Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-06-22
LETTER FROM "BUCH"
He has Been Visiting Former Grant
County People in the East
ern States.
Warren, Pa. June 10. 1910.

teen nunQreu miles by railroad, Hun
dreds of miles by electric cars in
subways, surface cars and in the
elevated. besides on some steam fer
RES. l have done Washington and
New York to my full satisfaction. In
Washington 1 met my old friend. L.
F. Kinney and his devoted wife, also
Clarence Calvert and his charming
companion, also Name Calvert who
lives with them. Visited Mr.. Bruno
mer and wife who formerly was Mrs.
Fletcher Kidd, who seems to have
, found the fountain of youth. en-
joyed pleasant afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Cheseman, the latter being
daughter of my old friend Alois
Grimm, of Cassville; she is an excep
tionlly bright and interesting lady.
Also called On Fl. NJ. Gunderson,
cousin of George Gunderson, of Fen
n1more spend a great deal of my
time loafing in and around No. 268,
Home Office Building. which is &C.
cupied by our genial congressman,
A. W. Kopp, of Platteville, to whom
am greately indebted for many
favors shown to me- Mr.. Parman
his clerk / found to be Il very intel
ligent gentlemen a cyclopoedia of
knowledge. All In all | enjoyed all
my Grant county friends and ac
quaintances. Anything from Grant
; county appeals to me. Had I met one
of the mules that Billy Smith is
driving l would have pulled down his
head and whipered in his ear" Hello,
old boy l am glad to see you -
1 was more than glad when inform
ed that Leo Philipson was in New
York. I found him on the 18th story
of the Melrose Office building. Fifteen
stories is not so very high in New
York as there are other building that
are thirty stories high and four stories
below. Leo and his brother Fred are
wooden goods brokers doing a good
BUSINESS. 1 was overjoyed to see
them as they were the only two men
I knew in New York. I had stopped
at the Prince George hotel but Leo
insisted should go with him. He
lives in the Bronx, which is that
part of the city north of Harlem
River. More people live in Bronx
than the city of New York contained
when l first came to New York in
1851. New York is a great city.
Although Leo lives ten miles from
his Office, buildings are being erected
several miles MOI til of his home.
Mrs. Philipson is daughter of Mr..
Scharfentein, of Cassv.ile. She is
womanly woman. and one of the most
charming ladies ] ever met. In the
lottery of marriage Leo drew prize,
he was lucky fellow. 1 was royalty
entertained and was loath to leave
that happy home.
But was a wanderer, I had to
keep on going. going, to reach my
destination, dear old Grant county.
Yesterday morning arrived at
Warren. Pa, and was met at the
depot by Mr.. and Mrs. Warren j.
Hannum. 1t seemed TO me that |
saw getting nearer home. Here were
Eugenia and Warren whom 1 knew
since they were little tots. am
getting old and perhaps too sentimental
but l am not ashamed to state that
l was overjoyed to see their smiling
faces. and extremely happy at their
genial greeting, 1 was soon sheltered
at their delightful home on the side
of the mountain range, and was made
as comfortable as if 1 had been their
parent.
Warren, I mean the city, lies
snugly in a valley of the Allegheny
foothills in northwest Pennsylvania,
at the confluence of the Allegheny
and Conewongo Rivers. For miles
up and down the Allegheny River
factories and oil refineries have been
erected. Warren (the city lies in
the oil region, oil every where. The
ground is full, it floats on the rivers,
the air is laden with it's odor, yes
even fish caught in rivers in the oil
region taste of oil. But oil is king
in this region. Many poor farmers
who could not make living on q
forty acre tract of stony land have
become millionaires.
One barrel of oil day for each
we'll does not seem to be a great
yield but take ten wells on q forty
acre tract, will make $500 in a year,
at 81 90 per barrel will give the in
weston q sung sum annually. Many
we'll yield more than that and have
paid back the investment in one year,
although on the average it takes
$1,000 to sink a we'll The expenses to
operate the pumps is very small as
cue engine will do the pumping for