Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-23
OILY RFIELD.
now HE BORED IN OHIGAaO. AND
4 FOUND y WELL. Il Is
In WhioA His Frlsnds sLoeatsdf $3.50 600
4 Talk WIN 3somsa s. th1 viesins-Gar-
flsldss Companion 8 Camp bsl1lss s1Einiltsr
Their Commissions Amounted to 3eB,-
& 900. While the Count Amounted to Nil. IS
fOhic.ut, Times. l7th. II

tOhicsgo Times, 17th.
The facts 81 Garfield = operations in oil moro
than bear ont the crude statement presented
yesterday. in. all important details, though the
error VA madein the original recital Of loca-
ting the territory il Ohio instead Of Pennsyl-
vania and West Virgins, 8 trivial mistake which
has boon maenifed into one Of great impor-
lance. But the facts Is they are developed in
the succeeding interviews speak for them-
selves and render all introduction entirely nm
nessary. For several days. Times emiasary
has been ON the trail Of Rev. Jonathan @
6toughton, Of Aurora, who was, .snpposed TO
know all shout the wrong deal, but that gentle
man ,couh not he run down until. yesterday.
About nom he came in range. however, and waa
promptly asked to tell what he knew. The
Rev. Stoughton il !. perennial candidate for
Congress from the Fourth district. He can Al
ways count on the solid support of the temper
auoe element, and tvs years ago the Democrats
ohipped in and loaned him ! few votes" He is
the most uneasy ministerial politician in exist
ence, good talker, aud . Keen observer.
Likewise - Iii: n 49,. ..,..,',
/ - go HE HAS A MEMORY T..
"A memory remarkable and oftentimes incon-
veniently tenacious and retentive. =,
II was reminded?" the reverend gentleman
began, by way of preface, ''by this talk about
Hancock having been engaged in . doubtful
oil speculation, that I had been bitten myself
once upon time. The circumstance had en-
tirely escaped my recolleotion and I should
probably never have thought of them again
had it not been fer these recent publications.
On thinking the matter over it suddenly OCCUR
red to me that I Ind been induced to invest
through the representations of Gen. James A.
Garfeld.' 49,. ~.,,' ~. -
How was it7'' interposed the reporter. w..
Gas near ~ l can recollect it occurred about
this way. Some time in the summer or fall of
1885 think it was, I was invited by Gen. II.
N. Eldridge, an old friend of mine, to go with
him to make call on Gen. Garfield, who wa
stopping ut the Sherman house for the time
being. I do not know; that the purpose Of the
visit was mentioned. Dut j had no sooner been
introduced to Gen. Garfield than this oil pro-
ject W a. brought mp. ! was willing listen
er and the general proceeded to unfold his
art and science of boring for oil. and gave IN
elaborate essay on the geological peculiaritiea
of oil.bearing rocks.
''What did he say on that point?"
''Oh, well. can't begin to repeat all that he
said, but he was particular to impress upon me
some volcanic action into -
A HOG BACK , -. p
and that q hole bored through the hog back is
sure to strike oil, This porcine protuber-
ance on the fair face of nature, he said., ex-
tending in northeasterly and .southwesterly
direction through Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. - ~"' a. 49,
.aThen he drifted into q description of the
property he represented, and when he had con-
cluded his talk know was firmly impressed
with the conviction that the land he was in
terested in selling was situated on the topmost
point of the loftiest elevation on the hog
back he had depicted 30 graphically. He rep
resented to me that = y. -:
THERE WAS ALREADY ONE FLOWING WE'LL on THE
|" :@' >1!,. PROPERTY, A.? .-~
and that others would be sure to come as soon
a. ever time was given to pllncture the earth
in the vicinity. He further informed me that
the company he proposed to organize, or was
assisting in organizing, would be conducted
on strictly business principles, and that j. V.
poration in order to make assurance in this re-
gard doubly sure. - - :
Il was delighted with the project and sub
| scribed twenty-five shares on the spot. 1t was
small amount, but ~ was not rich l could
not afford to dip in deeper. Twas rejuioed at
VIC &uO0 4OIVUue III SuOI0 1OE uucs 6uO Woub
home and told my friends about it. recount
ed what Garfield had told me. and this
proved sufficient to induce several of
my neighbors to take stock-E. A. Bradley,
cashier of the First National bank of Aurora,
DIR. Buck, and others. paid 975 for my stock,
and MIR. Bradley sent $500 to headquarters by
me. In due time my certificate of stock came
to hand. looked ut it., and, to my astonish-
ment, saw that ~:
THE NAME OF JOHN VI. FARwRLL; DID NOT AP-
-, PEAR 49,, =
As president. This cooled my ardor. and lost
= percentage of.my faith in the company from
that moment. made haste to acquaint those
of my friends who had invested on my recon-.
mendation of my discovery, and this was fort.
unately sufficient to deter them from paying
for the stock they had taken. None of the
Aurora subscribers were out anything except
Mr.. Bradley and myself"
"You have not yet told what became of yous
oil company"
II was coming to that. used to drop in to
zee Col Hubbard. the secretary of the COM
pany, every time came to the city, and in.
quire how things were going on. i was assured
that there Was nothing to report, and after q
while quit coming. was never able to learn
anything about the operations of the company
through ito officers. ! once wrote to Garfield
about It, but in the press of business he pro-
badly overlooked my letter. In any event
- i INEv1R RDcE1vRD REPLY.
''"I piled my certificates of sto,k among my