The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-08-12
Watson Farm.

Here we are again, and suited none
too we'll with such extremely warm
weather, yet too courteous, tramp
and all as we are, to ask you If it is
hot enough for you and great deal
too wise, even If our educational ad.
vantages have been limited, to think
we could improve things by being al.
lowed to exchange places with the
weather clerk.
Most any place is a good place to
rest if you're tired, so we'll utter our
Alabama" and sitting here in the
shade of an oil tank will pay our com.
pliments to the rest of mankind, some
of whom may be better housed than
we, but having not an iota more of
Gods good free air to breathe.
This didn't used to be" much of
place. Less than 10 years ago farm
or two was cleared here. Still later
the johnson Bros. put mill in here
to cut out hemlock lumber. A mum
ber of families moved in and school
house was built To day it is quite an
oil field. The producing wells are of
the second sand variety SO far, and
very fair wells, too. The johnson
Bros. are here yet, and have wells
on the lease they occupy with their
mill, and good ones.
Mrs. S. F. Rohrer, wife of the late
ex.Supt. Rohrer, owns SO acres of land
here, and it has proved good territory.
When the school house was built here
member of the board, Mr.. Klabbatz,
of Byron, went to see Mr.. Rohrer to
get a piece of land from what he
owned on which to build the school
house. Of course the ground was
easily enough secured, and at the time
Mr.. Rohrer urged Mr.. Klabba,z to
buy the whole of the lot remaining,
for farm, offering it for very small
sum compared with what it is now
worth. Mr.. K. didn't buy. So it is.
One never knows how near he has been
to fortune Cor misfortune) until it is
too late. Most opportunities are tick.
eted on the back.
About mile from here, down 10
the hollow, is a saw mill owned and
operated by Patterson & Gilfillan. 1t
is running. The lumber is shipped
over the P. & w. R R. from here.
The johnson Bros. have a shingle
mill about mile and half from
here over across on the next hill.
Frank Nash is running the mill. Que
of the finest springs of water comes
out of the ground, over by this mill,
this county can boast Of Mr.. Editor,
we mean no insinuations when we say
that we believe you yourself would
enjoy drink from this fountain.
Geo. Richards, Robert Ferry, and
Jacob Kuhns, all formerly of Barnett
twp, live here. Mr.. Lewis, Barnett
twp. teacher, is working here also.
A mile from here is Iron City Sid.
ing. Two miles from the siding, over
an iron road owned aud operated by
the Iron City Lumber Company, is the
Iron City mill, the plaut belonging to
the company aforesaid. To 60 across
the hill from here one can reach the
camp in mile and half.
About 70 or 100 men, altogether,
are employed in and about the bust.
ness done there. The company has
had peeled this year probably 4200
cords of bark. This, with the lying
down timber on the tract, will make
100000 feet of lumber which will be
cut between this and next peeling
season, together with quite an amount
remaining over from last season and
not yet cut. The members of the
firm, Messrs. Dunbar, McCloskey, and
Brown, all reside here during the
summer months with their families.
Mr.. Dunbar resides permanently in
Clarion; Mr.. McCloskey at Kane;
and Mr.. Brown at Mansfield, just be.
low Pittsburg.
Quite a number of persons from
Pittsburg have been visitors at Iron
City this summer. Not few of them
are teachers in the schools there. One
of these latter showed considerable
skill in handling a winchester rife.
She could put a ball through a can
thrown into the air for mark every
time. A good Sunday school is in
operation at the camp.
Below Iron City is the Blue Jay
Lumber COmpany's plant, recently
built. A railroad runs down to this
place from Iron City. A locomotive
brings bark aud lumber from this
place up to Iron City. The Iron City
road takes charge of it and carries it
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