The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-02-05
Forest county men who have been in

Forest county men who have been In
this city and who have secured the coun-
try in this section for some good heavy
working teams, have been unsuccessful |
in getting any of the equines. There are
horses enough of this kind, but they
were not for sale, though the visitors
we're willing to pay as high as 500 pair.
One team was offered that could have
been purchased for $3.50, but this was not
good enough for the traders. The men
intend going to the western end of the
county with the hope Of doing better than
they did locally. -Titusvile Herald, Sd.
The Tidioute News reports that "P.
A. Anderson has sold to A. l.. Confer,
Ex-Mayor of Oil City, eleven acres of land
from the south end ofhis farm in Hick-
ory Township, Forest Co, fronting 500
feet on the Allegheny river, opposite
Trunkeyvlle station on the P. K. r., on
the Trunkeyville eddy. Mr.. Confer ex-
poets TO improve The property with fine
cottage, water works, etc. 1t is rumored
that there will he dozen. cottages built
at Trunkeyville tnis coming summer
mostly by Oil City parties" The only
cottage now locate at that place Is that
of Harvey Fritz of Oil City. 1t is one of
the pleasantest, best equipped with water,
etc, among the many along the river,
havinga splendid spring right at the
cottage, which Mr.. Fritz has walled,
cemented and housed up, and which af-
fords an abundant supply o ofice-cold water
the year around. making it an ideal place
T. keep butter, eggs, vegetables, and other
liquids fresh and cool in The hottest kind
of weather.
Tho rig for the deep well on the Ger
man Hill road will be completed today
and it is expected that drilling i'll be in
full operation by the end OF the week
The crew will consist of Jos. G. Richards
who was foreman on the deep we'll at
Mayburg. which was sunk to over mile
in depth, Ed. Conger, Bruce and Glib
Hagerty of this place. The contractor is
John X. Reck OF Bradford, who has put q
very substantial outfit on the job The
final depth to which this well will be
drilled is undetermined, but sure it is
that operations will go on till every last
chance OF tapping prolific oil bearing
sand has been exhausted. The outcome
of this venture will he watched with in
terest by everyone who Is at all interested
in oil operations. Up on the Kelly tract
near the Green township line, and about
forty rods back from Tionesta creek
Proper Bros. have begun drilling, and
they will also go to extraordinary depth
If need be to demonstrate their faith in
the existence of pay streak in that To-
cality.
The town of Leeper, Clarion county,
narrowly escaped disastrous fire on
Friday night, Jan. oath, through the
heroism of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F.
Roth, who discovered the fire and put il
out without any outside help. About
eleven o'clock that night Mr.. Roth dis
covered fire burning in stock room
back of Mrs. A. Dolby's millinery store,
on the second floor of the Roth building.
ne called his wife aud ran for water,
while Mrs. Roth fought the fire with her
bare hands, and in few minutes they
had the flames quenched. What caused
the fire is not known but possibly a
match was dropped by some one who
had been in the room a short time before
the fire broke out. The loss was not
much over $3.50, confined to the millinery
goods, and was covered by insurance.
Mr. and Mrs. Roth have a grocery store
on the first floor of the building and liv-
ing rooms at the rear of the millinery
store. Had the building burned whole
row Of buildings on the same side of the
street would no doubt have gone with it,
as the town has no water works.
The Oil City Derrick's oil report for
the month of January, which was issued
Saturday, stated that at the close of the
month there were seventy new rigs
and IA wells drilling, an increase over
Decemb her OF seven rigs and decrease OF
two drilling wells, IN the New York and
North western Pennsy ylvania fed. the
summary of operations in the Pennsyl-
vsnia field being as follows for January:
453 wells completed; new production
4,4l6 barrels; lag dry holes and gas
wells; 775 rigs aud drilling wells under
way. Brad ford, Middle Field and Ve-
mango Clarion gave slight increase,
while Allegheny and Butler and Arm
strong showed less Ork, There were no
features of special interest during the
month in any oftbese counties. Weather
conditions were unfavorable TO starting
new wells except where the material had
been moved in December, as the con-
tinuous rains made teaming too expen
sive. In all the divisions 1882 wells
were completed with new product ion oi
So 075 barrels. As compared with the
Decem Der report, there were tifty-three
more wells completed and the new pro-
duction was $3.50 barrels greater. The
Mid Continent fields are responsible tor
the greater portion of new compilations
though the production of that division
shows a large decrease. The increased
output comes from the Gulf Coast region,
where fifty. four wells were reported with
l6 SS4 barrels greater initial production
than in December.
Invited to Attend Lecture.
TO Capt Geo. Stow Post, 274, G. A. R.
GENTLE EMEN:-Through your Adiutant