The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-06-17
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tools for the past six weeks, Forti-
tude and much experience Ma
brought about good RESULT ana Inc
Young men are elated. The well "as
connected up Friday night,
The Winner Co. has had bad luck
on their well NJ. 4. Tie dril|erS lUs'
n hit in the hole at 620 feet and nae
ahand the hole. Another has beef
STATED.
The Milwaukee Co. shot NO. oh
Thursday vi last week, on Tvs iioid!hsN
northeast Of the CITY
Harry Scott has returned rom .
lenothv visit to Blrt!esviile IN th'
interests of the Almeda Oil Co.
The Sunshine Co. is doing gco'
work and brining in some me weliS'
in Woodson county north OF hesi'
TINS is one of the 10 or II companie'
promoted by Demmick ard Dlldihe
The stockholders of the Petro'la
Co. met last Thursday and elected TO-
the ensuing year. DR.. O.P Hopping
d. Bloomheart. j. Q. Farmer W. b
Shirley and Asher, Mr. Asher wa
elected, president; ". b. surrey
vice president, d. Bloomheart, treas
urer; DR.. o. P Hopping, secretary.
Moore Bros. brought in a good oi!er
one day last week for the Ramsey Co
near Hum boldG, The drill pentrate'
16 feet of good pay sand.
The Cleveland Syndicate shot wei!
last week that shows up well. Inc
drill penetrated So feet of sand.
Mr.. T. G. Hamilton, Of St. Louis
and Mr.. j. L. BollentielG of Carthage
Mo , were in the city Wednesday ano
Thurday of this week looking up iht
oil business.
Geo. w. Day, Treasurer of the WIS
I'm Torpedo company. is sick.
The P. C. G. company brought in a
good well northeast Of Chanute, Mon
day.
John Miller, superintendent of the
Sunflower company, has brought bis
family here and is located on Surth
Highland.
The Minneapolis Syndicate brought
ia well in Montgomery county, Mon
day.
Mrs, NJ. L. Brown has asked Il e
court to grant a restraining Uroer
against r. G. Rawlings and the q
lumbla Oil Co. to prevent them drill
ing on her eighty near carlton.
w. A. Pierce has sued the Shaw o
& Gas company for s25 600. Mr. Pierc'
claims he had contract with thi
company TO purchase the company
hol ings for S75, 900 and that he hat
succeeded 10 reselling at 100000. Tn
Shaw contracted to sell TO another
partv and, therefore, he is out $4,000
which he could have made. Thu
Shaw CT. does expect any s'riou
trouble over the claim,
The Humboldt National Oil an
Gas Co. will soon begin drilling agai
on the johnson lease, three miles cas-
of town.
M. D. Kinsman, of Washington.
Pa. has arrived here and will hav
charge of the stone work ia the tam
foundations at the tank farm.
Henry Yockey has accepted TEN
porarily the secretaryship and man
ayement of the Westplant Oil Co
made vacant by the death Of San.
Winfield. Mr.. Yockey only agrees to
hold the place TIL the next meetin
of the board.
E, W. Bollentine of Taylorville, III.
is in the city, looking after his inter.
estf IN the Commonwealth and Roc
oil Cos.
The Kansas City Oil and Gas com
pany brought 10 one of the greatest
gassers Of the season. Conservative
estimates places the output at eigh'
million cubic feet. The we'll is on th'
Highland farm seven miles northeas'
of town. Postmaster McClelland is
one of the company and is elated over
the find.
O'Niers Wilson well No. /, the oil e.
brought In last week, is fully up 10
expectation, If rot better than was
first thought. A tank was brought
out from. ChanuLe and set up Frida,
and pumping begun in the afternoon
The pump was run few hours, but
IL worked imperfectly, and it was
thought necessary to procure some
more valves. From 5 o'clock p. M
Saturday until O'Clock the same eve
ming the pump worked all right. Or
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