Daniel’s genealogical family

Residence date: 1909
Residence place: San Angelo, Texas, USA</line><line />

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[Mostly from computer OCR —DN]
TEXAS OIL OPERATOR PROMISES TO FIGHT STANDARD OIL CO IN UTAH
The grip of the Standard Oil company on the oil trade of Utah which has been absolute and uncontested for years past is soon to be fought by an independent Texas oil concern which has been secretly making arrangements for ten days past to come into Utah
and battle with the octopus.
Fisher G Jones of San Angelo Tex., one of the officials of the Texas company, is the representative who has been interviewing the merchants and railroad officials here in regard to en entering entering entering ¬
tering the field In competition with the theStandard thet1ndard theStandard
Standard Oil company He has re received reColved received ¬
ceived all kinds of encouragement and andpromises andt andpromtses
promises t &gt; n &gt; mlacs of t support here he states statesand statesand statcoand
and it is s his hi &gt; prediction that t at the big bigtrust bigtrust bigtrust
trust will nrr ntfIOnger longer have the monopoly monopolyof
of Utahs oil trade tradeMr tradeMr tradeMr
Mr Jones told the t e plans of the theTexas theTex1s theTexas
Texas oil capitalists to fight the theStandard theStandard
Standard Oil trust tru t In an Interview Interviewwith Interviewwith InterviewWith
with a Herald reporter last evening eveningHe
He said saidT
T have been here In Salt Lake for forthe forthe forthe
the past ten days in the Interest of a abig abig abig
big Texas Texasoit oil company which doe an anextensive anxt anextensive
extensive xt nsIve oil business In several states statesIn
in the southwest We havo been beenplanning beenplanning beenplanning
planning to enter Utah and fight the theStandard theStandard theStandard
Standard Oil trust for a share of tho thooil theoil
oil trade here and I have been look lookIng tookIng looking
Ing the ground and prospects over overI
I have been treated with the utmost utmostcourtesy utmostcourtesy utmostcourtesy
courtesy and given the greatest en encouragement encouragement encouragement ¬
couragement everywhere Merchants Merchantsnot r rchal1t rchal1tnot
not alone in Salt Lake but in Utahs Utahsother Utahsother Utahsother
other cities and towns want us to grat gratIn gatIn gtin
In the field here They Thf want qpmpeti qpmpetition ompetltior ornpetiior
tion tiorhT ior
tionThe hT The e Standard Oil trust now holds holdsundisputed holdundlsplted holdsundisputed
undisputed tway In Utah It may maycharge maycharge maycharge
charge whatever price bests suits the tlutrust thtrust thetrust
trust magnates and furnish whatever whateverQuality whateverlUaIlty whateverquality
Quality of oil It wishes wishesI i iI
I am convinced from my Inquiries Inquiriesand
and examinations that Utah Is rIpe rlppfor rIpefor ripefor
for competition In the oil business businessbelieve I Ibelieve Ihell
believe hell ve that an Independent oil com company company cornpany ¬
pany entirely free from trust control controlcould controlcould controlcould
could do a tremendous business It is ispractically ispracticallY ispractically
practically all decided that we snail snailcome s shallcome lall lallcome
come come Into Utah UtahJust UtahJust UtahJust
Just now I do not desire to give out outthe outthe outthe
the name of the company its officials officialsbackers officIalbackers officialsbackers
backers or any an Information in regard regardto
to tl It That would only benefit tho thoStandard th th8tapdard thtStandard
Standard people who might want to tothwart tQthwart tothwart
thwart us In our plans pI am All informa information Infonnatlon Intormation ¬
tion will be given out to the public In
time timeI
I have made arrangements with
oil dealers to take our oil
I have made arrangements for fortank fortank fortank
tank reight cars to ship it here I
made ma tnadearrang &lt; e arrangements IU13ng ments with the Rio
and an other railroads to lease
near their tracks In Utahs pnn
centers of population so that we
put up stations there thereWe tbereVe thereWe
We have refineries in Texas and
and will have stations all
Utah Once we get a firm foot ¬
here and are doing good business
will Invade the entire Intermoun
region and fight the Standard peo ¬
for the oil trade in Nevada Idaho Idahoand IdalIaYyrmlnt
and Colordo Ctor do Our penernl
headquarters for the territory will re 1elocated lelocated relocated
located here in Salt Lake LakeTexas LakeTexas LakeTexas
Texas has four independent oil oilcompanies oUcompanies oilcompanies
companies and Utah has none and andthat andthat andthat
that tells why you have to take what whatever whatever whatever ¬
ever oil you ou get Utah people cannot cannottake cannottake cannottake
take their choice between various variousgrades variousgrades variousgrades
grades of oil They simply must take takewhat takewhat takewhat
what the Standard OH trust gives givesthem givesthem givesthem
them themMr themrr
themr
Mr rr r Jones will have the oil business businessof &gt;
of the Texas company Incorporated Incorporatedhere
here if the company enters It will be beknown beknfwn beknown
known as the Utah Oil company and andhe anI anI11e andlie
he will have charge of the headquar headquarters ¬</line><line />

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To frame this in a larger context, Standard Oil was divested three years later. Fisher was hired by a former S.O.C. affiliate, Pierce Oil, then later by a non-affiliate, Sinclair Oil, run by another precocious man who could talk a good game, Harry Ford Sinclair.

TEXAS…AUSTIN—Charters of corporations have been filed at the state capitol as follows: …Booker-Jones Oil company of San Angelo, capital stock $15,000; incorporators: S. W. Booker, Fisher G. Jones and C. W. Weller, all of San Angelo.

http://newspaperarchive.com/san-antonio-gazette/1908-05-09/pageno-69040049