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Tf VERYONE has some surplus cash at his command which would be invested if the right
m proposition were presented. The right proposition is California Oil. Never in the history
of this country has anything proven so prof itable. To every class of p
this investment is equally compelling. To those of large means it will more safely conserve their
funds, and insure their greater increase than any other investment. To the salaried man it is
the goal which heretofore has retreated before him as he plodded on. To the wage-earner it is
nothing but economic salvation.
It la doubtful If any age in history has ever
presented trie same remarkable chances for
profitable Investment which the present age
affords. All American Industries are growlig
so rapidly that waBte is rampant, and yet, with
a'.l the waste which a prodigal generation al
lows, success Is the keynote of the age. The
dozens of "self-made" men, "kings of finauce."
"captains of Industry," etc., millionaires all,
whatever they are called, attests that fact.
The majority of these, men were born under
humble roofs. But they had the great power
of "seeing big," looking for the big things,
the Investment that would treble itself, in
crease itself a thousand fold, with the result
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These men were not 2 per cent men' they
were not 4 per cent or 5 per cent men. They
were 1000 ner cent men. and they dared to use
their own judgment. The late E. H. Harrl
man is reported to have said that he was not
a 10 per cent man. He wanted a return on his
Investment of as high as 1000 per cent and no
lower than 25 per cent at the least. Instances
of the kind could probably be related, by the
score, the writer knowing of at least fifty men
who have made fortunes by Judiciously Invest
ing In something which would pay "big." The
folly of placing hard earned money in a sav
ings bank to draw from 2c to 3 l-2c per year,
on the dollar so placed, while the bank draws
anywhere from 25c to $5.00 or $10 from the
use of that same original depositor's dollar,
seems to me absolutely unmitigated. While It
is true that there is an advantage to be gained
from having your money where it can easily
be drawn, if need, the writer cannot see why
the Investor who makes three per cent on his
dollar would not be just as greatly benefitted
by having a good stock' Investment, managed
for him by a reliable fiuanclal agent, which
could be disposed of iu a moment's time by
the agent, and which would bring him today.
Iu California, monthly returns in the shape of
dividends of anywhere from 1 per cent per,
or 12 per cent yearly, to 10 per cent per month,
or 120 per cent yearly, with an increasing
monthly valua.
California oil is the thing of tha day and of
the morrow. You read of it daily. Everyone
Is watching it. closer . and -It would not be
out of place to say that the importance, mag- '
nltude and Interest row evidenced throughout
the United States, la California Crude Oil war
rants ft least a reference ns to "whence it
came." The origin of California Crude Oil
has been the subject of fierce controversy be
tween theorists for a Ion" time, the two con
tending factions claiming, one an orrainc ori
gin, explaining that the substance ' Is gen
rated by the action of unfiltered Burface water
charged with carbonic acid gas upon the sup
posedly heated metal tc contents of the earth's
interior; the other side claiming that it is a
somple decomposed product of the Organic Re
mains of the former .' seas and gulfs, 1. e. of
marine animal and vegetable life.
The difficulty of deciding' between theBe
views Is increased by the fact that either is
possible, In fact, one can maufacture Califor
nia Crude Oil In the laboratory by either of
those methods. The argument of the most
weight to the lay mind against the organic
theory is the undoubted enormous quanti
ties or organic matter necessary to give rise
to the amount of California Crude Oil that has
been produced, not to mention the vast stores
.that yet remain untouched. In reality this ar
gument has no weight whatever as the amount
of organic debris is In almost all shales and
other sedimentary strata Is simply uncaucula
ble, and although forming a small percentage
of the whole deposit it is much more than
sufficient to give rise to all the Crude Oil that
probably exists,
As a, matter of fact the defendants of the or
ganic theory only claim that a very small pro
portion of the organic matter actually pres
ent In the rocks has been converted into
Crude Oil; and in general the facts are being
brought to light bear stronsly in favor of the
organic theory. A notable feature of Califor
nia's Crude Oil deposits is that they occur. In
regions where the geology la more easily stud
id than in most parts of the world. In many
countries the reology of the districts supposed
to contain Crude Oil can only be determined
by the drill which is very severe upon the
prospector, who must to a large extent go It
blindly. In California, on the contrary, the
careful student of formations can get much
help from visible evidences of structure in
the rock formations and the capable reports
and prognostications by the able and schol-
arly geogologlsts employed by the larger com
; panles and notably those of the U. S. Geogo
loglcal Survey are probably destined to cure
, much of the contempt entertained by the self
styled practical men for the opinion of the
geogollsts; for the opinion of said geogologlsts
given in connection with the Immense stor
age of California Crude Oil which they esti
mate by billions, not millions, is now an ac
cepted fact, for California has produced the
millions, and Is now -attempting to make a
showing at the billions. In this connection,
one of the most notlcable matters In the evo
lution of the methods pursued for the produc
tion of Crude Oil Is In the evolution of drill
ing methods and drilling machinery. The dif
ference between drilling methods ten years
ago and now might be compared to the dif
ference between the pick and the shovel and
the steam shovel. .
The main shaft of the drilling rig was, in
the old days, about three inches in diameter.
At present it is- six inches, being four times
as heavy and many times as strong, and the
difference in weight, strength and efficiency
nf t.h machinery pd tools thrnnrhnnr Is Ii
proportion. The weight of one lar?e drilling
bit, such as is now used, is about as great as
the entire 40-foot BtrinK of tools was a few
years ago and as a consequence it can con
servatively be said that it is 1st as easy to
drill a 4,000 foot hole now, as it was to drill
a 1.500 foot hole a few years ago.
The skill of the miner of Crude Oil has kept
pace with that of the machinery, and the Cali
fornia driller today is. the "finest" at the temper-screw
that exists in any field in the world.
The great variation in the character of the
formations drilled and obstacles to be over
come, have given the practical operator an
education not to be had elsewhere.
The character of the -'do now used is also
a fair index of the change in the use, of mater
ial. Ten years ago 6 5-8 inch casing weigh
ing about 10 -pounds per foot, was considered
O. K.; today the same sized pipe weights
about double. The laree' sided pipe, say 10
- and 12-Inch, weigh? about 40 pounds per foot,
and an English company used an 18-inch spec
ial which cost $7.50 per foot and weighed 100
pounds per foot.
The facts are noteworthy in showing the
revolution in methods employed in securing
Crude Oil from the earth.' A few years ago,
the mention of any such size or weight of ma
terial such as Is now used in California wauld
have been considered redlculous. '
The inevitable expansion of the Crude Oil
industry In 'California is just starting In, and
reports to the contrary, notwithstanding, it
can safely be said, that there never was
enogh produced in the state to warrant and
fear of over-production. It is true that an in
land district without sufficient capital to lay
a pipe line to the seaboard, can sell Ij tat a
limited market. But now the seen Is ohanc'3
For with the grid-ironing of the itata toy pipe
lines, all producing dlstritc of any Import-
ance have been put practically on tidewater,
and upon this and the other shores of the Pa
cific ocean are many people as anxious to buy
Crude Oil and its products as California pro
ducers are to sell it.
, California Crude Oil is the thing of the day.
Never before has the investor had the same
opportunity of receiving large returns for the
fornla Crude Oil Company. You will have to
admit that you can make money by properly
investing In oil companies. Now what you
wish to know is, "Is the California "National
Crude Oil Company the, right Company?" It
is beyond a reasonable doubt. The company
owns its own land and is managed by conser
vative business men. When you consider the
thousands of acres this company owns you
cannot help but be convinced of the worthl-
ness of your attention and investment. '
, Supposing we only bored one well to the
acre, and that well produced only fifty bar
rels per day, which you will have to admit is
a very low average all around, just suppos
ing this the case, can you not foresee the enor
mous income that will be derived from the
investment?
One acre would net the Company twenty
dollars per day, "allowing five dollars for run
ning expenses" Five thousand wells would
net $100,000 per day, $3,000,000 per month, or
. $36,500,000 'per yeac Can't you see the pos
sibilities? It is so phenominal that it hardly
seems possible.
Records will show that within the last
three months one well in California has pro
duced over one million dollars in oil. Just
think of it, one well in less than three months
has produced over one million dollars in oil.
Not 6,000 wells, but one well. Can't you af
ford to invest In a proposition like this? The
stock of this company is sellln at 50 cents
per share. There. is no time like the pres
ent. Buy now, and take all that you can afford.
Galifomia National Grude Oil Go.'
I. IV. Hellman Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
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I. W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles, California