[Oil Finders]

Osburn, Lois

United States, Houston, Texas, Harris County

1936-11-03

15

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f' PIfi vet
Wan, r.ois PIN 3825 Word*
Iim4-ton, Tau ie. 144. 06 5
Polklore
ronc ottltosto ‘41 Finder')
Up. KliliP5tti
aho
"'lea 1
Nov -3 1916
%hen tiosso Wale* in a trAor tipenhor with his fared
rod, ho little etrrtanceet how nalicete of hle doloftnitAnto /um
Vic, 7- 11 wallet manta hits with anellnee qmetenr.
Tton i:rr. L. rj, Man gnevNytticist for the 'Ramble
4 mle1 14oflaiing t:4), of iinetoton. mass"i1 'ind ro" aregeind
wAntlta fro?) heaven. Wow *Eat fantastic 131,11.re for thclr
dqvio,L.-,,mo---rting WA thew con pT.odict the (1711111tr -printity
!-X' oil. V)loknevr, of tho oil otnel Froell rtrv!
vell'.1 a th0 ;)reconera Anti Intito of oat, 7Arihur atpl
rotaoh.
'7.!•14)14) term 7:1,1rn boatet of cover haring f-_,te&tlf).1
an 'naafi no,oirteel. nowt ding to r.Um* ilta7vntl
torlytrie tn-t all t!q eri t by p4t),10 410
!zloty notftlnit •ITy,nt irq),Ioet rtns! 1113qt 4:7.-Itting to emlet
to baild .rolplonee of, 'tall Tlolifs th't
o rttAn tir nnot bo lonta. ilfmnfl, it il tht, Itity ;4' the
bri".'!:11/Int lriansert t,--' -#Trfnro. thow-f 14irto)117.3 ntlfich mclentl'Ac ro.:11,,X4
ti tackle).
Thoy olttin to Nhve) porfocting tholr
fillyontiumn mre :rand thatirnt retivrtonitr coimtie3to to wtren
thev ig1,04 oubnitted their derlemi tn nn4fIrstnnd then.

00Curn, Leis
liceinten. Ten• i• Dint. 04
fbildore
folk Quintet's.. 011 Tinders
fliI3 010
Paner 2
This undreabtediy upheld* their bheery thnt the scientific
ooriplex is oink that it; unhnj)27 retniner lacks theabili*
to compfMhend enything;beyend hie mu -need isentn1 vision4
the inventor*, nwalr noxious to eetablish
libla eannsctione. ter one Rivet
"My'enkii eonferrees and nei,oeinten were all elemint
nnd profielenS disnalemh•e
Says Ar, nines *Noble Istnirmtes *wad proanta,
painfully surprised end aglteninhed if they remitted how many
inventor.ffriendn they, hmvs."
Ttvit oTilnnit nabetAneen exhibit semuni chnracteristies
le probnbly the most fantnstic theory ndvilnited c mn "Oil
Tinder". One bn/nfitiMter aenarte that ell eXhibitn rankle
chrznoteristics. After nakin K this elkailing dammerY. he
*leen to senreh for a Rae gab:Anne* pm:family n liquid1 elhieh
enuld be mood in finding oil. After Views of alrefhl inveetica.
tion" he fond swish a liquid, and, moreover. trio a 3tia fall of
it, apon ehich it eaitably cemected indie4tor which rreponde
to the preeopos of -ell.
The promoter of n tlr Wen rite', at farmii rind
elaborate length on the canna etvirnateristics of oil. Mowing
the reader that he is not a "tient7-1 leetenruelItle or demdiebumer",
he cantinas=

Odom, Issie
nOWIt an, Tes. Diet. 06
raiders
Yolk Guetome Oil Tinders
TO
AO
Pig. 3
"I kneur that attraction and revulsion sere foots of
the litysioni ntd. obettshose love owl hate tto in do. They
nless) they attract, They Yaws hoe to love, fad feels °The
bleak &amnion of trite** Chemist:a told me of Isoloore and
leomeriest, the friendly feo/iiv; or things end their tendency
to co4)Ine, to enter into oceneress, borrow cool from eaoti other.
-fik when Cory yolt and be gonorrely sociable.
'30181%00 told les of saturated and tetweturtted Itydro.
C.Arnuos. thiright it poseible to ester into afirtfriee Vela
the urtsatwroted forme, or petrolmum. ne being a saturated
4.Ydro.Carbon ,Lffords no nexus over which it otuntical iymxathy
orui 1)ase and an ter into cymok.roe ;with It. :malty, Tide.
openness, is a property of sill nrttter. This being iris, there
Is no soletstiflo reason elv a brolsth, vapor or efftrrinst
ilotrolsom should not rise thrrnagh the porosity of the &Irv) ;Ind
r..k)Grt itself to the sensitive ohanierl syri7.1,thar of Y*• flIneolren7
1.z.irtieler of the fox threen z:Iff in fliFtt rdrort to the
oLfctortes Dr the honnd, or as a perPorie fills a ror-zu
1The test should be rinde on the oil actually prerent
oat fArt Apioe; Imre, or sort of petriliferous feta I haw correlated
ti!c.,. alp-rat:al erapethy %vitt: the (malty; there is no intf-mil sympathy.
vi isonlee ia downward to the 00144316 or effInvin will', no much corm.
rity the colvose nsoAle pointt.. to the wooing mystr!ry of the
north/

Osborn, Lois
Huston, Ten. Dlot. .6
Folklore
Yolk Customs 011 Finders
VIC 2.)10
PM. k
"In other words, mr female is an oil magnet. I
eta tell more nbout the habitat of oil than all the geophysical
principnls and instruments oombined though you'etretch out and
oombine their results fron the creation of Adam to the death of
the naval.
"As a eoholhr yen' will hardly look to the XIOWIter
the norms of the new and unknown. The donerim cannot be definim
tive of the speelfie. I have worked on a wood theory an °amebae;
but I /Inv* found a nor? world. I prefer not to 42Editfacts but to
is them: If Ind to ghat yon gnat inotend of a laremm4r•
oak for it and I'll give it. re are gettlw road, to pit Into
oomiseion in the interest of 'Air blioineee evorything so know
from the atar.fretted dome of hsnven to earthes central fires.
I on sure nr dim:avow to a God.eand to the Oaf Coasti
"And forthor. I will gp into wild.o,,t territory where
welle are drilling4 temt them, write their prorPosts file with
a Cnnittee, awnit the arbitrament of tine and VII drill; if
rcmalte are satisfactory, my claims two certiflod ne truth.
moond, if desired, I will 40 to productive fields whose area of
saturetion is defined by the drill. it of elirht of theee fields
I will permit iWnelf to be blindfolded; while thus blinded and.
driven through the field I will define it with macaroon a thing
that ha!! rumor beforo been done so far an I am aeon,. If 1 fdl
to do this.00rrectln I stand discredited both as a man of solemn
and of truth. The apperd is to men of reanon, not non of fixed

No AB
Peil• 5
Idats•Ills at vests ma army dm wafer 211111COMATIall be
01111FINSW1011, ova dui Mime that asv IMMO is *Jr the CIMOMS
as it sus the pstrisegy at the FATIONSit tisa ilatteubst the Divine
isjastilsio HOU /41, SIM YAM ?RAT 11111,01 IS Goon.*
lisssware mot %SI 11'indorse are worilling to stile*
diallieftesi Wove the atiptiodam at astania. Ons irate writer
*AM °feu ear that oil samst be leisitat with ma instsumat•
I my prattivaly that it oria• I knew, awl yen knew, that your
gralagy is bawl lowly granevask sae thaw. moire Um
Oak austass at the math sea* tells you. Ten *raid starve
it your sidaisr eas sal* la the ail you lesated.
net your eompsay put yea i3 ms ea a parasol basis
awl rousisas of pa valid be krastist as lastrussat sea tee a
sallason. Ton air I aninst leant* ell sad give its depths sad
I taw sill saw aatedattaaa aro based epos thaw, sad tie
tastaw id* bwrissergung less& sippest• rti go together
Is isms admen snarl area sad each of ea writs oar opinions
um the ism loseatias, tin of the., and file these °visional,
mar sad with mar raliatia peroca ambit such test to &masted
art 1st Us Mil to ela Mal jots, an to WW1 cale at us is the
boat elL1p4aostias gmalikata‘ saw. I au elemaalling that you prove
as a fame or mew soda wig ell elessest be located with ea
Boa that ism 011 finders have attempted. to

Unbars, We
**n ton, Ten. ant. 6
folklore
1;14,f. (ktetme wa Oil fitukern
?zrzeis
ore; ittri,‘ te on the a earlt of
niejite, NV, after milef7t of slitting &IV WV* to the nt.•,..ke
etarted from. Vv e (lirnstion and thin in VT•45 dark*
oimr r0141% brunh.00verari orp.n.ftv.
t I'vrTa rtokranitriknY tt7 CIAO. WM lane '.11',.!tirf
4: t73 k):UnfiNg"Und alet -41Vitt&t.. n:t ctjWAIV:ti, the erd or
1.1rte o vrovonGill)ooln from ri tilit -00"/
!--two boon ine47reol. 1.4 rmalr.V*1• cr).11,4.11 sexiif
rvtoialj V car itribbello g'ind etzt7t
TrT7,,f)rn I -mil invnrinkly vectwerea to.* all oil errvitioffi
7.VV)NV 1)", IV. either mj or in vatting. .-7.-ptc,r
rg ti, n* tivay.' gat ofs?0:. erix.,7a2.140,, annvirininer, t1 I.
AT-
v)h. t I an.1.0. or.1 t teemed t tzihn -,gret
pr.R.-o than vp-m ni 1orivoit to brook- V.-.43 1.17,1;lo-se
of and 73.m."
:74,1 !LrFtra 04M.3141 taw** oletibit humble t its
of et.rtistor. The epwroorc devise Triton*
*r7t rho ttleotrrerow vr-"nr
7ort •of n fellow, VW Nome a r!rAller, nor n ornetiert, nil rim!
r3/0 reet mon orred. tilt()Tcrt in :c 053r.,..7.11, Ith-r? trt.- h.orr
petti-Ae and'befait ?Amin -tot b V-qc oil tritikr.tvy for
t)!)4 virrn. 9:reror:t1c.-E oef..710 1,-!7., than ..Ine
th-Fr one A -n -sail n11,1 almost Pit in lik'
PVV..11,3ent-11 flinooverir."
Whes nroofyor
.rdhnt. It in ln
71,1nblo isavontor oot11(1 tot eonint
n1,7 innuonclo. --ioneretr, -he nerne ,"tIo it •t molted.

wham. tiii0
tr, ton. Tor. Pie t. 6
x"ratyro
'rolls ^to_ mndrir.3
PM AO
rarge g
C\no.lorrinte rim ,A131 to be et °1-m7letenee. Pore after the
0°Atnicle bmexinse, lino. of otrentnen har bens detfinito3.7 locnted
f:akirlitoftn.rmoloelot ("omen in neteltr ,-Intr wet e°4 ttv*
r,rfn nithin tf%e bevert-1.27
i.7-"Itort hart fr1tAlr CLIP: ^Ineri over 1009 divintr
TrYt• -74111.3 fAlr2r1 frld oVier devir An the la t foe yrnro, te
rdrinft entliesioe for rie7 trotor. -nnd Gt on noth
erflorsol awl eelentifze- intrl.n,nt :in then. Ho he:1 th,,..cribed
length the roe* interentintri of thr15-c.
iner.nttyr drironnt,•,tedto llpmesrlf.°1tiood
ot,-1/7.4.7.; tic ilate contArel 26r° lat- holdor OM* *IAN
ntrAngnI71 etwxy04, rodlotirne 1:rml oii me, mo ut1' A1.:Pinotr-te.
To an1. c°11, it 1:7-13 nmemvrer to tarto the rlate from tho heidne,
trrivi t?), -7) r.latof niiriftt to f•3 ilorloontai
•-ltt. anft.blek to to i.ppt. to it in tA3 'lam Weer
bptcseirr 121.17. '6;11C oinlook in itY-le tr iitNa "itlatof
VIC nOtin" rOttr platen anw, urninho' 1-,? trial; thecae ir-rn to
,T1
c,r)41 rr; direct& 1r1.. riltrali-A thrs livlentotr, foe devia...,,,nrint
-AO rIVS177171$34 ,-,:ittherirlA he hoP one Or:41,014 in eixteli os' .110.y$1,1rig
emir late* tior4ve 3.o.zorgline Vr. 311n, mnOe apart! Anglin&
Another inetienent nhieh endeed on the eve ?iiinekle
denertten an "a seal box uhloh *1, raid ix3IntOr 11'..?!!" trfnii
aide tinet nevreonl bettonn Vie boa& trim a sicv-vA big it 17
to 4:11C1b on to r0-41 ranted the Toistt424 Into
a vartiorl ponitinn. Zr-Ointinen frinoil ronohed t!,K) laistennink,

debssime Leis
Motrits. Diet* 06
TsMU,
Paid *intone r-11 Finders
rip 010
rile'? 9
the pointer remained in the vertioA neitVii or (beamed only
nliefItV doe to the opurvd force of the radiations, bet steam
oil 4111 irreent the pointer dreme0. to the herimertal nithout
forthrr ede* vsly the inventor wad °permit) the dories* The
mat attraettre ftntrsrfl of the inFstrreent from a prospectivs.:
°Ler Itoren vistiraint ticv that it could be °Levelled we? frees
Ilserl Oslo* in the meseins wail Rs() erieledb is the oftener*
in tc,esisinitr ef StmAxnUn
hai7. smamine,ft flA ordiner, eleetwersore fitted
nith z, ro.eminilyileelered andief.Aor t-4 oho rte of liedborned
abidl neeeltive te serOmmelar rediAlons &omen*. Yhe
intsre-Aingthirr.itioottttUts levontine in that it 1m plAmed
WA it erste orwilgred in recites' dimmest's in thn elet(vmirrAlon
of lzPropmetr* 7hts device SW,Irenelc4 in lnrliOht, bet erawst be
nand .1t 1S t t vrat7Ve om n ixj elontr dr.
qf !leather AMIGO' Ve. Moe reverter nhe noet versatile
radirtiem-seneltivn t",-7loo nerrIntoe of blank :nether TM r4xYlk
6 ,-t!"-,1313 1.6:1(.1 v.. -C). "filth et
ry9ritod nbo1. bwring, br-no Ifod
riratlifiltittlta0 weleht on one end and a reverr.ble ersxmle
'Icrt:Inchon 1(ty:zt orosfourth fin&. In diameter flt the ()Ohm
end, Try..! faeJtened to th,,PrI1bay.i-,4,-; rii!!t right F.:44o° to the
rune? frindle.
titthem thetrIndle t eld in a vertical portiCon the
emld Ttvinto in a herimental plane* The radiations fres
o at 4iI sr:, 1,11-lin Von- Oho mem' 212 1141104 MUNI thell

001Ras. Lela
lionf3ton, Tem 11A. 06
roliclere
Irak *mum 011 MtIrvre
no alio
iNv•
cowing the rotation- at tiv, revable *atm, the split at ietotlioa
imllontlee of the amity of the oil aloe- la some wattl4.
lovolved annenr, of the depth.
if looking for other odoessle, It er.a seeser•ragy
IMAM ti30 oil tW1f i rbetitzste tor It one *deb mild
.r.f:.)elonti to the '1.4-iniettlarriincrr3., rer roodlyf aefinrate sin%
t3 titninitaft amid to lewd to toteralla
,.-12.1raroic tN''S' ertV.V.V.:7 le
it ti iptortettna 4gretlititak• SLR !Is'
e<.k.:tinitionfo °to nee Ve ftkiim arm% seteting so epproesidag pew
ale r .4011. Only thm trnsnntem.o673,11 laid no all it vine neeenewor
forh to he, in rnt tin to torloolve en Soliostion• either wollitas
or riding in an no2toryiblle, ifre7! tiffen, ihes me %how. POW
eutidinly. won 7rostoomer tallies t n the Urban- vie otempoti viola*
rottAiree vhile Galt tor eopeole beteg tieeil tot liho
:Tvth t Its, rit.ene Oat 7 -tor below the ell/ la erety aseteese.
the doges 11.111a,44,1 (IA Ittlor :311 wiped* Wis bises
ritlhe 40,7100 try., ft rtle.:19 litnnuttontott 811 SS at faMMlo
envo rollA retrAion on Valk ombraisise taw feet of lames
crude stliett had orlt7inillp boost op; ;end to be toll. the eapleistion
tz)er tivt tot,v1117 of ti-4,rt1torm responsible. /e order to
tnie corlantquon fIrthor, the invonter wart VIM iktir, a tede
9ogerland oil. did nr3t mout V.1.3% She loft vae-inote at the Una.Tho _
&glee rotator) faster WTI cveve eqweeedly doe to the grad*
at Vefiritlarienti oil *WI oholiael -Woe been In thio

Oallanne late
doegton. Ten. flint 4
Polklore
Volk GRAMM mo Oil Pbenre
roc alio
rens U
Other ineenters eentine beset, with in eiteemeling
the Insts for theirdosisee. Mr. Slam emenined one denim With had
a banotifhlly engraved and etnameinn plated handle. A enell vial
containing the *bait our, Witch was anointed nt the end of a lkeg
*lender rod completed the mehaniee.
Br. Slam ewes "Molding the inetvement veriloally with
both handr an the handle. it we foundlhat the belted ewhiging end
woe to beet in !he direntim of the groats, oil fields; thne it
pow -Moto paint ont Oonroo. 1.-t rennet Sagarlend and others
freeman= in ?ion otos hotel. Asa the bait w &matted to
vhiskey. the &vim in the Mods of the inventor pointed
to a loathes tag lying on the bed. The inventor anited Kb e friend
ho thin mold meelltiv be anplained striae thaw had finiehed the
lr t bottle that norning and ho hv ot boneit pyre. 11pen *resting
the b ie. a pint bottle **to roviallad end the friend admitted hawing
brovIlt it WA afternoon althea* tellies the inventor ab Ait it.
?Inas it w proved that the dories w ta not ereilpel tad or irtelneffload
by the operatoar.0
varhope the nest ingenione deals, wn made Ity peering a
few drops of oil into a little vial 'high ono sealed and immaramd
in a bottle of traiimperett liquid. The bottleir-..1 then corked. them
the inventor awrondhed a aln of oil standing on the gro.vid, the vial
e 'awn to dement in the lignidi on balking assfir frnm the oil onme
the Vaal rose in the 114144 to itn former posit on. The inventor

Qom. vas 240
melte". Viet. 106 itce 12
Folklore
folk Gaetano Oil Tirelure
naked to lie allowed to sake a personal
tr t, IStVitid that the Instrument wal4 mirk only for hits.
11Ion Interviewed tie ooropialca lawaraters, of ghee
ho Cern "They Unaware& that if a bottle' of oil cm fastionod
to ti e or a fikal,N3lits 6 feet 3.1nr: and the other end
teldot tAo abderaen f n of then, dietont oil field
exerted a perceptible twee on the bot1a p Mr* it to the
tilieettion of the natl. The operator amid then exert a fares
the ..7113.1111.1tn iottla !look tofd
ttev ititk U fr ir r_e f1.4td nerAlf. bawler's or -time. As
oecirtnti jIIV:? Wu' read t!'ll inventors
irnm.,(1 t‘llt each ftell. Pr?! its okortioterititio period of
one11ttone ?to -4.).errloti ilni! 'boon drtorraned for n lerge ember
of 0,,,a
*en tronenittarr Wro utilivedby *11.1
Elxkdrwe, Tariu Vale f,rn evince 14111.1nt *upswing ram *Ow
ditmovivimd tbs4 the e'lert eleatrewegnetie armee amoseating from
oil and am enrich aaold be ontrand tonottalate• the "--ve of
transmitter, Tho modulated. WM actuated a lad speaker.
*It laws the thrill Oral/fel time, enelairm J. nen,
"to drive to en nil Mill with ereirbodr nhlo to
boar the Tuvenee, arid not a vend maim from the load epfaker.
It -on reashing the firrt producer, c frAnt earatotting onuld be Maid'
vt,Ach w loom foliousd by a gurglIng wind, canoed* en o" -id the
inventor, bp the riming of oil to the pal.
ten driving tonrcal the midair, of the field, the gurgling

Oebeve,Lots
Plow-1ton, Too. st.
Folklore
rolk stoss 11 Findare
Ao
Ivo 13
weld, onneed,wt4t the tnv.to5 the floating of (ill la
the ival.
Ikon driving tot:tird thertetille of the flehl, the
Vienne -Urn dL-iinet„ then *Astro, and ornoed
armor an ter Of the field. tons, *winerr, bieeing noise
tx:v3 halvd, likteh WTI al* to iihn Irt the air, oripS 'Phe &vim
'MINN lt :II no atAnen t'OP nleintatvry5t-ttiose, Invicose
no otn-a. €111N/thiletiff. girdled or Pdeseele It Pawl
T.*);:terrx, Piles tyrAgogi fertrtihr.7.13 er) ‘11.'t arl.1 crs4111
be men t belne VA L.11:,rereitt the
tls hf%Irde PS
'40 LA.: a 100 zervae-1.",
exs-W-r3tir,; n,bi Ina* to rvf 1204 trernoted
to a k7 j a ete* rktItle t3 V.nct Mena of
oil 1-16 VIZ 10 hEat V foot A.-,,4,41 -hor.r.. NI V'r Sitting, with
einraotarletLe Intentleemert, ^-t t/, -t 5 c-T4.1r.terr, maw%
1,1411 attrzt Vse Lzwitzerri-int• In fact, he rtatd,1ewinid rather
an oil field 1.0 ralle, :arm' V_es¶ WWI gt 5 fart% olat-ed
difficatp in finding a :2TI:Vrr trIt for hie Lastrretit, r:4-crinn that
e-^ Molly ahlo to got a "llquld methane* threryta i-lortest
oholecnla drog areurer•
kv tw She nom4 adhaprile Ammittlaa to am eaftinammiks,
*i the user LilisetrItoo 1.4IM end, ertleter.
It note upon all elements bit to so adjeoted end sone
ntleoted that avow elonint an be ellninnted eseept the cies for

lasboine
lloontea, tut. .0 Mat.
tolkloro
Polk Onstome Oil Tinton
thigh it is boloomed. If the machine is bolaseed tar the loontioo
of oil or goes it vill then opt °ray von oil °rms." goys Sr. TIon6
The inventor at the at000grapit sahibits on elaborate oho:to
expinining the theory at the Inetrumemits le brief, the chart attenpte
to demonetrfAo,that all element mottos. anvil a Oilman rinid. end
(Army oetio lobh of space of the stratosphere 10 nilsn from the
nnr nlrying, 0n0-414arter horse poWeV of snoopy, *doh pineer the
earth in aR eleotriOnl iel4. The illosierAlln Ohoeo alias among
the eorth Shieh rervemonts the myth elongate, thloh are akistr.
threes ninetymtvo of thich. are definitely known, with one known bat
npt dofinitoly eltnblished nod onrodS Homes for no partionler
mason ihnt the laymen is able to think of, the investor Claims to
hove a theoretien1 explamellmei
The Lino thnt oarfase ferinntlane overlying oil deposits
hve Astien ohldh are Obsent elsooherne hm7 led one inventor to
palostJ4iting roardis. He et,Itoo that a small awls at
tarries dirt plumed over a bottle of oil fOr only a foirminatplo will
tka tq)end contain to tilbrltion of oils u6 vir..s sent 20 simples of
soil with Which to prove his aosortIons. In the nonntires 14 laymen
oert. mired to tont 20 slar samplow. Wive at than nada sorra*
onserms with moro MASI leilto Too mooed with him exnatiT4 litaT
did not de so wilt an three mnde a lover morel.
Vv. nolo invoatianten Oil whams and Linn', regrIrdlose
of their riadianneneelle conotontly on entd for none fonsiblis

MOWN Sete
lborton. ?es. 4. Uinta 06
Folklore
Polk euotors oil Findsre
rao
ram 15
fessula, vhstber it be tywnedin kr an imentor, *orkastimpote.
medals, doodistest's er INeVeera•
Far from the flid of inventorl she boost soleetiflie
forvidas Le moths, alas, of "Oil 'Wore' show prawstpleo are
bassist On nre eoperstitias end drollery. W. Itt. rim wrist of the
Aortbio (31 and Wining Os. tells of a worms ail Total vitio
Inn nble to leant* oil br. the simple sweater* of &swing ea es.
isurtst territory until her pettisoot fell .ort. If the pettisoat
'1.1e(1 to eacomodale. Olos riorinterl 4-1-er cAvtorvirp that the aroma
ism mit° IrIrres.
Oldpotins psesvectore have bets% knots to piok up a _--
in tome latonooto -her. end take her to the prospestive
Hero nho enc, rr-W to undress hermit end pnrform a dlnoo 14 Mit
44de. 11hen 3m1 if r#e fn3i dour', the epot lnd1a,ted tho lee:atlas
of oil*
limirmood, inh7.10111mr of Texas 011 4sort, Tlotmn,
to.120 of a devout prrecher sir) woo .claired tt.nt. !le suffered
violent honclache17 chen 1ktn own? oil, "board a patwevr-r trAin
trIveri)inc; oil tr----itory the !I've milady afflicted Mn, -tither peo-:-le
LIPP alleep0 to contract %rum sten pawing over oil.
One pro%..)ootor ahoe: no tom beat terrioittin v!ln }WM
to hilvo eatinired babient ever illen wing into reNT territory.
believed thnt arnistittahrtroissa-ard gas diggaslikivalreseteli
14kintee wee, end thnt hie ure a proems netbod -rdetcreining the
'lrmeenoe of on.