons of the members of society are
evidently In accordance with law, the
law of that nature which they pos-
ness in common, 'inese duties are
manifestly directed towards the wel
fare and happiness of society and not
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