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OIL NEWS.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Why the price of Pennsylvania
crude remains at the very low fig
ure of 65 cents is almost a paradox.
Operations in every field are at a
standstill, and each and every day
shows an increased demand for the
crude. All reason says that the price
should go up with a jump. It
means, simply, that the Standard
has the producer by the throat, and
is taking every dollar from his
pocket at sixty-five cents each.
Will justice ever come to pass?
Not until that monster has a com
petitor.
It may be that the Elk Fork Oil
& Gas company will resume more
active operations now that the suit
is decided, but it is hardly probable
they will begin uuiii eaily spring.
The Hill Oil company are now at
work at their Nos. 13 and 14 J. K.
Hill, 100 acres, and will begin at
once on their No. is on the same
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lease. This latter location is off to |
the southwest of the farm and will
be somewhat out of the line of de
veloped territory. It will be closely
watched by the talent.
Nichols & Barnsdall will com
mence spudding at their new loca
tion on T. G. Hawkins. This is in
the old territory.
Nothing new has developed in
the trouble over the Hickman heirs
farm at the Jug. Both the Hick
man Oil company and O. W. O.
Hardman with others are contesting
for it.
Mallory & Barnsdall will drill in
a well today located on the Wm.
Abeicht farm on Whiskey run, back
of St. Marys. They entered the
first pay last night and it is showing
up for a good producer. They have
also located their No. 2 and 3 on the
same farm.
Most of the work in oil at the
present time is being done in the
Wilson run field. Last night the
Lexington took down to Matamoras
several tons of casing, tubing and
line pipe for use in that field.
Gordon & Co have not, as yet,
drilled into the second pay at their
Reed No. 2. Yet it is holding up at
100 barrels in the first pay. When
it is drilled in, it is expected to be a
250 barrel producer. They will
commence spudding at their No.
3 next Monday morning.
No luck at the Edwards No. 2,
Carter Oil company, has been re
ported.
The well belonging to Mallory
& Barnsdall, on Whisky run, is
from the Big Injun sand.
From Thursday's Daily
Elk Fork presented a surprise to
its rnanv admirers and lease holders
by yielding a rank duster to Henry
& McDonald at their W. W. Gor
rell No. 2. It did not show a sign of
oil or even gas. This is somewhat
remarkable, inasmuch as it is in de
fined territory and only 400 feet to
the south of the Fearless Oil com
pany's Agnes Gorrell, which is do
ing so well. The pay in this part
of the field in found at a very short
distance in the sand. It will be
observed that the pay is found at
about nine feet in the sand, while
those wells drilled in to the north
of this is found at depths ranging
from twelve to twenty-five feet.
This seems to indicate that a south
ern extension is out of the question
while a southwest extension is al
together possible.
The No. 5 W. VV. Gorrell is due
tomorrow and its outcome will be
closely noted.
The Fisher Oil company's Hen
thorn No. 1 is holding up at 212
barrels a day, this being its gauge
yesterday. The same company's
Henthorn No. 2 is doing 50 barrels.
It will be given a stimulant some
time this week.
Their No. 3 Henthorn is due in
the sand next Monday, closely fol
lowed by their No. 4, on the same
lease. The latter will likely be in
by Wednesday evening.
The Eastern Oil company have
plugged their Duval No. 1 and are
moving the rig and will drill anoth
er hole.
The Armstrog nSmith No. 1 be
longing to the Victor Oil company
is making 15 barrels an hour. The
same company's No* 2, on the same
lease, will be in in a short time.
The 8 '^ casing was placed yester
day.
The Klondike Oil company are
due today at their John Johnson
No. 1, and it is expected to be a
good well.
Mallory & Barnesdall's Abeicht
No. 1, which came in yesterday, is
now reported as making 250 bar
rels. This well is located on
Whisky run and is in the Big Injun
sand.
In the Wilson run field, Nealy&
Co. , are past the 200 foot mark at
their Beaver No. 1.
M. Yost & Co., are down 700
feet at their Beaver No. 3, but are
now shut down waiting for a new
cable, the old one having played
out.
The same company are building
their rig for Reed No. 3.
The Long Eddy company have
started building a rig on the Rey
nard No. 3.
Carter Oil company's Edwards
No. 2 is still fishing, and their No.
3, same lease, is due next Tues
day.
The Fisher Oil company are due
the same day at their Edwards No.
forty acre lease.
Gordon & Co.'s Reed No. 2 has
settled down to a 150 barrel pro
ducer.
Yesterday six thousand barrels of
oil was sold at the Oil Exchange at
Oil City for sixty-seven and a half
cents a barrel that being two and a
half cents more a barrel than the
"Markets of the World" justify the
Standard Oil company in paying
for oil just now. In other men who
watch the oil market closely say by
this deal that in their judgment
there is going to be an advance in
the price of oil. We are of the
same opinion and when the break
comes it is going to be a corker.
Hold every barrel of oil you can for
the rise. It's coming, and when it
comes it will be a high flyer.
Occasionally the Standard Oil
company's organs tells us what a
wonderful oil field they have down
in Wood county. Only Monday
last it was rated as the most active
field in the state. This is talk and
it's very cheap. You will notice,
however, that the Standard Oil com
pany's agents are not buying any
Wood county production. They
know a good thing to leave alone
when they see it. They know that
drilling 20 to 40 barrel Berea grit
wells with a bad pencil cave won't
pay at 65 cents.* Hence they boom
it because it would break up the
Standard itself to operate in such a
pool, as all they are after just now
is to crush the independent pro
ducer they know that the very best
way to do is to get them to drill 20
barrel Berea grit wells on a 65 cent
market. They are cute. They are
also very inconsistent liars and very
gauzy stories they tell. If you can
get a good Cow Run location in
Wood it will pay to drill, but let
the Berea stuff alone.
In conversation with a very in
telligent pumper, who has been
pumping wells in the old Sisters
ville pool for the past six years,
says he found no change whatever
in the production of his wells in the
past two years. This is the same
tale told by all in the old field. She
is a stayer sure.
With the price of the crude at 65
cents and a logical conclusion that
it will stay there for a while at
least, the future of the producers is
not at all flattering.
No matter how hard the producer
may strive or how economical he
is, drilling, at its present price and
the roads as they are, is entirely out
of the question.
Producers are all ready to resume
the work the minute the price will
warrant it. No matter how much
or how little oil he gets, the same
price prevails.
One would think that with the
production materially lessened each
dny and at the same time, the de
mand as rapidly increasing, that the
market would change.
It can be accounted lor in the
following manner: Each and every
day the Standard is buying up pro
duction, some here and some there.
Yet it all counts, and counts heavi
ly. The question is asked. "Why
do they sell to the Standard." It
is easily answered. They are the
only buyers in this field, and it de
volves itself into the simple fact
that one must either sell at the
price offered or else not at all.
The only remedy for this evil,
and evil it is, is to assist an inde
pendent line into the field, have
competition and then see where the
price goes. Producer, if you ac
cept sixty-five cents for dollar oil,
its your own fault !
Elk Fork has presented nothing
new since yesterday. In fact there
is nothing even due there until the
first of the week. At that time,
Henry & McDonald will be due at
their No. 5 W. W. Gorrell. The
Elk Fork Oil and Gas company
will be due at the same time with
thetr No. it J. K. Hill 100 acre
tract.
The Hill Oil company are now
drilling at their J. K. Hill Xos. 8,
12 and 13. Their No. 15 is to the
southwest of the farm and it will
not be started for some time.
The Fisher Oil company have de
cided to do nothing more at the
Henthorn farm till spring, after the
wells drilling are completed.
The Gordon & Co.'s Reed No. 2,
in Wilson run, is good for a steady
producer at a little over 100 barrels.
This well is to the southwest of the
Edwards 80 acres leased by the Car
ter Oil company. The Fisher Oil
company will drill in their Edwards
No. 2 the first of the week as well
as the Carter Oil company at tbeir
lease on the same farm. W. J.
Steele and Yoke put in the Sj4 cas
ing yesterday at the well on the
Fluharty farm to the west of Elk
Fork.
I Nicholls & Barnsdall began spud
ding at their No. i T. G. Hawkins.
The Klondike Oil company will
drill in their John Johnson No. i,
at the "Jug" tomorrow morning.
They were delayed somewhat by a
slight accident, being due today.
The South Penn's Reppart No. i
is now reported at 40 barrels, It
will be shot some day next week.
They are wrorkiug now on their
private road from Centerville, and
it will aid them in getting material
to their pool.
D. s. W.'S REPORT.
On Campbells run, Marion
county, the South Penn Oil com
pany drilled its No. 3 on the I. E
Arnett farm into the second pay,
and increased its production to 30
barrels an hour. In Wetzel county
the same company drilled in its No.
65 on the B. W. Petsrson farm and
has a 50-barrel producer.
Iu the deep sand territory on the
eastern edge of Tyler county the
South Penn company has drilled in
its No. 6 on the Cora A Smith
farm, and has a very light pro
ducer.
At Conway, the Spragg Oil com
pany has completed a test well on
the William Mayfield farm and has
a producer not good for more than
10 barrels a day.
The new strike on Whisky run,
Ritchie county, is not a record
breaker. The first reports placed
the production much too high. Ad
vices from there late last night
stated that the well was making 40
or 50 barrels a day. The first re
ports gave it 250 barrels a day.
At Jackson Ridge, Monre county,
S Galey & Co. have drilled in their
No. 1 on the Hamilton farm, and
have a 15-barrel producer from the
Keener sand. In the same locality
, S. Galev & Co. are drilling at i#
300 feet at No. 3 on the Covsrt
farm.
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CORSICANA, TEXAS.
The Brooks well No. i on Sixth
street is now down 700 feet.
The Hardy-Halbert well near
Lea's gin will reach the sand Tues
day.
Mr. L. C. Garrett returned this
morning from his visit to New Or
leans.
Scales well No. 1 has ceased run
ning and will be put to pumping
the first of next week.
The Southern Oil company com
menced spudding in their new well
in East Corsicana this worning.
The Pace-Tatum well on Seventh
street which was finished up yester
day, produced 15 barrels of oil the
first twenty four hours up to 2 p.
m. today.
George A. Proctor, Jr., of Austin,
has located in Corsicana. He is
assistant bookkeeper and stenogra
pher at J. S. Cullinan's pipe line
headquarters on Collin street.
The unusually large volume of
gas escaping from the Southern Oil
company's Frost-berry well west of
the city, has set the people of Cor
sicaua to figuring on the utilization
of natural g^s for heating, driving
and illuminating purposes.
The Chronicle lias it from relia
ble authority that contracts will be
let within the next few days for
hirteen or more oil wells for East
Jorsicana. W. F. Colquit and oth
ers will put in ten new wells, J. W.
Gibson one and E. P. Davis two
-veils. All these will go down in
undeveloped territory.
Two new derricks went up in the
East Corsicana oil field yesterday.
Each and every one of these sixty
or more frame structures in this de
veloped territory stands as a silent
sentinel or towering monument to
Corsirana's future greatnes. The
oil is there; it is freely flowing and
a market for it is at our very doors.
Mr. J. S. Cullinan's oil headquar
ters, in the Damon & Fleming build
ing formerly occupied by Fleming
& Templeton's bank, are being fit
ted up in elegant shape. The front
office will be in charge of Mr. Garva
E. Strong of Titusville, Pa., an ex
pert booK-keeper, stenographer and
typewriter. Just iu the rear of the
office will be a reception room for
visitors, while Mr. Cullinan's pri
vate office will be in the rear. This
location is most excellently adapted
and arranged for oil headquaiters.
In as much as a depth of about
1,100 feet has been reached in the
Southern Oil company's Frost
Barry well west of town without
finding any indications of oil sand,
and while it is a foregone conclu
sion among oil men that th;s well
will prove a dry hole, still the con
tract calls for a depth of 1,200 feet
and drilling will continue until that
depth is attained. This failure to
strike oil at the usual depth of 1,050
feet will not discourage other pros
pectors who have leases in this un
developed territory, but has already
given a new impetus to owners of
lots in ihe developed territory in
East Corsicana ancv many wells will
?0 down in the next few weeks. ?
Chronicle.
LOADED LOG EXPLODED.
Five Members of a North Carolina Fam
ily Were Dadly Wounded.
Whilo tho family of Ed Kosebfirough
were sod ted around the fireplace in their
home on South College street in Charlotte,
N. C., recently a stick of wood was thrown
on to replenish the lire. Almost instantly
there was a terrible explosion that shook
the house like an oarthquako. A perfect
broadside of bullets reigned from the fire
place.
When the smoko clcared away and tho
damage was counted up, it was found that
every one of tho family of live had been
seriously wounded. Hose bo rough's wife
was shot in the neck and thigh. A 7-year
old ehild was shot in tho stomach. An
older child was badly wounded in both
shoulders. A younger one had his hand
blown off and was shot in the mouth. The
other child was wounded in tho eye, the
bullet destroying tho sight.
It is thought that 330 bullets were dis
charged from tho log. A nearby wood
yard has suffered from numerous thefts
lately, and it is supposed tho log was load
ed to catch tho thieves. The offense of
preparing an infernal machine is a penal
offense in this state, but it is almost im
possible to prove who flxed the loaded log.
? St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Clothes and the Man.
It is not true that "the tailor makes
the gentleman," bnt it is true that?a
gentleman cannot safely neglect the
tailor's services if he wishes people in
general to take him for what he ia A
gentleman prominent in Canadian po
litical life was somewhat too careless
in this respect. This statesman was
once on his way to call npon a friend
in Qnebec and stopped an Irishman in
the street to inquire the way.
"Can yon tell me where Mr. Hunter
lives?" he asked.
"It's no use your going there," wi.s
the unexpected reply.
"But do you know where he lives?"
"Faith and I do, but it's no uso go
ing there."
The inquirer began to get angry.
"I didn't ask your advice. I simply
want to know where Mr. Hunter lives. "
"Oh, well, he lives down that street
yonder, the first house round the cor
ner, but 1 tell you it's no use your go
ing there, for I've just been there my
self, and he's already got a man. "
Mr. Hunter had advertised for a serv
ant the day before. The statesman, so
the story goes, went at once and bought
a new hat. ? Nuggets.
Ills Whereabouts Unknown.
The whereabouts of McSweeney,
the murderer of Mason, is still un
known. All traces of him have
been lost and although the officers
are diligent in their search, no tid
ings have as yet been received. He
should be pursued until his capture
is accomplished as it was a most
atrocious crime.
CMpliireil.
McSweeney, the murderer of Ma
son at Marietta, Ob'o, was captured
this morning at Volcano, a short
distance back of Parkersburg. A
telephone message to this city an
nounced the fact and it is now
thought that the person captured
is the guilty man. He will be
brought to Marietta to answer for
the crime.
BAILSOAI) PLANS IN CHINA.
Mi>n> T.ine* Mny lie Built, but as Yet
The/ Are jtn Uncertainty.
The only road beside tho Peking-Tien
tsin -Shan ha iquan line which appears an
absolute certainty is the Woosung-Shang
hai lino of a dozen miles. The roadbed is
ready, and the rails, which have been or
dered in Belgium, are exported to arrive
in February. The locomotives will also
be built in Belgium. The road, it is ex
pected, will be in operation in May.
It' the dream of ShengTaotai is ever ful
filled, there will be railroads as follows:
From Shanghai southwest to Hankow,
100 miles.
From Shanghai northwest to Soochow,
about 00 miles.
From Soochow to Chinkiang, a very
large and important city, where the Grand
canal crosses the Yangtso river, about TO
miles, thence to Nankin, capital of Anhu
province, about 60 miles.
From Nankin west and northwest to
Yuning-Chou, on the proposed Hankow
Peking line, passing through Luchow, Li
Hung Chang's former home, a distance of
about 260 miles.
From Hanwow almost direct north,
through a rich agricultural section, to
Peking, 750 miles.
From Hankow in a fairly direct souther
ly route to Canton, the great city of south
ern China, a distance of pbout 700 miles.
From Hankow in a southwesterly direc
tion, following the telegraph lino and
passing through a rich mineral section to
Yunnan, about t>00 miles.
From Sunan, on tho Hankow -Yunnan
lino, northwest to Chungking, in the
great Szechwan province, 150 miles.
From Pocting-fu, which is on tho Han
kow-Peking lino and only a short distance
routh of the latter city, southwest of Tai
yuen, thence continuing its southwesterly
course to Tungchow, where tho Yellow
river is crossed, and on to Hsian, capital
of Shensi province, about 400 miles.
From Peking northwest to Kaigan, a
largo place in tho northernmost scction of
tho great Chili (Li Hung Chang's) prov
ince and very near the boundary lino bo
tween China proper and Mongolia, a dis
tance of about 150 miles.
From Shanhaiquan, being a northerly
extension of the Peking Tien-tsin-Shan
haiquan line, to Kirin, where connection
will bo madowith the Manchurian branch
of tho Transslberian railway, a distance
of about 400 miles.
This would make a system of approxi
mately 4,200 miles. But 820 miles only
aro now in existence. ? Railway Age
rouR sets or teeth.
Harman Coons, Ninety-seven Yean Old,
Is Cutting His Last Lot.
Harman Coons of Albany, although in
his ninety -soventh year, is now again cut
ting his teeth like an infant of a year old,
and tho new teeth promise to be excellent
if Mr. Coons lives until they attain their
full growth. The strangest part of tho
story is that this is tho fourth set of teeth
Mr. Coons has had.
When Mr. Coons was a child of 7, his
first teeth dropped out, as is usual, and in
placo of them grew a full sot of what are
known as double teeth ? that is, a double
row of teeth, one row growing inside the
other, so that ho had twice tho usual allow
ance of incisore and molars.
This set lasted him until ho was over 75
years old, and then they began to drop out
until, when he reached tho ago of about.
82, ho was toothless. About three years
afterward ho began to feel an uneasiness
in his gums, and now and then an aching.
Ho believed that ho had caught cold and
was suffering from neuralgia. He applied
tin; usual remedies without success, anil
at last was compelled to apply to a physi
cian for relief. The doctor could make
nothing of tho case at first, but on exam
ining Coons' gums he was astonished to
find that he was cutting a new set of teeth
About two years ago this third set be
gan to get loose and fall out, until about a
year ago they were all gone and Mr. Coons
was toothless for the third time in his life.
Mr. Coons recently complained that his
mouth was sore nnd that the food hurt it
Running his finger along his gums, he
discovered ubout half a dozen t<j?th com
ing out in tho upper and lower gums.?
New York World.
If Denver Women Had Their W?y.
If the women of Denver had the doing ?
The auditorium would bo built.
Carlsbad would materialize.
The short lino to Cripple Creek would
be a :igo."
Taxes would be lowered.
Interest would be lessened.
Arbitration would flourish.
The necessity for labor strikes would
disappear.
Denver would retain and use its own
franchises.
It would be sure extermination to stuff
ing ballot boxes.
The merry gambolier would emigrate.
Bank failures would be a dangerous
pastime.
.Sunday closing would close.
The curfew law would bo enforced or
repealed.
Politics would vanish from the Are and
police service.
injunctions to keep the nickel in the
slot machines running would be unheard
of, as well as the jndges who would grant
them.
These are not ail the reforms that woold
come if women bad their way, bat they
are enough to promise in one day. ? Colo
rado Women's New*.
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The Elks* Benefit.
The local lodge of the B. P. O.
E. No. 333 have in rehersal a min
strel show that is, without a doubt,
the best of its kind ever produced
here. That lodge has among its
members wonderful talent, which,
assisted by professionals already en
gaged, will make a hot show. The
j proceeds are for the benefit of the
?'charity fund." See their large
ad. in another column.
It Im ? Faroe.
Columbus, O., Jan. 28. ? Chair
man Burke could not get all the
members of the senate committee
investigating the alleged bribery
charges together yesterday after
noon and a sessiou of the committee
will be held today, when Represen
tative Otis will be examined. At
torney T. C. Campbell will also be
placed on the stand if be is in the
city. The committee expects to
finish the examination of witnesses
this week.
ProhibltioiiiwtN In Conference.
Cincinnati, Jan. jS. ? Chairman
Dickie, of the prohibition executive
committee, declared off the meet
ing announced for today, only in
formal conferences being held. The
work was completed yesterday and
last ni?ht, and the leaders ex
pressed their "satisfaction over the
outlook in some states and congres
sional districts, where they expect
to be factors this year.
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Smarting art Burning
Felt- as Though Flesh Had Been
Scalded ? Limbs Were a Mass of
Fiery Rash? How She Was Cured.
"I bad a great deal of trouble with
eruptions on various parts cf my body.
Tbey itched intensely and were accom
panied by a smarting and burning sensa
tion. It felt as though my flesh had been
scalded. I thought it was scrofulannd used
remedies to which I had been accustomed
It disappeared, but would come back.
My limbs itched and burned terribly.
The physician said it was eczema. I began
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and took six
bottles. Since then I have been able to
do my work, inducing washing, ironing
find bouseclesning. During the summer
I was out in the 6u& and picked many
quarts of berries and I have worked in tho
garden. I have had no return of the dis
ease, and I have felt better in other ways."
Mrs. Ida M. Potter, Conneaut, Ohio.
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