Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-21
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sion OF circuit court hlOHudy al
this place to confirm several leases
of infants lands for oil and gas
! purposes. Judge Willis drove
over from Sistersville, in company
, with Mr.. Mitchell, attorney from
Pittsburg, Pa, and returned In the
evening.
The Melrose Oil company, A. j.
Jemison, j. w. Swan, A. Bruner
and others made a big strike Sat
, urday on the Thomas Ewell farm,
, near Wick. The well, No. 4, start
ed off at IS barrels an hour and
; was making 40 barrels an hour by
, actual guage this morning. This
well has several wells between 1t
and the big Carter Oil company
,, we'll on the j. w. Musgrave land.
These wells which are between the
said big wells are only producing
about $50 barrels per day, which
goes to show that one well or more
does not condemn only the lOca-
ton on which the rig is built and
=, hole drilled.
The South Penn Mary Stealey
is dry in the Injun to date.
Jonathan Ankrom No. 2, Big
Run, is down 300 feet.
L. H. Morris and family OF
Friendly were in town today. MIR.
Morris was on business relating
to the leasing of the G. Il. Coma
way land near the mouth OF Big
Run by the court to some Pitts
burg people. ,
P. M. Furbee of Ankrom, and
Dr. Furbee of New Martinsvllle,
were in town today on the way to
his home at Akron.
John F. Shore, the cashier OF
the Bank of Middlebourne, spent
Sunday in Clarksburg.
A. G.. Eddy, a prosperous far
mer Of Alvy, was in the city on
business today.
G.. B. Stealey, wife and daugh-
ter, spent Sunday in town with
friends. George left for the oil
metropolis this morning, but Mrs.
| Stealey and daughter will spend
several days here with her moth
er, Mrs. Clemenza Swan, Of Dodd
street.
Warren Martin, assistant cash
Ter of the Pennsboro bank, and
family, and Mrs. Flesher, Of that
town, drove over Saturday and
.! spent Sunday with R. A. Martin
and family of Kidwell. Mr.. Mar
tin and Mrs. Flesher returned
home this morning, but Mrs. Mar
tin and children will spend some
! days visiting relatives here and
in the vicinity.
DR.. E. B. Conway OF Centre
vile, was a business visitor here
today.
Sen. VIM. Morris of Centreville,
attended Circuit court here Mon
day.
Ashford Broadwater of McKim,
was a business visitor here Satur-
day.
A party consisting of Mrs.
Harry w. Smith, Miss Belle Spen-
GER and Messrs. Will Keller and
Seth Jemison drove to Matamoras
Sunday and returned accompan-
| led by Miss Green and little niece,
Miss Nichols, who will spend sew
eral days visiting friends in this
place.
Mrs. Cora Robson and chill
dren returned home at West I'm
ion this morning and were accom-
panied by Miss Maude Carpenter,
her sister, who will spend several
weeks visiting friends at that
place.
Union district visitors in town
Saturday were P. H. Anderson,
J. D. Livingston, l.. l.. Parker
and II. E. Davenport.
S. B. Ankrom and family spent
Sunday at Paden City with rela-
tives.
Prof. J. W. Davis of Clarks-
burg, was in town Saturday on
business.
E. A. Durham of Sistersville,
was in attendance at a meeting
of the directors of the First Ma
tional bank Saturday.
W. E. Watkins of Sandusky,
was shaking hands with his many