The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-04
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Az ~ ISsuS Oh I9SL week the weston
Independent said: James Mick, OF
lingo. on whose farm the oil well was
recently drilled in, spent day or two
last week. returning home Friday morn.
ing. He says the drillers passed
through a fine vein Of coal about IS
feet below the surface, a pool of black
strap little further down, and oil
was struck at depth of 425 feet
good for about II barrels day. The
w. d |. railroad runs nearby. and 9th.
er developments may be expected soon
as everything indicates a rich terri.
tory in oil, gas, coal and lumber.
What may be accomplished by saw.
ing worn out things was pretty we'll
shown this week, says the Spencer
Times.Record. when DR.. Charles A
Barlow shipped a car of junk from
the state Hospital valued at over $500.
DR. Barlow enjoins the strictest econ.
ony on all persons connected with the
hospital and nothing is thrown away.
Since he has been with the institution
many thousands of dollars have been
saved by rounding up junk of every
description and shipping It to market.
sTha hospital farm entered the field
as 4 shipper of live stock this week,
when head Of Holstein dairy cattle
were shipped to the Girls Industrial
school at Salem, and 4 head of the
same kind of cattle to the Colored Or.
phana' Home at Huntington
In last weeks issue of the Weston
Free Press the Ireland correspondent
had the following: Since the price
for lambs has gone to sl& cents for the
next August market, with some pros.
poets for even a further advance. the
farmers are giving their flocks close
attention, and, il the lamb crop should
be any ways near normal, it will be
worth more to the farmers than ever
before, for the August price was new.
er known 10 cross the Sc line before
in these parts
Says the Tyler County Star: In.
auiry in regard 10 Mrs. Elizabeth Clark
Of Tyler CITY. has shown that West
V,rsinia's oldest citizen has passed a
very good winter and is in excellent
health. considering her great age
Granny as she is effectionately call
ed h" friends IS locking forward to her
il5'h birthday which comes on Nav
i6. There arc very good reasons TO
hope that she will see this and prob.
ably other birthdays to come Tyler
county is Very proud to claim this az.
81 woman as a citizen
s Il Summers, an employee Of the
. Columbia Oil company Of Walnut
Grove. was in Spencer last Friday on
his way home from Parkersburc where
he went 10 have his eyes treated BY a
specialist While there. Mr. Summers
called at the office OF the Times.Rec.
ord and II learned something of the de-
velopment OF the gasoline business in
the Clover oil field. Within the past
year. six plants have been erected to
extract gasoline from the gas from the
oil wells IN the Glover field, on each
bY the Csrter OH company, Columbia
OIL company 'Riverside Gasoline com.
pany and Parker and Edwards and two
by the South Penn OIL company. These
plants include at least large gas
engine and a compressor. "ley are
operated day and night, two Zen be-.
ing assigned to each plant, working
in twelTe-hour shifts. 1t is understood
that these plants cost from $4,000
to $4,000 each. The Columbia ex.
poets 10 be able to produce about 500
gallons Of gasoline a day; some Of
the plants more and some less than
this
In most instances, the farmer will
receive the usual one.eight royalty
Of the gasoline as we'll as of the II;
but some farmers were skinned out
of their gasoline rights before the
value OF such rights was known in
this section. The product is ship.
ped from the field to Spencer through
gravity line, ending in the bot.
tom across the creek from the Farm.
ers Roller Mills where 1t will he re.
ceived in large tanks. From these
tanks it will be pumped into 'ank
cars and shipped by rail The line
and cars belong 10 the Atlantic Re.
timing company. which buys the gas.
oline and credits it up tas does the
Seep Purchasing Agency In the case
OF oil. The Pittsburgh market price
is paid, less certain deductions for
evaporation, etc.
Commissioner Bailey found a cou.
pie OF freak twigs where the trees