Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1897 — Page 5

[if You Wci'e i+e! Yus, if you were the creditor and hiiw the merchant Hitting Idly In hln shop an cumulating more <luat, cobwebs uml out--1 of-Htyle go<<!< limn cash, you would probably tool like unking, why don’t you W<>k<> up, use the advertising column of the Demociiat, and 'exchange your stock for legal tender? What say youj ADDITIONAL L.OOALS. Decatur will celebrate the 3rd. YI-KI cures corns and warts. Its -w Albert Numbers and wife—a boy. Oysters in any quantities at Coffee & Baker’s Union Bakery. Twenty cents buys a good 40c working shirt at Ike Rosenthal’s. Eighty five cents buys a good solid work shoe at Ike Rosenthal’s Call before buying. Miss Lolo Foster has accepted a position as book-keeper in the Old Adarns County Bank. The best shoe on earth for the money sold at Ike Rosen ihal’s for $1.00; regular price $1.75. Celebrate the 4th, and get your clothes for the event at Ike Rosenthal’s. Good all wool suits from $4.00 up. If you have any boots and shoes to mend call on N. Nix, north Second street, opposite Old Adams County Bank. 13-4 Mr. Krimmel, piano tuner, of Fort Wayne, is in the city this week. Parties wishing their pianos tuned may leave word at Miesse House at their earliest convenience. Wanted —White Ash Heading Bolts, cut fifty-five inches long, from seven inches upward in size, delivered at ray factory for which I will pay $3 a cord. Also all the other customary timber bought. 9-6 m J. W. Vail. Nicholas Schafer has opened a first-class sample room in the building formerly occupied by Peter Wilhelm, three doors west of the Old Adams County Bank, where he will constantly keep on hand a first’dass line of wines, liquors and cigars, Call and see him. 13-3 Notice—l will sell at private sale, in parcels or as a whole the Lawson Linhard farm in Root townsmp, two miles north of»De catur. For further information inquire of the undersigned or at the county clerk’s office. Lois Linhard, Adm’x. May 13, 1897. 9tf

I CpoH I I Mere!—- 1 L 101 O g ffi We can save you ■ ■ ® | money if you | fl will take time and ® p) II i come to see us g II j p when you are ready ■ I to buy a Buggy g p M K . or Surrey, light or S I ’ fl B . ” heavy Harness, S fl ■ K |k Wagon, Bicycle, g B or anything in our g I- ■ 8 1- I » positively will not fi ■ , 1 be undersold. H I' F. Schafer I I Loch, i B 1 K

Good overalls for one quarter dollar at Ike Rosenthal’s. 15t2 Crackers —any kind and all you wint at the Union Bakery. Fred Spooler will clean your cisterns for fifty to seventyfive cents. ’ 10-8 Those jeans pants you buy at Ike Rosenthal’s for 50c, are the bent bargains ever offered. L. W. Johnson, G H. Martz and Surveyor Fulk go to south Adams tomorrow as viewers on ditch work. For 4th of July get a nice pair of dress shoes at Ike Rosenthal’s and save 53 per cent, of your money. Coffee & Baker are still headquarters for meals and lilnch at all hours. You will find them at the Union Bakery. For Sale or trade—Thirty horse power engine and double saw mill. A bargain at Como, Indiana. 7tf G. R. Henry. A small son of C. D. Carr was run over yesterday by a wagon load of dirt, and seriously injured. It will be some time before he will be in shape to berun over again. Coffee & Baker still lead in fine bread. The same old price—two loaves for five cents, and the loaves are larger than any five cent loaf sold in town. A reception was tendered to the peisons taking part in the cantata of Ruth, at the Presbyterian church last night, by the Ladies Aid So ciety. Light refreshments were served to the guests. M. Schaffer is running a quart shop at his old stand at the C. & E. railroad, and invites his friends to call and see him. One quart four years old good whiskey, sixtyfive cents, one half gallon, $125, gallon, $2.25. 15-3 Hundreds of thousands have been induced to try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, by reading what it has done for others, and having tested its merits for themselves are today its warmest friends. For sale by Smith & Callow. j Buy your cigars bearing the union label for it is a guarantee that they are made by the best skilled labor, and the best grade of tobacco used. It also represents labor at living wages, and should be protected by every dealer and smoker. 15-1

AS AN OIL PRODUCER. Stnto GeolotflKt Blatchly Give* a Few I ’ ' AduniM County Oil NtatlxtlHtlca. This county lies east of Wells county and is bordered on the east by the Ohio state line. It Is twenty four miles in length from north to south and fourteen miles in breadth, comprising, therefore, an area of 336 square miles. Like Wells county, the surface is comparatively level, but well drained by the St. Mary's and its tributaries in the northern half and the Wabash and its tributaries in the south. The soil is rather more retentive of moisture than that of Wells county, bnt the materials composing it are essentially the same, and its fertility where properly drained, has proven excellent. Three railways pass through the county, the G. R. & I. from north to south, and Ute T., St. L. & K. C. and Chicago & Erie from east to west, Decatur, the nourishing county seat, being a junction point of the three. Petroleum has so far been found in paying quantities only in the two town ships of Hartford and Wabash, in the southwestern part of the county. HARTFORD TOWNSHIP , comprises an area of only twenty-four square miles, the two western tiers of the congressional township (25 north, range 13 east) being included in the civil township of Nottingham, Wells county. Os this area about one-half is at present producing oil in paying quantities. The[first productive well in Adams county was put down by the Bolds Brothers on the George Shoemaker farm, east half of northeast quarter of section 26 (25 north, 13 east,) in February, 1892 It started at 110 barrels a day and proved an incentive to much drilling in the neighborhood. The second well on the same farm was drilled in May,51893, with an initial production of 100 barrels, and the third in July, 1893, started at sixty barrels. The lease was then sold for SB,OOO, much less than its actual value. The most northern production in Hartford township, at the present time is in section 13, where there are several light producing wells. Bores have been put down in sections 2, 4,10, 11, 14, 15, 16 and 21, all of which resulted in dry holes or salt water wells. Some good producing wells are found in the southeast quarter of section 22. but the remaining portions of the section have been condemned by bores resulting in salt water, or nothing Sections 23 and 24 both comprise good territory; the former has one dry hole near its center, but several wells starting at 150 to 180 barrels have been located within its bounds. The southeast quarter of 24 has in the past yielded much gas, but has recently changed into productive oil territory. The remain.ining sections of the township are all noted as good producers. On the C. Herschey farm, in the northeast quarter section 25, thirteen wells have been bored, the average depth of the Trenton being 1.001 feet, and the average initial production 100 barrels. On the J. A. Martin farm in the southwest quarter of the same section, the record of a well put down in 1892, is as follows: Drive pipe 110 feet. Casing 230 feet. Trenton struck at 996 feet. Initial production, 150 barrels. Production in October 1896. 2 barrels. On the northeast quarter of section 28 the drift was found to be fifty seven feet thick, the Niagara 173 feet thick, and the Trenton at a depth of 1.002 feet. A number of the first wells in this portion of the township were drilled only about twenty feet into the Trenton, and so missed the second porous stratum, which lies deeper. The yield of oil from them has been much less on this account than what it otherwise would have been. In section 33 the Trenton lies at about 1,003 feet below the surface. In section 34 a bore put down in 1893, and resulting in a dry hole, condemned 320 acres of land belonging to Joseph Watson. In 1895 it was re-leased, and has resulted in one of the most productive farms in the township. In the south halves of sections 35 and 36 the Niagara limestone seems to have been cut out by spurs or tributaries of a great preglacial river, which will be mentioned more fully hereafter. As a result[3so to 400 feet of drive pipe must be used, and the expense of drilling is thereby much increased. In the area of Hartford township in which oil has been found, the initial production has been above the average for the Indiana field, and the wells have held up better than those in the western part of that field. The large number of dry holes and salt water wells already down in the north part of the township are a strong proof that tho northern boundary of the productive area has been practically determined, and that but few, if any, good wells will be found outside of the line shown on the map. WABASH|TOWNSHIP. But four square miles of this town ship have up to the present yielded oil in commercial quantities. They comprise sections 18, f 19, 30 and 31 along the western edge.

ft JUST WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. A I' : I g Special Wash Goods | !j # Shirt Waist Sale! ■ I _ _ ll' | Saturday, June 26- | gfrffEvery item is a special for this sale only. • Is. . . J. ' - 1 ■ I Lawns, ail the newest patterns A large assortment Shirt and colors, guaranteed strict- Waists, all this seasons, sale ly fast colors, this sale • 4c price .... 42c ® A good quality Organdie, ■ + B choice new designs, go at Sic A fine quality Organdie Waist | nice patterns, sale price, 59c Extra fine quality Organdie, a Sg bargain at 10c, this sale • 71c Ehis season’s most popular g Waists in the very latest p A very fine quality Dimity, novelties, a bargain, sale " Bl gfl the most popular designs . .... ssc P and colors, a bargain at 15c, ’ thi.s sale - - - - 9,>c e h ave a complete assortment fl A French Lappet in the most White a " d Kert Waistß ' Make fi P beautiful patterns, cheap at your selections before they 25c, sale price ■ -17 c are all sold. " » i . .—- — . . I S SSrDON’T FORGET SALES DAY. g f Saturday, June 26, 1897. ® I. O B Niblick & Co. I ** O

Along the northern border of section 18, Jones, Good & Co. have five light producing wells, the first of which was put down in 1892. Each of the five had a good initial production, but it gradually dwindled until in November, 1896, the total yield was but about ten barrels a day. The south half of section 18 and north half of 19 have each been tested by several bores, which yielded salt water and but little oil. The south half of 19 and the west half ot 30 have each a number of good wells located on them. On the I Wheeler farm, in the northeast quarter of 30, the Trenton was found at 1,030 feet and'a dry hole resulted. Ou the J. Bucher farm, in the southwest quarter of the same section, two wells were put down in 1896, whicn started at 150 and 12Q barrels respectively. In these the Trenton was found at 1,012 feet. The wells on section 31 have been light producers. The drift is here found 400 feet deep, as also in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 32, where a single light well has been bored. Wells in which more or less oil was found have been put down in Adams county at several points outside of the present producing area. In Wabash township, on the southeast quarter of section 10, the Standard Oil Co., in 1893, drilled a well which started at fifty barrels. Much of the surrounding territory was immediately leased and a pipe line laid to the well mentioned, but the production rapidly dwindled and no further devevelopments were made. In the outskirts of Geneva, in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 29425 north, 14 east.) a bore resulted in salt water with a showing of oil. The drift was here found to be 400 feet thick. A two barrel well was also developed in the northwest quarter of section 28". In the south halves of sections 31 and 32 (township 26 north, range 15 east.) Blue Creek township, several bores have been put down. One, by the Superior Oil Co., rt suited in a fifteen barrel well, which will still yield five barrels daily. The others were dry holes or salt water wells, which stopped furter operations. The Trenton is here found at a depth of 1,092 feet, while seventy-seven feet of drive pipe and 300-feet of casing are necessary. These isolated wells go to prove that oil occuis in the Trenton of the southeast corner of Adams county. There is little doubt as already mentioned, but that the Indiana is connected with that of Ohio by a strip of territory in southeastern Adams and northeastern Jay—the limits of which have not as yet been defined by th» drill.

mm » store. The success of our last sale has prompted us to have another and and greater one. Note these prices Worth Our price Men’s calf shoes, patent tip, razor toe, - - $3.00 $1.50 Men’s vici kid, coin toe tip, 3.00 2.00 Men’s patent leather shoes 6-8 s*oo 1.00 Men’s chocolate color coin toe 2.50 1.75 Men’s dress shoes, lace and con. 1.50 100 Ladies’ chocolate color, button shoes - 2.00 1.25 - ■ ' . " e> Ladies’ fine kid shoes, coin toe 2.25 I*so • . ' V■ ... Ladies’ chocolate color, vici oxfords, - ‘ 1.50 1.00 . r ’’ Ladies’ tan color, Julia Marlow, something new, 1*75 1.15 Ladies’ black patent oxfords 1.25 75 Ladies’ fine kid oxfords (three toes) - -*>o Misses fine kid shoes, pat. tip, 1.25 50 Call and see us and save onehalf of your shoe bill. Good goods and prices to suit the times. Boston Shoo Store. J. 11. VOGELWEDE, Proprietor.