Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1914 — New Oil Company Begins Business in Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

New Oil Company Begins Business in Rensselaer.

H. J. Crawford, manager of the Fowler Oil Co., arrived in Rensselaer this Tuesday noon with an auto and three barrels of gasoline, the first to be received here by the oil company he represents and which has just completed the erection of tanks in this city. Mr. Crawford has employed Ross Ramey as local salesman and is making preparation to secure a part of the local* business in oil, gasoline and auto oil. Truck delivery system will be used, so that prompt deliveries can be made. The product of the Indian Refining Co. is used and the Fowler Oil Co., composed of Calkins Bros.. & Crawford, have plants at Rensselaer, Fowler and Monticello.