Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — TO SEEK OIL IN WHITE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

TO SEEK OIL IN WHITE COUNTY.

Monticello Herald: Capt Snyder is still securing leases for oil lands in this oounty. He and C. D. Meeker have secured over 1,200 acres in one body in Cass township belonging to Messrs. Meeker, Timmons and Snow, and the oil derricks are expected there soon. About 500 of the 1,000 acres required have also been secured north of Norway, including the Moorhouse and Conwell farms and several others.