Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-28

ton with the Bruner Oh & Gas
company.
1t Is very amusing to sit In the
store and hear some of the farmers
Drill oil wells, and trace the oil
belt, the strike on the Keller runs,
as many ways as a star has points.
Every land owner ruLs 1t right
through his place If he has to run It
over a dozen dry holes. Wonder
If 1t would not be good scheme to
clean out some of the dry holes and
see If they now won't produce. We
wish they would, but are afraid
they won't. Our advice would be
to Just walt a while and see. If
this proves to be an oil field some
one will do we'll to start a boarding
house as the boarding capacity of
Little Is limited. Only a few peo-
pie keeps any one and after the
teamsters finds room there Is very
little left for drillers.
The oil boom hes begun to i'm
prove the store trade here already
the merchants report an improve
ment In trade. The bumpers are
buying lots of stuff at present and
the more bumpers the more stuff
will be sold.
The Ice ran out of Middle Island
Friday on a good stage of water
and did but little damage.
Sarah and Marshal Kellar bought
a part of the J. B. Stewart farm
last week. Consideration $4,000
with one half of the royalty retain
ed, The place contained Is acres.
IL acres bottom and the rest steep
hill land of good quality of grazing
land.
Alonzo Beagle of Friendly drill
ed three towers on the Kellar we'll
In the place of Gusta7us Porter
who was summoned to st. MarYs,
In behalf Mallory Bro. & Stewart
Mr.. King of the drilling firm Of
Hubbard and King was In town
this week looking after his tools at
the Kellar No. I.
Rev, Hess, of the U. B. church
preached a very interesting sermon
last Sunday to a large crowd at the
Little school house at 8 p. m. He
will preach his next sermon to the
c. E. society Sunday evening, Jan.
81, 1904 The society took vote
on a motion made by the chairman
E. A. Danser that Rev. Hess be
the minister of the organization
which carried unanimously In favor
of Hess. Now As we are fully or.
ganized and have choir and all
committees and ministers, 1t looks
as though we could do some good,
and be the means of bringing
men and women to Christ
now let all try and see
how much good can be done
around Little. The way the church
affairs have been run around here
Church members are very scarce
that Is trne Christian members who
are trying to save dying men
and women. According to tie
Holy Writ, "All men are born to
die, a. d born In SIM, therefore II
y on don't try to get them out OF
their sinful ways they die In their
sins and 60 down to eternal dark:
ness and misery. The proverb Is:
"All men know the right bat still
the wrong pursue" How true we
all know better than we do now let
Us put our shoulder to the wheel
and be the cause of saving many
souls before 1t Is everlastingly too
late. Now c. Z. work Is the place to
learn the will of the Master and as
a general rule when any one gets
an education he will use 1t OF
course. Some smart people never
amount to anything. But then
that Is no ones fault bat their own
IF everyone does his duty In our c.
E. work no one can blame Us for
being lost, no one but himself and
we will now say In CONCLUSION; let
Us all be friendly aud work hSr-
moniously and see how our {. E
will flourish. 1t will not be as II
was In the past three words Of
cussedness to one of good Vox
non1li. VoX Del.