Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-07-17
INDUSTRIAL NEWS NOTES.

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a business In the past few weeks fur.
nishing harvesting machines 10 our
farmers, for saving their grain.
Mcssrs. Crewson and Harrison and
Gen. j. X. Hudson this week received
two fine Are-proof safes which they
placed in their respective real estate
Offices.
The farmer with the l2.foot corn
stock is again counting publicity in
Missouri, say. the Howard County Ad-
vertiser. It's the man who owns the
2o.foot horse weed that's doing the
counting over this way, and he has a
close second in the a who can show
an 1s.foot %sunflower stock.
Messrs. Briggs IL Anderson have
opened up u real estate Office on the
second floor Of the Mills.ilubbard post
| Office block, and we expect to hear Of
them making some extensive turns in
Morgan County dirt in the future. They
are both wide.awake gentlemen and
good business men. We wish them
abundant success.
DR.. S. C. Wheat Of Kansas, who was
| accompanied by Mr.. Howell of the
same city, was in Glensted during the
past week. These gentlemen are both
interested in the Mineral Gulch mine at
Gleustod and are preparing TO operate
| the same. Owing TO some d!ssRtisfac'
tion in the management of the mine it
| has been idle for some time.
The drilling crew operating the big
steam drill in the Price meadow north
east OF town, finished up the first well
Saturday and moved the machinery u
! short distance away and have started
In on n lO00-foot veil and hope to strike
! a fine flow Of water. In the first well
they drilled 100 feet when a good
vein Of water vas tapped which will
be- utilized for producing steam In
their deeper drilling.
RAYMOND Morrison, who had been
drilling on the Boiling land south OF
town aud who disclosed n fine strata OF
clay while prospecting at that point,
has located on Jcrre Martins land east
Of this city where he il drilling for
coal. In sinking one hole he came W
contact with 4 fine vein of water a..d
stopped AZ that, but has started at an
other point and expects to locate Il coal
vein before leaving the prospect,
The steam shovel operated by VIM.
Niche! near Haywood S%purlocit's farm
this side OF Salem on the new road, is
making rapid inrOads into the deepest
cut between Versailles and Ilaw creek.
The immense dirt mover" il nearly
through the Hill and feeds three trains
containing fifteen dump cars each as
fast as the trainmen can move the
trains in an out, and Is capable Of do
ing mere if tho trains could handle the
dirt faster from the excavation.
On the Harrison.Fairley-liaray tract
this city. L steam drill is now ia oper-
alton. The FIRST hole drilled disclosed
n 80. foot vein Of fine coal. The driilers
are now down 1877 feet In the second
hole and the log being kept indicates
that they Grst passyi through twenty
five feet OF fine fire clay, then n strata
Of coal, and still lower found n seven
foot vein OF white quart rock, and
ut present the drill is passing through
II strata Of flint clay, with favorable
mineral Indications.
II. A. Young, "thc man from Iowa"
had a party OF Iowa gentlemen here
during the past week showing" them
some Of Morgan County's fine farming
and stock lands. They were NJ. +. Me-
Lcnnen Of Marengo, +. II. Bevins Of
Corning, and DR.. l. G.. Lushey OF
Sidney. The former, Mr.. McLcnucn,
purchased the j. L. Harrison tract of
land OF l7G acres, two miles east OF
G.enstod. DIR. Bushcy and Mr, Bevins
were both more than pleased with the
prospects In Morgan County, and went
away promising Mr.. Young come good
business from their respective localities
In Iowa.
Veterinary Surgeon.