The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-25
STRUCK OIL.
brown County Promises Great RE-
suits in Petroleum output.
To tho Editor Of The Post.

Brown County prOMtses Great Re-
suit. in Petroleum output.
To the Editor Of The Post.
Brownwood. Texas. February 22.--wc
are having fine spring weather. and farm
ers are not slow to take advantage OF 1t
and are getting their corn In the ground
in hurry But few farmers are seen
on our streets, and when we see one
everybody gets out OF his way. for he is
In hurry. and will not stop to ,sik
politics or discuss Mckinley prosperity.
Many OF our industrious young men in
town are out OF n Job, hence are helping
the "donothings press brick on the side
walks. Land agents and lawyers are
looking over their old files and thinking
of the good times coming. !. e.. Marcn !,
1897. when Mckinley will take the Ines
in hand and Grover Will so fishing, that
is, provided the United States Is not
busted by that time.
Wheat is looking fine and promises n big
| crop and Brown county has a very good
acreage of wheat this year. Oats are com
ing up and with the season we now have
| IN tho ground they Will get good start
| You know we are the banner county OF
| he United States on oats.
| Peach and plum trees are blooming some,
| but are little timld about coming cut,
! although 1t lis nice and warm. They must
have heard something OF promised pros
| pority" aud knowing the results are afraid
| 10 even trust the weather on its present
promises of carly spring.
| our people are disposed to plant more
| corn and small grain crops this year Than
| usual. such us oals rye. millet etc. and
many OF them refer with pride to the fact
| that they raised their own meat for this
year and can live at home.
| / have been expecting The Post to say
some hing about our oil prospects here,
hut rot a word have | seen for some time.
You have heard OF the Niger in the
wood pilo?7 well. he is there, sure. and
| saving wood to beat the d. on the oil
question in Brown county. and what ! am
going to tell you now you must only
whisper, for the committee might wait
on nc II they find II out, and they arr
wen prepared to take care OF fellow.
This committee up here always gives their
"subirCt" the closest attention and re-
served scat. The committee does not ask
"a fellow to charter n rig. they have II
ready, and il is only seventy four feet
from the top OF an oil derrick 20 where d
fellows feet can touch the ground
But we have oil here, and fine oil too.
4 gentleman by the name OF Clark who
lives on, about three miles from town
struck oil at about 100 feet and the oil
ana water came within six fer, of the top
of the ground. Another man In the upper
part OF our county struck Gil AZ about tho
same depth. man has II well within the
limits Of tho business part of town ard
rs getting oil all the time He T. putting
it up and selling It for medical purposes.
But the most important well OF All is the
one being bored by Major 6 airing, which
is now several hundred feet de- and he
is still going deeper. He is a gentleman
Of untiriug energy and before The world
knows it he will have developed oil In
large quantities. He is doing no talking,
but putting in steady ticks and here is
whore the niger is in tho woodplle.'
The other fellows who tried for oil here
few years ago were hunting gass,
, think. at least that was what they gave
us; but Major Gearing keeps his lips still
but his drill going. There is certainly
plenty of oil here and OF the very finest
and. mark my prediction, there will b,
not less than six more wells going down
, in Brown county within the next sixty 81
ninety days. Please don't tell who told
you this, but look out for u big flow OF
oil in Texas within the next six months
/ viii send you a sample Of our oil II you
doubt what | say about its being fine.
BY the way; notice that Wcyler has
2 had another big battle with the insurg-
ctns; result, four killed and fifteen wound
cd twenty five prisoners (women and
children. II is reported here that one Of
. our large stock dealers is shipping horst
h from here to the Spanlards, am glad
OF II. for all can safely count on foul
Spanlards less for every brand" shipped
for what they do not throw and kill the,
will Flick to death. Grover should loul
\ after this matter. they are certainly con
iraband goods.
]. We want to be at Houston when the
!, Number men meet In April. for Houston
= knows how TO treat her guests and never
fails to do tho proper thing at the prope'
/, time, And The Post like Congressman S
d. Cooper, is always doing and saying
something good Say. Brother Post, yot
hook on to Congressman 5. Is. CooDel
r and /. q. Hutchinson and they Will help yot
clean out Buffalo bayou COR river as yot
now call it, Sabine Pass and give Calves
O toa enough water so that tho next time
Q the battleshp Texas comes your way sh'
y will not stick in the mud ct Galveston n!
/ she passes coming up to Houston. Sc
Yours truly ollver hoii.