DIVIDENDS 



The Obispo Oil Company of California 



Was incorporated six months ago; promised stockholders a well before January i; 

 PROniSED stockholders that all money received should be expended solely for de- 

 velopment work; that the company should be a SUCCESS. 



Every Promise Has Been More Than Made Good. 



The Obispo Oil Company 



HAS A Bia FLOWING WELL; land for a hundred more; no debts of any char- 

 acter; ENORMOUS PROFITS ALREADY IN SIQHT. 



The Obispo Oil Company 



The company that KEEPS its PROMISES; has one more PROMISE to make- 

 in LESS TIME than has elapsed since organization the company will be 



Paying Big Dividends from Sale of Oil. 



The Obispo Oil Con\pany 



NEEDS MONEY for the erection of tanks and pipe line, that OIL NOW GOING 



TO WASTE may be marketed; a small amount of treasury stock set aside for that 

 purpose is being rapidly taken up. Do you want a portion of it? Do you want to 

 know more about the company? Don't let the fact that fraudulent companies 

 have squa' dered the money of investors, prevent your investigating. There is 

 good mor ^, vou know, or there would be no counterfeit. Address, 



JO k^^o^, GILES. President. 119 La Salle St., Chicago 



Mr, Giles was for..^ Superintendent of Public Schools at Chatfleld. Winona, Shakopee and Moor- 

 head, Minnesota, and for ^'o, -^rs was one of the conductors of State Training Schools for Teachers, 



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